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Assigned sex is also a useful phrase when discussing [./https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Intersex intersex] people. Intersex people are often assigned a sex that does not match their chromosomes, genitals, and/or other characteristics of their body, and they may have been subject to non-consensual medical treatments to "normalize" their sex, often in childhood without their knowledge or permission.
Assigned sex is often referred to using the acronyms AFAB/AMAB (Assigned Female/Male At Birth), FAAB/MAAB (Female/Male Assigned At Birth), DFAB/DMAB (Designated Female/Male At Birth) or CAFAB/CAMAB (Coercively Assigned Female/Male At Birth). CAFAB and CAMAB are particularly used within the intersex community. Occasionally, UAAB (Un-Assigned At Birth) is used where a person was not assigned male or female at birth.
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* [[AFAB]]: Assigned Female At Birth. Also seen as DFAB (Designated Female At Birth), OFAB (Observed Female At Birth) or FAAB (Female Assigned At Birth).
In some contexts, assigned sex may be referred to as "genetic", "biological" or "birth" gender. However, many members of the [./https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Transgender transgender] community take offense to these and other similar terms, because it seems to imply that their identities are less real than those of [./https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Cisgender cisgender] people.▼
* [[AMAB]]: Assigned Male At Birth. Also seen as DMAB (Designated Male At Birth), OMAB (Observed Male At Birth) or MAAB (Male Assigned At Birth).
* [[AXAB]]: Assigned X At Birth. Also seen as [[AIAB]]: Assigned Indeterminate At Birth. Typically used for intersex individuals.
* [[UAB]] or UAAB: Un-Assigned At Birth. Typically a choice by parents who are raising their children without a prescribed gender.
▲In some contextsSometimes, assigned sex may be referred to as "genetic", "biological" or "birth"biological gender.", Howeverhowever, many members of the [./https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Transgender [transgender]] community take offense to these and other similar terms, because it seems to imply that gender in general is biological and that their identities are less real than those of [./https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Cisgender [cisgender]] peopleindividuals.
== Intersex Assigned Genders ==
Many intersex individuals have genital surgery at infancy, soon after birth, to "correct" their abnormal genitals and other organs of the reproductive system so they appear more [[Dyadic|perisex]]. This has led to intersex individuals coining their own terms for assigned genders:
* CAFAB: Coercively Assigned Female At Birth. Also seen as FAFAB (Forcibly Assigned Female At Birth) or IAFAB (Intersex Assigned Female At Birth).
* CAMAB: Coercively Assigned Male At Birth. Also seen as FAMAB (Forcibly Assigned Male At Birth) or IAMAB (Intersex Assigned Male At Birth).
These are exclusive terms referring to intersex individuals only, though the case could be argued for special cases such as boys who had botched circumcisions who had their genitals reconstructed and reassigned female after birth.
== History ==
CASAB terminology was allegedly coined by trans women and a cis individuals in 2008,<ref>https://mahdialynn.tumblr.com/post/135173576953/cafabcamab</ref> but its use is recorded since at least 2002.<ref>https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.transfaithonline.org/fileadmin/TFteaching/Bazant_TransRespect101.pdf</ref>
The original abbreviation of AFAB and AMAB was supposedly used to ascribe intersex individuals.<ref>https://anunnakiray.com/2021/02/07/where-did-assigned-male-female-at-birth-come-from/</ref> Usually, [[TERF|TERFs]] bring this unverifiable discourse as a way to gatekeep trans individuals from using these terms.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_assignment Sex assignment] in general is used to describe any individual, regardless of their [[sex]] or [[Gender Modality|gender modality]].
== References ==
[[Category:Terminology]]