Elon Musk detests word 'cis', calls it 'heterophobic' — But is heterophobia real?

Elon Musk, the owner of X, returned to the cisgender engagement pool and scolded people for using the word "cis" calling it a "heterophobic" slur.

In a seemingly spontaneous social media post, Musk fully expressed his detest for the term "cisgender" according to the Washington Times.

“Cis is a heterophobic word. Shame on anyone who uses it,” the billionaire wrote.

Many of Musk's supporters responded to the post in the replies, setting off an inevitable firestorm.

A regular commenter on X concurred with Musk and shared the findings of an X survey indicating that 78% of respondents thought the term "cis" was derogatory. In response, another user created another poll, to which, as of Thursday, 63% of participants agreed that the term "cis" is derogatory.

In response, journalist Victoria Brownworth provided the standard definition of cisgender.

“Cis(gender) describes a person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth,” she wrote. “It is the opposite of trans(gender). It has zero to do with sexual orientation and this is neither ‘heterophobic’ nor homophobic. Please learn how to Google.”