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LGBTQIA+ 2w
happy pride month. reminder that 99.99% of the time AGAB terminology IS INACCURATE and also sets trans people back into the exact same "well thats what you were born as so i should be able to call you it" binary that we spent so much time building out of
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Anonymous 2w

if you want examples of it being inaccurate: - people often forget that people can and do get bottom surgery - when talking about people who have uteruses and using AFAB—not everyone who was assigned female has a uterus (born that way, bottom surgery, hysterectomy, etc) - when talking about people who grew up as a girl (some trans people transition young) - intersex people who are wrongfully assigned at birth - obsession with seeing trans women in the same group as men and trans men as girls

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Anonymous 2w

There are also cis women with XY chromosomes and cis men with XX or even a uterus. People— biology as a whole— are entirely too complex to be shoved into little boxes that just don’t work.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

absolutely. people try to use agab to be sensitive and woke which i can appreciate but its more or less the same biological accuracy as just saying men and women or males and females

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

100% agree, as someone in the medical field though, it is important as a basis for critical values because healthy ranges can differ between sexes. but that’s it!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

if a medical professional is worried about their patients health, they should also want to know the medical history that occurred between the time someone was assigned a sex at birth to when they are in the office. if i told a doctor i was assigned female at birth but neglected to tell them i have been on testosterone for 2 and a half years then that could be pretty problematic for my health! i know trans people dont become cis but there are more accurate words to use than someones agab :)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

and again, it seems that most intersex people are assigned either male or female at birth which can fuck with their medical health because of this exact reason! agab terminology is just never the best thing to use in my opinion

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

right! it’s so frustrating to me that medical professionals just disregard intersex people and that the human body isn’t binary. it saddens me when i see notes in pt charts about them being transgender or on hrt cause i know the interaction probably wasn’t respectful or how the patient wish it would go

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