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[[File:Dfab.png|thumb|220x220px|The DFAB flag.]]

'''Assigned Female At Birth''' ('''AFAB''') (also seen as '''Designated Female At Birth''' ('''DFAB''') or '''Female Assigned At Birth''' ('''FAAB''')) is an [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender]] for individuals who have external [[sex]] traits that are identified as female. It is used as a way to refer to the sex on one's birth certificate or to discuss medical issues that primarily face AFAB individuals without making assumptions about one's current sex, body, or gender identity.

 

 

Traits commonly found in those who are AFAB include:

* A vulva and vagina ([[Pov|POV]]), unless they are intersex or had them removed later in life.

* The capacity for ovogenesis/the ability to give birth ([[Pwibs|PWIB]]), unless if sterile or without some of the anatomy listed above.

* Breasts (a secondary sexual characteristic), unless if they never developed, or they had them removed.

 

AFAB individuals who were born with all of these traits are considered [[dyadic]] or [[müllerian]], though some dyadic individuals may lose some of these characteristics later in life. Not all individuals who were AFAB were born with all of these traits, in which case they may be considered [[intersex]]. Some intersex individuals were AFAB, because they appeared externally female and their condition is not obvious without genetic testing or was not noticed until later in life. Some intersex individuals were coercively assigned female at birth (CAFAB), meaning they were medically altered without their consent to fit the sex binary.

AFAB individuals are often raised with the assumption that they will identify as a [[cisgender]] [[woman]], however AFAB individuals can be any gender and can have any [[Gender Presentation|gender presentation]]. AFAB women are considered [[cisgender]] women. [[Transgender]] AFAB individuals are most commonly assumed to be trans [[Man|men]], however [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] AFAB individuals can also be considered trans. AFAB individuals who identify primarily with [[Masculine|masculinity]] can be called [[transmasculine]].

 

 

The IAFAB and CAFAB/FAFAB flags were made by deactivated tumblr user plurgai on or before March 21st, 2021.<ref>https://variant-archive.tumblr.com/post/646278285075054592</ref> The alternate IAFAB and CAFAB/FAFAB flags were redesigned by Tumblr user interarchival on December 27, 2021.<ref>https://interarchival.tumblr.com/post/671776339598196736/fafab-famab</ref><ref>https://interarchival.tumblr.com/post/671769367452778496/iafab-iamab</ref> There are no known meanings.

 

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