Cisgender 's an adjective used in the context of gender issues and counselling to refer to a class of gender identities formed by a match between an individual's gender identity and the behavior or role considered appropriate for one's sex. Cisgender's a "newer term" that means "someone who's comfortable in the gender they were assigned at birth." "Cisgender"'s used to contrast "transgender" on the gender spectrum. Language The word has its origin in the Latin-derived prefix cis, meaning "on t… (More on Cisgender)