Discussion Shorthand TSDP, TMDP, TWDP – Stop using AGAB to refer to people’s bodies.
TSDP – Typical Sex Development Pathway – referrs to perisex people’s sex traits.
Altered-TSDP or A-TSDP– referring to perisex people who have altered their sex traits, such as via medical transition. To be used when relevant.
I dislike using the words male and female to refer to sex traits because it misgenders trans people with those sex traits. And I also just don’t believe in “biological sexes” to begin with.
TMDP (Typical Mullarian Developmental Pathway)- referring to typical/perisex development of characteristics such as breasts, vulva, uterus, ovaries, etc.
Examples of people with TMDP
- (perisex) cis women
- (perisex) trans men
- some (perisex) nonbinary people.
TWDP (Typical Wolffian Developmental Pathway)- referring to typical/perisex development of characteristics such as facial hair, penis, scrotum, testicles, prostate, etc.
Examples of people with TWDP
- (perisex) cis men
- (perisex) trans women
- some (perisex) nonbinary people.
What if someone has/had neither TWDP or TMDP traits? They are intersex.
This exists for the purpose of talking about anatomy/medical needs as well as for the purpose of explaining how intersex variations differ from perisex sex traits without using the words male/female, as just using those terms further reinforces the coupling of gender and sex traits. I believe all sex traits should be completely decoupled from gender.