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It’s crucial that everyone has autonomy over their bodies and identities, and people who were assigned male at birth (AMAB) or assigned female at birth (AFAB) should not feel obligated to transition in any one specific way in order to be taken seriously by outsiders and members of the trans community alike.
"I'll Be in Transition Forever": Trans-masculine and Non-binary People Talk Identity, Affirmation, and More Condé Nast 2018
scarequotes commented on the word afab
http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/ask-a-trans-woman-whats-the-difference-between-sex-and-gender-anyway/
And I’m talking about AFAB (Assigned Female At Birth) and AMAB (Assigned Male At Birth) people, never mind transgender folks. And when you add intersex people into the mix, there isn’t even a reliable or easily identifiable binary when referring to “biological sex.”
April 1, 2017