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Kuroshiro
September 13th, 2015, 04:46 PM
Ok, so I'm fairly sure I'm either bi or tri gender (probably tri though:)), however I am having difficulty defining my sexuality because of it. During the process of trying find out what my sexualities are I made up some new words.
aflexible - an umbrella term that refers to being irregularly prone to sexual desires
hetro-aflexible - a more specific variant of aflexible that refers to only being irregular prone to sexually desiring the opposite gender (not to be confused with hetroflexible)
homo-aflexible - a more specific variant of aflexible that refers to only being irregular prone to sexually desiring the same sex (not to be confused with homoflexible)
And so on (just replace the prefix for which genders you are irregularly prone to sexually desire e.g. pan/omni-aflexible (or just aflexible), multi-aflexible, bi-aflexible e.t.c.)
Do you like these new words?
Is there anything I should change?
What words do you think should be added to make sexuality identities more inclusive?
Desuetude
September 13th, 2015, 06:38 PM
Those words really confuse me, they all kind of sound the same and I'm not sure they'll catch on because people don't want long drawn out labels. If you find yourself identifying with one of those though then go for it, it's nice to find a label that you can relate to, even though we shouldn't need lables we're constantly searching for them.
Personally I like androphilic and gynephilic (meaning attracted to either men/masculinity or women/femininity), they're identities completely seperated from your own gender and is solely based on the people you're attracted to. That's as far as I've needed to research and I feel that having the masculinity/femininity addition to the label encompasses more than just the binary which is a lot more appealing. You find the labels that are comfortable for you, although making them up yourself may just cause confusion and annoyance for youself when you're constantly having to explain though.
Babs
September 14th, 2015, 09:58 AM
I feel like the "flexible" terms are used more as slang. I personally think it's unnecessary to have a thousand different terms with only slight differences, but don't let that stop you from using them if that's what you feel is best.
Kuroshiro
September 14th, 2015, 12:53 PM
Those words really confuse me, they all kind of sound the same and I'm not sure they'll catch on because people don't want long drawn out labels. If you find yourself identifying with one of those though then go for it, it's nice to find a label that you can relate to, even though we shouldn't need lables we're constantly searching for them.
Personally I like androphilic and gynephilic (meaning attracted to either men/masculinity or women/femininity), they're identities completely seperated from your own gender and is solely based on the people you're attracted to. That's as far as I've needed to research and I feel that having the masculinity/femininity addition to the label encompasses more than just the binary which is a lot more appealing. You find the labels that are comfortable for you, although making them up yourself may just cause confusion and annoyance for youself when you're constantly having to explain though.
I like the sound of androphilic. Thanks for the advice.
SkyClad33605
September 14th, 2015, 02:37 PM
They all sound kinda pointless.
Then again I think people should focus on being themselves rather than putting themselves into little boxes.
I mean if it makes you feel better then fine. Enjoy.
But I'd rather date a person than a dictionary.
Side note. I've never heard anyone refer to bi- or even tri-gender. Usually it's cis, trans, or fluid. But by even being nitpicky on that point I'm making a hypocrite of me.
Desuetude
September 14th, 2015, 03:34 PM
Side note. I've never heard anyone refer to bi- or even tri-gender. Usually it's cis, trans, or fluid. But by even being nitpicky on that point I'm making a hypocrite of me.
Trans* is an umbrella term for any gender not cis and 'fluid' comes under the umbrella of non-binary where there are many different genders that don't fit the binary (bi/tri-gender come under non-binary).
Bacca
September 26th, 2015, 12:18 AM
Pretty confusing to me...
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