Example Sentences

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My intention as a comedian is to make everyone in the audience comfortable, including a straight cis man.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

Annie in “Hang the Moon” is bi and she winds up with a cis man, but it doesn’t make her any less bi.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2022

It seems like an intimate word to be throwing around for any gender identity but especially the straight, cis man.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2021

I know that when people see me as a cis man, they're missing something.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021

Note that we are also fairly agnostic about his gender expression as he grows up—we assume he will probably be a cis man, but if he’s not, we would be supportive.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2020