10 Problems With the ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’ Essay

They’re in what’s said — and not said

Tucker Lieberman
6 min readApr 11, 2024

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New York Times headline screenshot: The Problem With Saying ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’

Last week, the New York Times published a 1300-word opinion by Alex Byrne and Carole K. Hooven.

Just say “sex,” they encourage us, not “sex assigned at birth.”

In the same number of words, I’ll show what went wrong.

Their Position

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Tucker Lieberman

Editor for Prism & Pen. Author of the novel "Most Famous Short Film of All Time." https://tuckerlieberman.com/