birth-assigned

adjective

assigned at birth

Meanings

adjectivebirth-assigned (not comparable)
  1. not comparabletypically LGBTQassigned at birth

    For those unacquainted with trans people, it might seem that in the past decade there has been a huge rise in children expressing issues with their birth-assigned gender.

    August 24 2021, Shon Faye, “‘I feel like it’s quite shaky acceptance’: trans kids and the fight for inclusion”, in The Guardian
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birth-assigned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birth-assigned.

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