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[–]peaked2020 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What is OFAB?

[–]MisandryFTW 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Observed Female At Birth. Basically the least offensive way of saying Female without co-opting intersex narratives. Apparently it's only used by Gender Critical folks. AFAB annoys a lot of intersex people because "assigned" implies surgery or being intersex and someone decides for you as a newborn. It started because a lot of trans women wanted to pretend they were maybe intersex.

[–]peaked2020 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Why not just say “female”...?

[–]MisandryFTW 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I got used to using it because most circles I hang around in "female" just means anyone who identifies as female, which doesn't make sense and also adds to confusion. If I said to my friends "I only want to hang out with females." then they would be confused because a lot of my friends are OFAB but identify otherwise plus I don't want to hang around trans women most of the time. There is no gendercritical local community so it's either liberal feminist LGBT+, religious homophobes, or staying home. I mostly stay home.