assigned sex

American  

[uh-sahynd seks] / əˈsaɪnd ˈsɛks /

noun

1. a baby’s sex as determined or assigned based on the appearance of external reproductive organs and, sometimes, chromosomal testing.

   One's gender identity is not necessarily congruent with one's assigned sex.

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Sensitivity

See sex reassignment surgery.

Etymology

Origin of assigned sex

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

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assigned sex

Attorney John Knepper claimed only a subset of transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria, a diagnosis of distress over gender identity that doesn’t match a person’s assigned sex.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

Treatment typically begins with an evaluation for the distress caused when gender identity doesn’t match a person’s assigned sex.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023

Someone who neither has gender dysphoria nor is transgender, but rather whose gender identity aligns with their assigned sex, is known as cisgender.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022

“Being transgender is not a disability,” the court wrote in an opinion issued Tuesday, but “many transgender people experience gender dysphoria,” or distress over the discrepancy between their identity and their assigned sex.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022

A 2020 study of 300 gender-incongruent young people found that mental distress—including self-harm, suicidal thoughts and depression—increased as the children were made to proceed with puberty according to their assigned sex.

From Scientific American ● May 12, 2022

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