What is the C gender on SW?

Some posts have M for male.
Some have F for female
Some have T for trans
What is C though?

Was that prefer not to answer, or other?

Why the letter C then?

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Lucinda · 100+, F

C probably means "cis", the trendy term (derived from biology jargon) for "what you see is what you get" or "the gender my body was born with" or "non-trans". Like, a woman born with lady parts is "cis female".

Rikudou · 26-30, M

@Lucinda I doubt it. The presence of a T option would imply that M and F were cis male and cis female.

I say it is more likely couple like other comments have said.

Lucinda · 100+, F

@Rikudou I feel that way about it too - it should be unnecessary. However, people who use it say that it's needed to make trans people feel comfortable with that fact that it needs to be specified. I think it's dopey myself, but it's becoming pretty common in many places.

GoldenWorm · 51-55, M

@Lucinda cis/trans is a chemistry thing as it pertains to molecular positioning of sub groups of atoms.

Lucinda · 100+, F

@GoldenWorm Oh, I'm sorry. I was never big on science, and said biology instead of chemistry. I knew it was a hard-science-based definition. Thanks!