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    [[File:Dfab.png|thumb|220x220px|The DFAB flag.]]
    [[File:Dfab.png|thumb|220x220px|The DFAB flag.]]
    [[File:Afab trans.png|thumb|220x220px|The AFAB trans flag.]]
    [[File:Afab - @plurgai - 5000x3000px.png|thumb|An alternate AFAB flag.]]
    [[File:Afab trans.png|thumb|The AFAB trans flag.|alt=]]
    '''Assigned Female At Birth''' ('''AFAB''') (also seen as '''Designated Female At Birth''' ('''DFAB''') or '''Female Assigned At Birth''' ('''FAAB''')) is an [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender]] for people who have external [[sex]] traits that are identified as female. It is used as a way to refer to the sex on one's birth certificate or to discuss medical issues that primarily face AFAB people without making assumptions about one's current sex, body, or gender identity.
    '''Assigned Female At Birth''' ('''AFAB''') (also seen as '''Designated Female At Birth''' ('''DFAB''') or '''Female Assigned At Birth''' ('''FAAB''')) is an [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender]] for people who have external [[sex]] traits that are identified as female. It is used as a way to refer to the sex on one's birth certificate or to discuss medical issues that primarily face AFAB people without making assumptions about one's current sex, body, or gender identity.


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    Traits commonly found in those who are AFAB include:
    Traits commonly found in those who are AFAB include:


    * A vulva and vagina ([[pov]]), unless they are intersex or had them removed later in life.
    * A vulva and vagina ([[Pov|POV]]), unless they are intersex or had them removed later in life.
    * A uterus and ovaries, unless if they were born without one or both ([[Gonadal Agenesis|agenesis]]/[[agenital]]), or had them removed ([[angenital]]/[[altersex]].)
    * A uterus and ovaries, unless if they were born without one or both ([[Gonadal Agenesis|agenesis]]), or had them removed later in life.
    * The capacity for ovogenesis/the ability to give birth ([[Pwibs|pwib]]), unless if sterile, or without some of the anatomy listed above.
    * The capacity for ovogenesis/the ability to give birth ([[Pwibs|PWIB]]), unless if sterile or without some of the anatomy listed above.
    * Breasts (a secondary sexual characteristic), unless if they never developed, or they had them removed.
    * Breasts (a secondary sexual characteristic), unless if they never developed, or they had them removed.
    * Has estrogen as their natural primary sex hormone.
    * Has estrogen as their natural primary sex hormone.
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    The DFAB flag was created by arco-pluris on the Tumblr blog beyond-mogai-pride-flags on October 15, 2020.<ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/632047659950194688/dfab-flag DFAB Flag]</ref> The blue and red stripes represent cis AFAB people and trans AFAB people. The green and purple stripes represents AFAB people who identify as [[Gender Modality|gender modalities]] other than cis or trans.
    The DFAB flag was created by arco-pluris on the Tumblr blog beyond-mogai-pride-flags on October 15, 2020.<ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/632047659950194688/dfab-flag DFAB Flag]</ref> The blue and red stripes represent cis AFAB people and trans AFAB people. The green and purple stripes represents AFAB people who identify as [[Gender Modality|gender modalities]] other than cis or trans.


    An alternate flag was created by Tumblr user plurgai on February 19, 2021.<ref>[https://plurgai-archive.tumblr.com/post/643579087251816448/axab-dxab-xaab-aiab-diab-iaab-amab Alternate AFAB flag]</ref> It has no known meaning.
    The flag for trans AFAB people was created by an unknown user on or before August 23, 2015.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/AFAB-Trans-555613251 AFAB Trans]</ref> Dark blue is for trans men. Light blue is for people who identify partially as a men. White is for [[agender]] people, and anyone who lies outside of the male/female spectrum ([[abinary]]). Purple is for people who identify as men and women, or are in between men and women ([[androgyne]]/[[ambinary]]). Light red is for people who identify partially as women.

    The flag for trans AFAB people was created by an unknown user on or before August 23, 2015.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/AFAB-Trans-555613251 AFAB trans flag]</ref> Dark blue is for trans men. Light blue is for people who identify partially as a men. White is for [[agender]] people, and anyone who lies outside of the male/female spectrum ([[abinary]]). Purple is for people who identify as men and women, or are in between men and women ([[androgyne]]/[[ambinary]]). Light red is for people who identify partially as women.


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