AFAB
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: āʹfăb, IPA(key): /ˈeɪfæb/
- Rhymes: -eɪfæb
Phrase
AFAB
- (LGBTQ) Acronym of assigned female at birth.
- 2021, Jane Y. Xu, Michelle A. O’Connell, Lauren Notini, Ada S. Cheung, Sav Zwickl, Ken C. Pang, “Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: A Potential Option For Non-Binary Gender-Affirming Hormonal Care?”, in Front Endocrinol, :
- Gender-affirming hormone therapy may involve testosterone for trans people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and estradiol and anti-androgens for trans people AMAB.
Adjective
AFAB (not comparable)
- (LGBTQ) Acronym of assigned female at birth.
- 2022 June 24, Siri Dahl, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 15 December 2022:
- Alright, AFAB porn performers: we're all doubling our scene rates for creampie scenes, right?
Noun
AFAB (plural AFABs)
- (LGBTQ) An AFAB person.
- Coordinate term: AMAB
- 2022 September 2, Bucky Fuchs, “I'm a trans grad of Harpeth Hall and glad they reneged on their gender policy”, in The Tennessean[2]:
- They experience deadnaming, alienation, and bullying. And this happens to people Assigned Female at Birth (AFAB) at a school specifically for AFABs. / I don’t mean that trans AFABs have an easier experience than trans AMABs (Assigned Male At Birth).
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Proper noun
AFAB
- (Philippines) Initialism of Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan.