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[[File:Donna.png|thumb|Flag for donna- pride. Variations can be seen [https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/163851088970/donna-pride-flags in this blog post].]] | [[File:Donna.png|thumb|Flag for donna- pride. Variations can be seen [https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/163851088970/donna-pride-flags in this blog post].]] | ||
An [[Gender alignment|unaligned]] nonbinary person who is only attracted to women. Suffixes are added to specify type of | An [[Gender alignment|unaligned]] nonbinary person who is only attracted to women. Suffixes are added to specify type of attraction, e.g. donnasexual, donnaromantic, donnaqueerplatonic, etc. "Donna" means woman in Italian. Coined by a person named Fy in a 2017 submission to Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags.<ref name="beyo_Donn">{{Cite web |title=Donna- Pride Flags |author=Fy |work=Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags |date=5 August 2017 |access-date=19 September 2020 |url= https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/163851088970/donna-pride-flags|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127033113/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/163851088970/donna-pride-flags |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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People who identify as gay men have a male gender identity, and are attracted only to men. This word is applicable regardless of whether one or both people involved are cisgender men or transgender men. Some nonbinary people also identify as men to some degree ([[nonbinary man|nonbinary men]]), and also usually experience attraction to men, and so they consider themselves gay. | People who identify as gay men have a male gender identity, and are attracted only to men. This word is applicable regardless of whether one or both people involved are cisgender men or transgender men. Some nonbinary people also identify as men to some degree ([[nonbinary man|nonbinary men]]), and also usually experience attraction to men, and so they consider themselves gay. | ||
Overall, most gay men have used the rainbow pride flag to represent themselves, but since it can also represent the whole LGBTQ community, several proposals for a gay-man-specific pride flag have been made, many with explicit inclusion of nonbinary gay men. It is impractical to include all | Overall, most gay men have used the rainbow pride flag to represent themselves, but since it can also represent the whole LGBTQ community, several proposals for a gay-man-specific pride flag have been made, many with explicit inclusion of nonbinary gay men. It is impractical to include all proposed flags here, so the gallery below is only a selection of those which gained some popularity and have been stated to include nonbinary men. See also [[:Category:Gay man pride flags]]. | ||
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Gay.png|The rainbow pride flag, which can represent either the entire LGBTQ community, or specifically gay men. | File:Gay.png|The rainbow pride flag, which can represent either the entire LGBTQ community, or specifically gay men. | ||
File:Gay men flag - Triton 7 stripe.png|Designed in 2019, this flag has become the most common specifically for gay men. The seven stripes represent 1. Community, 2. Healing, 3. Joy, 4. [[GNC]], [[nonbinary]], and [[trans]] men, 5. Pure love, 6. Fortitude, and 7. Diversity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gay Man Flag |author= |work=gayflagblog.tumblr.com |date=11 April 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022 |url= https://gayflagblog.tumblr.com/post/186181118619/gay-man-flag-russian-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8-%D1%8F-portuguese}}</ref> | |||
Gay Man Flag.jpg|Designed in 2018 | File:Gay Man Flag.jpg|alt=Four horizontal bands of light blue, lime green, yellow, and grey.|Designed in 2018 | ||
Gay man flag by asexykeanu.png|Designed in 2018 | File:Gay man flag by asexykeanu.png|Designed in 2018 | ||
File:Gay men flag - eiradescent.jpg|Designed in 2019 | |||
Gay men flag - nonbinaryfinnmertens.png|Designed in 2020 | File:Gay men flag - nonbinaryfinnmertens.png|Designed in 2020 | ||
File:Gay men flag - i-do-art-i-guess.png|Designed in 2020 | |||
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===Ceterosexuality=== | ===Ceterosexuality=== | ||
Ceterosexuality, formerly skoliosexuality, means a sexual orientation in which a person feels sexual attraction to nonbinary people, and perhaps other kinds of transgender people as well. <ref>{{cite web|first=Jack|last= Molay|title=Transgender, Genderqueer and Transsexual Glossary|date=25 January 2010| url=http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html}}</ref> Some believe the term is only to be used by nonbinary people<ref name="diamoricpositivity" />, though it was coined in the context of binary people's attraction to nonbinary people.<ref name="Nelde">[https://www.deviantart.com/nelde/art/Sexual-Attraction-v2-180255547 Sexual Attraction v2], Sep 23, 2010 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220120222527/https://www.deviantart.com/nelde/art/Sexual-Attraction-v2-180255547 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Nonbinary people who are attracted to other nonbinary people might also use the terms homosexual, homoromantic, gay, NBLNB, etc. | Ceterosexuality, formerly skoliosexuality, means a sexual orientation in which a person feels sexual attraction to nonbinary people, and perhaps other kinds of transgender people as well. <ref>{{cite web|first=Jack|last= Molay|title=Transgender, Genderqueer and Transsexual Glossary|date=25 January 2010| url=http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html}}</ref> Some believe the term is only to be used by nonbinary people<ref name="diamoricpositivity" />, though it was coined in the context of binary people's attraction to nonbinary people.<ref name="Nelde">[https://www.deviantart.com/nelde/art/Sexual-Attraction-v2-180255547 Sexual Attraction v2], Sep 23, 2010 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220120222527/https://www.deviantart.com/nelde/art/Sexual-Attraction-v2-180255547 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Nonbinary people who are attracted to other nonbinary people might also use the terms homosexual, homoromantic, gay, NBLNB, etc. Skoliosexual was coined in 2010 by the user Nelde on DeviantArt<ref name="Nelde" />, but due to a somewhat problematic etymology (skolio- comes from the Greek for "crooked"), some prefer to use the term ceterosexual, (from Latin "cetera", meaning "other") or allotroposexual (from Greek "allotropo" meaning "different").<ref name="Stieg">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean To Be Skoliosexual? |last=Stieg |first=Cory |work=refinery29.com |date=17 November 2017 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-is-skoliosexual-definition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603123425/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-is-skoliosexual-definition |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://genderqueerid.com/post/16339992032/skoliosexual-adj [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701052033/https://genderqueerid.com/post/16339992032/skoliosexual-adj Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
Skoliosexual was coined in 2010 by the user Nelde on DeviantArt<ref name="Nelde" />, but due to a somewhat problematic etymology (skolio- comes from the Greek for "crooked"), some prefer to use the term ceterosexual, (from Latin "cetera", meaning "other") or allotroposexual (from Greek "allotropo" meaning "different").<ref name="Stieg">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean To Be Skoliosexual? |last=Stieg |first=Cory |work=refinery29.com |date=17 November 2017 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-is-skoliosexual-definition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603123425/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-is-skoliosexual-definition |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://genderqueerid.com/post/16339992032/skoliosexual-adj [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701052033/https://genderqueerid.com/post/16339992032/skoliosexual-adj Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | |||
Several flags have been proposed and used for ceterosexuality. See [[:Category:Cetero pride flags]]. | Several flags have been proposed and used for ceterosexuality. See [[:Category:Cetero pride flags]]. | ||