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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by egypturnash on Thursday March 26, 2026 @01:42PM (#47533427)
"born as" (not sure the best way to phrase it)

The usual term is "cisgender", or "cis" for short.

"Cis" and "Trans" both come from Latin; the former means "the same side of" and the latter means "the other side of". If you are happy to be on the same side of the gender binary as what you were assigned when you were born then you are "cisgender"; if you are unhappy with that state of affairs (regardless of how much work you have put into changing it) then you are "transgender".

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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by JK-Swizzle on Thursday March 26, 2026 @03:35PM (#47534681)
Adding to this: If you do not want to reference the current gender, you can also use "Assigned Female at Birth" (AFAB), or "Assigned Male at Birth" (AMAB).

This is useful when clarifying terms, when you do not know the persons identity, or when discussing groups based on the factory default settings.

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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by egypturnash on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:43PM (#47535454)
Yep. :)
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by fourseventy on Thursday March 26, 2026 @06:51PM (#47536863)
A female or male is not 'assigned' anything. Just because you are confused about biological reality doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by thrance on Thursday March 26, 2026 @07:28PM (#47537187)
Just because you are confused about the distinction between gender and sex doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by frumplestlatz on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:50PM (#47538216)
Birth certificates record sex, not gender, no?
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by bit-anarchist on Friday March 27, 2026 @10:43AM (#47543230)
Theoretically, yes. But, sometimes, they do get it wrong.
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by happymellon on Thursday March 26, 2026 @01:45PM (#47533470)
Now you say it like that, I did know that. Thank you.
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by egypturnash on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:43PM (#47535456)
You're welcome! <3
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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by fourseventy on Thursday March 26, 2026 @06:47PM (#47536824)
The correct terminology for someone born as a male is 'male' and born as woman is 'female'. Anything other than that is utter nonsense.
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