#omab

flag id: two flags with 4 stripes. the left flag's stripes are dark faded blue, bluish-white, dull light red-pink, and pink. the right flag's stripes are dark faded blue, bluish-white, soft blue, and blue. end id.

banner id: a 1500x150 teal banner with the words ‘please read my dni before interacting’ in large white text in the center. end id.

ofab | omab

observed female at birth (ofab) and observed male at birth (omab) flags for anon!

i can't find precisely who coined these terms or why, but from what i've seen, it seems they were intended to be a more neutrally-worded alternative to assigned sex terminology. there are claims (i say 'claims' because i'm unsure if they're verified?) that afab/amab were originally intended to be used by intersex people, since 'assigned' implies being sorted into a specific category when one doesn't fit into either one. ofab/omab are therefore less loaded terms for perisex folks to use; they simply denote what one's sex was observed as at birth.

these also may be used as flags for reclaiming ofab and omab, since it seems these terms are commonly used by terfs and other radfems to 'correct' trans people who use agab terminology for themselves.

i used pinks for the ofab flag and blues for the omab flag (specifically shades inspired by these afab man and amab woman flags), dark blue for medical settings, and off-white for observation (representing the eyes, lenses, etc.).

MTF: transitioning from male to female.

AMAB: assigned male at birth.

Chapter 3: Rationality

"When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves." -Chuck Palahniuk, 'Invisible Monsters'

Summary:  A small box finds its way into Adrien's room, and now he needs to make a house call to a certain reporter.

AMAB/DMAB fem: someone who was assigned/designated male (or masculine, depending where one lives) at birth and experiences femininity as a gender quality.

Intramasculine or intra-masc: a term used to describe non-cis individuals who were AMAB and identify fully or partially as a masculine gender, or feel that masculinity strongly influences their gender.

Transneutral or transneu: a term for transgender individuals who experience a unaligned, abinary, or neutral gendered feelings to a greater extent than with other gender qualities.

MTFTM or M2F2M (Male-to-Female-to-Male): an individual who was assigned male at birth, transitioned to female, and then detransitioned back to male.