Identity Terms Related to Assigned Sex
Assigned Sex is one of the components of human identity. Below are four of these terms.
8/22/20251 min read
Identity Terms Related to Assigned Sex
AFAB: An acronym that refers to someone who was assigned female sex at birth. This may also be expressed as Coercively Assigned Female at Birth (CAFAB).
AMAB: An acronym that refers to someone who was assigned male sex at birth. This may also be expressed as Coercively Assigned Male at Birth (CAMAB).
Dyadic: A person whose chromosomal, hormonal, or anatomical sex characteristics fall within the conventional classifications of male or female (Anti Oppression Network, 2013).
Intersex: A person whose chromosomal, hormonal or anatomical sex characteristics fall outside the conventional classifications of male or female. The designation of “intersex” can be experienced as stigmatizing given the history of medical practitioners imposing it as a diagnosis requiring correction, often through non-consensual surgical or pharmaceutical intervention on infants, children, and young adults. Some people do not become aware that they have an intersex variation until puberty or adulthood.
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