"according to the generally constructed identification" and "not according to the generally constructed identification" don't count as "sides"? Why on earth not?
Even if it did, the term 'cisgender' would be meaningless as used and would only make any kind of sense to describe someone who is on the "same side of gender" (whatever that would mean in this strange hypothetical universe) as the speaker is
The location of "Cisalpine Gaul" does not change depending on whether or not you're in Germany or Sicily. It is always on the same side of the Alps as Rome, which everyone in the Latin-speaking world was capable of recognizing as a privileged frame of reference. Using cultural context to help assign meaning is just really not that difficult.
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Even if it did, the term 'cisgender' would be meaningless as used and would only make any kind of sense to describe someone who is on the "same side of gender" (whatever that would mean in this strange hypothetical universe) as the speaker is
The location of "Cisalpine Gaul" does not change depending on whether or not you're in Germany or Sicily. It is always on the same side of the Alps as Rome, which everyone in the Latin-speaking world was capable of recognizing as a privileged frame of reference. Using cultural context to help assign meaning is just really not that difficult.