[Ads-l] Has anyone else heard this turn of P.C. phrase?

[Mark Mandel]

On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 3:48 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

"People assigned _female_ at birth"

The point is to exclude men who are "really" women without saying something
like, "those born with two X chromosomes" or "those born without a Y
chromosome" or some such.

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-Wilson


This construction is common among the LGBTQ+ community and their allies in
discussions of trans people, whether transgender (change in
self-presentation, i.e. clothing, mannerisms, preference in pronouns, etc.)
or transsexual (physical, medically managed change, generally with hormone
treatments and often surgery). The assignment of gender at birth, typically
by the delivering physician or midwife, is almost always based on the
physical appearance of the genitals rather than any genetic analysis. It is
not used for "political correctness" or for categorizing "*real*
women/men", but rather in describing part of a person's "gender history".

*[I am no expert in this area, so I consulted one:*

*Galia Godel, M.Ed.Program Manager, LGBTQ Initiative, Education &
OutreachJewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater PhiladelphiaI also
found the article beginning with this paragraph.]*

>From *MDEdge*, "Understanding the terminology of gender identity"
(Publish date: January 31, 2019)
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https://www.mdedge.com/obgyn/article/193609/transgender-health/understanding-terminology-gender-identity/page/0/1
>:

>>>>>
While *cisgender* persons feel that their experience of gender – their
gender identity – agrees with the cultural norms surrounding their sex
assigned at birth, *transgender/gender-nonconforming (GNC)* persons feel
that their experience of gender is incongruent with their sex assigned at
birth.[1] Specifically, a *transgender man* is a person born with a vagina
and therefore assigned female at birth who experiences himself as a
man. A *transgender
woman* is a person born with a penis and therefore assigned male at birth
who experiences herself as a woman. A *gender nonbinary* person is someone
with any sexual assignment at birth whose gender experience cannot be
described using a binary that includes only male and female concepts,
and a *gender
fluid* person is someone whose internal experience of gender can
oscillate.[1] While these examples represent only a few of the many facets
of gender diversity, the general terms *trans* and *gender nonconforming
(GNC)* are widely accepted as inclusive, umbrella terms to describe all
persons whose experience of gender is not congruent with their sex assigned
at birth.

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1. Lancet. 2016 Jul 23;388(10042):390-400.
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Mark A. Mandel

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