#asab

AGAB IS A SOCIAL EFFECT THAT HAPPENS TO YOU AFTER THE DOCTORS DETECT YOUR EXTERNAL GENITALS, EITHER IN THE WOMB OR IN THE DELIVERY ROOM. AGAB IS WHEN YOUR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AROUND YOU ASSIGN GENDER TRENDS AND ROLES ONTO YOU BEFORE YOU ARE CONSCIOUS.

WHEN YOU ARE BORN, THE DOCTORS LOOK AT YOUR EXTERNAL GENITALS AND DETERMINE IF THEY LOOK LIKE TYPE A OR TYPE B, AND IF YOUR GENITALS LOOK AMBIGUOUS, THE DOCTORS OFTEN FORCE YOUR GENITALS TO FIT THE WHAT IS THE LEGAL CRITERIA--LEGAL, AS IN LAW--FOR TYPE A OR TYPE B GENITALS. THIS IS YOUR (FORCEFULLY) ASSIGNED SEX AT BIRTH (ASAB).

YOUR AGAB DOES NOT EVEN COMPLETELY REFER TO YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR GENDER GROWING UP, OR GROWING TO THE AGE YOU ARE NOW. SOME KIDS DO NOT FOLLOW THE GENDERED TRENDS, ROLES, NORMS, COERSIONS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, THAT THEIR COMMUNITY INSISTS ON. SOME KIDS CANNOT FIT IN THOSE GENDERED CONCEPTS. OTHER PEOPLE FIGURE IT OUT LATER IN LIFE--AS A TEEN, YOUNG ADULT, OLDER ADULT, OR EVEN AS AN ELDER.

YOU HAVE TO STOP THINKING THAT PEOPLE ARE BORN AS MEN OR WOMEN. YOU HAVE TO STOP INSISTING THAT EVERYONE WHO IS NOT CISGENDER BEHAVES LIKE THEIR AGAB. YOU HAVE TO STOP BELIEVING THAT EVEN CISGENDER PEOPLE ALWAYS BEHAVE LIKE THEIR AGAB.

"Self-assignment of gender/sex assigned at birth.

• An afab person who self-assigns male. They become AMAB.

• An amab person who self-assigns female. They become AFAB.

• An amab person who self-assigns asex/agender. They become AAAB.

• An afab person who self-assigns non-binary. They become ANBAB.

• An AAAB person who self-assigns demigirl. They become ADGAB."

“she’s a cis woman canonically!!” ok actually i dont care

I recently saw someone claim that "AMABs" can't get pregnant. Sex assigned at birth is based on biases from doctors. Many folks, particularly intersex folks, were assigned male at birth but are entirely capable of becoming pregnant.

We can't erase intersex people when talking about queer issues. They're very much a part of the conversation too!