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    '''Assigned Gender At Birth''' ('''AGAB''') or '''Designated Gender At Birth''' ('''DGAB''') (also called '''Assigned Gender''' or '''Assigned Sex''') is the [[gender]] one is assigned at birth based on medical factors, including hormones, chromosomes, and genitals. It is the sex that is put on one's birth certificate and typically corresponds to the gender one was raised as or is assumed to be in childhood. The term is a way to refer to the sex that was put on one's birth certificate, without making assumptions about their current sex, body or gender. Common acronyms are:
    '''Assigned Gender At Birth''' ('''AGAB''') or '''Designated Gender At Birth''' ('''DGAB''', also called '''Assigned Gender''' or '''Assigned Sex''' ('''ASAB''')) is the [[gender]] one is assigned at birth based on medical factors, including hormones, chromosomes, and genitals. It is the [[sex]] that is put on one's birth certificate and typically corresponds to the gender one was raised as or is assumed to be in childhood. The term is a way to refer to the sex that was put on one's birth certificate, without making assumptions about their current sex, body or gender. Common acronyms are:
    * [[AFAB]]: Assigned Female At Birth. Also seen as DFAB (Designated Female At Birth), OFAB (Observed Female At Birth) or FAAB (Female Assigned At Birth).
    * [[AFAB]]: Assigned Female At Birth. Also seen as DFAB (Designated Female At Birth), OFAB (Observed Female At Birth) or FAAB (Female Assigned At Birth).
    * [[AMAB]]: Assigned Male At Birth. Also seen as DMAB (Designated Male At Birth), OMAB (Observed Male At Birth) or MAAB (Male Assigned At Birth).
    * [[AMAB]]: Assigned Male At Birth. Also seen as DMAB (Designated Male At Birth), OMAB (Observed Male At Birth) or MAAB (Male Assigned At Birth).
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    CASAB terminology was allegedly coined by trans women and a cis individual in 2008,<ref>{{Archive|URL=2022.02.12-082739/https://mahdialynn.tumblr.com/post/135173576953/cafabcamab}}</ref> but its use is recorded since at least 2002.
    CASAB terminology was allegedly coined by trans women and a cis individual in 2008,<ref>{{Archive|URL=2022.02.12-082739/https://mahdialynn.tumblr.com/post/135173576953/cafabcamab}}</ref> but its use is recorded since at least 2002.
    The original abbreviation of AFAB and AMAB was supposedly used to ascribe intersex individuals.<ref>{{Archive|URL=2022.02.12-082850/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.
    The original abbreviation of AFAB and AMAB was supposedly used to ascribe intersex individuals.<ref>{{Archive|URL=2022.02.12-082850/https://anunnakiray.com/2021/02/07/where-did-assigned-male-female-at-birth-come-from/}}</ref> Usually, [[TERF]]s 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]].
    [[w:Sex assignment|Sex assignment]] in general is used to describe any individual, regardless of their sex or [[gender modality]].

    == See also ==

    * [[ANC]]

    == References ==
    == References ==
    [[Category:Assignment]]
    [[Category:Assignment]]
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