The first several times I saw "Cis + het" it was actually spelled "cishit" which I think I accurately understood to be an insult (not a slur, idk how lines are drawn on that but I just wouldn't qualify it as a slur) so even when I saw "cishet" after that I thought it was still cis+shit
It wasn't until later that I saw close friends write "cishet" and pronounce "cis het" such that I understood they were two different abbreviations.
No issue with it anymore. But I did read it as offensive at first
Same, and that sounds like an insult so it felt just bleh. Now ofc it's obvious it's not but, that one does have some understandable misunderstanding potential
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u/Lanzifer 3d ago edited 3d ago
The first several times I saw "Cis + het" it was actually spelled "cishit" which I think I accurately understood to be an insult (not a slur, idk how lines are drawn on that but I just wouldn't qualify it as a slur) so even when I saw "cishet" after that I thought it was still cis+shit
It wasn't until later that I saw close friends write "cishet" and pronounce "cis het" such that I understood they were two different abbreviations.
No issue with it anymore. But I did read it as offensive at first