#famab

Also TERF, when an intersex child undergoes surgery, they give intersex children hormones, and all this is because they do not fit into the binary system. And these children are not even given a choice:

FAFAB + FAMAB

( ID: two 5 striped flags with a circle in the middle. on both flags the circle is white with a yellow outline. the left flag is colored dark blue, light muted purple, bright purple, light red, and pink-red. the flag on the left is colored dark magenta, light warm purple, bright purple, light indigo, and dark purple-blue. end ID. )

This post was archived from a Wayback Machine capture of the original by @interarchival. It as originally posted on December 27, 2021. You can find the capture in the post source. These terms and flags are intersex-exclusive.

“ Forcible Assigned Female At Birth. A flag for intersex people who were forcibly assigned Female. / Forcibly Assigned Male At Birth. A flag for intersex people who were forcibly assigned Male. ”

TheyMAB Flag

TheyMAB(s): a term reclaimed by some they/them and/or non-binary (C/F/I)AMAB/DMAB individuals.

TheyFAB Flag

TheyFAB(s): a term reclaimed by some they/their and/or nonbinary (C/I/F)AFAB/DFAB people.

I only knew AFAB and AMAB and I guess I'm not up to date with new lgbt terminology

"Intersex is an Abnormality."

Following that logic, we could also label blue-eyed or red-haired people as "abnormalities," and stereotype blondes as unintelligent.

This is reminiscent of a time when Black people were considered abnormal and underdeveloped, fueled by stereotypes claiming they were barely more intelligent than apes.

People become so fixated on their perceptions of what is "normal" and what is "not" that anything differing from their self-imposed reality is seen as an abnormality. They attempt to "correct" it, to force it to fit into their world, saying, "We're just trying to help; after all, this world isn't designed for people like you." But you are the ones who designed it this way! Open your eyes and realize that we are diverse! Stop projecting your binary notions onto intersex individuals!

FAFAB and FAMAB are gender assignment labels used by intersex people to emphasize that we were forcibly feminized or masculinized. 

Usually, this involves gender assignment surgeries and medical procedures in infancy and childhood, and forced HRT in adolescence. However, even adult intersex people can sometimes be subjected to forced feminization/masculinization if they are disabled and their medical rights are given to the state/their families.

In my case, my FAFAB identity means that when I was an infant I underwent invasive surgery, and in childhood I underwent (violent and unexplained) medical procedures to ensure my vagina was stretched sufficiently for penetrative intercourse, as well as being put on HRT permanently from age 12.

Ultimately, of these procedures, the only one I would (and indeed have) chosen to undergo as an adult is the HRT, but there is no way for me to know how much of that is psychologically tied to the fact that it was imposed on me without my consent as a child.