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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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===Bisexuality=== | ===Bisexuality=== | ||
Bisexuality is a sexual orientation in which a person feels sexual attraction to more than one gender.<ref>[https://bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/the-bisexualityreport.pdf The Bisexuality Report: Bisexual inclusion in LGBT equality and diversity.] 2012. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230320103341/https://bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/the-bisexualityreport.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience |last=Flanders |first=Corey E. |work=Journal of Bisexuality |date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=November 26, 2019 |url= https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2017.1297145 |doi=10.1080/15299716.2017.1297145 |quote=Bisexuality as a single identity encompasses so many different meanings and attractions and behaviors for people who explicitly identify as bisexual. The general identity definition most commonly used, attraction to more than one gender, then leaves room for the multitudinous expressions of that identity. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604182010/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2017.1297145 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="scot_What">{{Cite web |title=What's In A Name? |author=Lorna |work=Scottish Bi+ Network |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=November 26, 2019 |url= http://www.scottishbinet.org/2018/10/whats-in-name.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130235531/http://www.scottishbinet.org:80/2018/10/whats-in-name.html |archive-date=30 January 2010 |quote=Bi: Attraction to two or more genders, and can include non-binary gender(s). Can also be used for attraction to all genders. }}</ref> Some define this as attraction to "women and men".<ref name="Savin-Williams2018">{{Cite web |title=Are Pansexuals Bisexual, Queer, Trans, Asexual, or Unique? |last=Savin-Williams |first=Ritch C. |work=Psychology Today |date=14 June 2018 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-sexuality-and-romance/201806/are-pansexuals-bisexual-queer-trans-asexual-or-unique |quote=bisexuality refers to sexual/romantic attraction to both men and women, to varying degrees. }}</ref><ref name="Sutherland2020">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIAPK: Let's Unpack the Acronym |last=Sutherland |first=Amy |work=Harlot |date=2020 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://callmeharlot.com/all-learning-content/lgbtqiapk-lets-unpack-the-acronym |quote=A bisexual person is someone who is sexually and romantically attracted to both male- and female-identifying people. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111223859/https://www.callmeharlot.com/all-learning-content/lgbtqiapk-lets-unpack-the-acronym |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Others define bisexuality as attraction to two categories of people: the same as one's own gender, and different than one's own gender.<ref name="Harte2019">{{Cite web |title=Being bisexual+ & nonbinary while rejecting the gender binary |last=Harte |first=Mackenzie |work=Queerty |date=19 September 2019 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://www.queerty.com/bisexual-nonbinary-rejecting-gender-binary-20190919 |quote=A common misconception about bisexuality+ is that it means that you are only attracted to men and women (typically assumed to be cisgender men and cisgender women). This is untrue. Bisexuality+ means that you have the capacity to be attracted to genders like your own and genders unlike your own. There is no inherent binary to a bisexual+ (bi+) identity, and I am the proof of that as someone who is bisexual+ and nonbinary. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817110525/https://www.queerty.com/bisexual-nonbinary-rejecting-gender-binary-20190919 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Others define bisexuality as attraction to people of any gender. What "bisexuality" means when nonbinary identities are taken into account is a matter of debate. Many people feel that "bi-" reinforces the gender binary, and erases nonbinary identities, preferring pansexual or polysexual. Others<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bisexualindex.org.uk/index.php/Bisexuality#binary|title="Bi means two so bisexuality is transphobic"|work=The Bisexual Index|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506225840/http://www.bisexualindex.org.uk/index.php/Bisexuality|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> argue that "bisexual" was originally coined to describe a sexuality which included aspects of both heterosexuality and homosexuality, and that it should be interpreted as inclusive of attraction to all genders or sexes, although there are certainly bisexuals who do only feel attraction to two specific genders, whether those be "men and women", "women and genderqueer folks", or any two genders imaginable.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lapointe |first= Alicia Anne|date=2016| title='It's not Pans, It's People': Student and Teacher Perspectives on Bisexuality and Pansexuality|journal= Journal of Bisexuality|volume=17 |issue= 1 |pages= 88–107 |doi= 10.1080/15299716.2016.1196157}}</ref> | Bisexuality is a sexual orientation in which a person feels sexual attraction to more than one gender.<ref>[https://bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/the-bisexualityreport.pdf The Bisexuality Report: Bisexual inclusion in LGBT equality and diversity.] 2012. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230320103341/https://bisexualresearch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/the-bisexualityreport.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience |last=Flanders |first=Corey E. |work=Journal of Bisexuality |date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=November 26, 2019 |url= https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2017.1297145 |doi=10.1080/15299716.2017.1297145 |quote=Bisexuality as a single identity encompasses so many different meanings and attractions and behaviors for people who explicitly identify as bisexual. The general identity definition most commonly used, attraction to more than one gender, then leaves room for the multitudinous expressions of that identity. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604182010/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2017.1297145 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="scot_What">{{Cite web |title=What's In A Name? |author=Lorna |work=Scottish Bi+ Network |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=November 26, 2019 |url= http://www.scottishbinet.org/2018/10/whats-in-name.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130235531/http://www.scottishbinet.org:80/2018/10/whats-in-name.html |archive-date=30 January 2010 |quote=Bi: Attraction to two or more genders, and can include non-binary gender(s). Can also be used for attraction to all genders. }}</ref> Some define this as attraction to "women and men".<ref name="Savin-Williams2018">{{Cite web |title=Are Pansexuals Bisexual, Queer, Trans, Asexual, or Unique? |last=Savin-Williams |first=Ritch C. |work=Psychology Today |date=14 June 2018 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-sexuality-and-romance/201806/are-pansexuals-bisexual-queer-trans-asexual-or-unique |quote=bisexuality refers to sexual/romantic attraction to both men and women, to varying degrees. }}</ref><ref name="Sutherland2020">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIAPK: Let's Unpack the Acronym |last=Sutherland |first=Amy |work=Harlot |date=2020 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://callmeharlot.com/all-learning-content/lgbtqiapk-lets-unpack-the-acronym |quote=A bisexual person is someone who is sexually and romantically attracted to both male- and female-identifying people. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111223859/https://www.callmeharlot.com/all-learning-content/lgbtqiapk-lets-unpack-the-acronym |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Others define bisexuality as attraction to two categories of people: the same as one's own gender, and different than one's own gender.<ref name="Harte2019">{{Cite web |title=Being bisexual+ & nonbinary while rejecting the gender binary |last=Harte |first=Mackenzie |work=Queerty |date=19 September 2019 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://www.queerty.com/bisexual-nonbinary-rejecting-gender-binary-20190919 |quote=A common misconception about bisexuality+ is that it means that you are only attracted to men and women (typically assumed to be cisgender men and cisgender women). This is untrue. Bisexuality+ means that you have the capacity to be attracted to genders like your own and genders unlike your own. There is no inherent binary to a bisexual+ (bi+) identity, and I am the proof of that as someone who is bisexual+ and nonbinary. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817110525/https://www.queerty.com/bisexual-nonbinary-rejecting-gender-binary-20190919 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Others define bisexuality as attraction to people of any gender. What "bisexuality" means when nonbinary identities are taken into account is a matter of debate. Many people feel that "bi-" reinforces the gender binary, and erases nonbinary identities, preferring pansexual or polysexual. Others<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bisexualindex.org.uk/index.php/Bisexuality#binary|title="Bi means two so bisexuality is transphobic"|work=The Bisexual Index|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506225840/http://www.bisexualindex.org.uk/index.php/Bisexuality|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> argue that "bisexual" was originally coined to describe a sexuality which included aspects of both heterosexuality and homosexuality, and that it should be interpreted as inclusive of attraction to all genders or sexes, although there are certainly bisexuals who do only feel attraction to two specific genders, whether those be "men and women", "women and genderqueer folks", or any two genders imaginable.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lapointe |first= Alicia Anne|date=2016| title='It's not Pans, It's People': Student and Teacher Perspectives on Bisexuality and Pansexuality|journal= Journal of Bisexuality|volume=17 |issue= 1 |pages= 88–107 |doi= 10.1080/15299716.2016.1196157}}</ref> | ||
[[File:NB Bi Flag.png|thumb|Bisexual Non-Binary pride flag created by Reddit user u/MrTortilla]] | |||
Notable bisexual nonbinary people include: | Notable bisexual nonbinary people include: | ||
* Musician [[Sydney Dolezal]] | * Musician [[Sydney Dolezal]] | ||
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===Pansexuality=== | ===Pansexuality=== | ||
Pansexuality is a sexual orientation that involves sexual attraction to people of all genders.<ref name="Webb">{{Cite web |title=5 things you should know on Pansexual Visibility Day |last=Webb |first=Laurence |work=LGBT Foundation |date=May 21, 2018 |access-date=November 26, 2019 |url= https://lgbt.foundation/news/5-things-you-should-know-on-pansexual-visibility-day/161|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527233157/https://lgbt.foundation/news/5-things-you-should-know-on-pansexual-visibility-day/161 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.hrc.org/resources/glossary-of-terms Human Rights Campaign: Glossary of Terms] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230307132044/https://www.hrc.org/resources/glossary-of-terms Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Pansexuals are attracted to all types of people. They might be "gender-blind" (meaning that gender is insignificant or irrelevant in determining their attraction), or they might not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://posi-pan.tumblr.com/post/175752109717/whats-the-difference-between-pan-and-omni|title=ANONYMOUS ASKED: What's the difference between pan and omni?|date= 10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104154856/https://posi-pan.tumblr.com/post/175752109717/whats-the-difference-between-pan-and-omni|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Some people prefer to call themselves 'pansexual' rather than bisexual because they feel the word "bisexual" has [[Gender binary|binary]] implications.<ref>https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/pansexual [https://web.archive.org/web/20220830201400/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/pansexual Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality [https://web.archive.org/web/20230608010348/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | Pansexuality is a sexual orientation that involves sexual attraction to people of all genders.<ref name="Webb">{{Cite web |title=5 things you should know on Pansexual Visibility Day |last=Webb |first=Laurence |work=LGBT Foundation |date=May 21, 2018 |access-date=November 26, 2019 |url= https://lgbt.foundation/news/5-things-you-should-know-on-pansexual-visibility-day/161|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527233157/https://lgbt.foundation/news/5-things-you-should-know-on-pansexual-visibility-day/161 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.hrc.org/resources/glossary-of-terms Human Rights Campaign: Glossary of Terms] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230307132044/https://www.hrc.org/resources/glossary-of-terms Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Pansexuals are attracted to all types of people. They might be "gender-blind" (meaning that gender is insignificant or irrelevant in determining their attraction), or they might not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://posi-pan.tumblr.com/post/175752109717/whats-the-difference-between-pan-and-omni|title=ANONYMOUS ASKED: What's the difference between pan and omni?|date= 10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104154856/https://posi-pan.tumblr.com/post/175752109717/whats-the-difference-between-pan-and-omni|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Some people prefer to call themselves 'pansexual' rather than bisexual because they feel the word "bisexual" has [[Gender binary|binary]] implications.<ref>https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/pansexual [https://web.archive.org/web/20220830201400/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/pansexual Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality [https://web.archive.org/web/20230608010348/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
[[File:NBPanFlag.png|thumb|Pansexual Non-Binary pride flag made by Reddit user u/MrTortilla. Symbolism per the creator "...the pink and blue from the pan flag at opposite ends of to represent attraction and presentation of masc and femme aesthetics, then added the yellow and purple of the NB flag in-between to represent, well, being nonbinary, and the white in the middle to represent the endless representations of gender that fall under the nonbinary umbrella, as well as the attraction to all the in between aesthetics we pansexuals are attracted to. I also changed the colors to be softer to better match the transgender pride flag!"]] | |||
Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness & Visibility Day is celebrated on May 24.<ref>{{Cite web |title=May 24 is Pan Awareness Day |author= |work=diversity.lbl.gov |date=21 May 2021 |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://diversity.lbl.gov/2021/05/21/may-24-is-pan-awareness-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604065708/https://diversity.lbl.gov/2021/05/21/may-24-is-pan-awareness-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness & Visibility Day is celebrated on May 24.<ref>{{Cite web |title=May 24 is Pan Awareness Day |author= |work=diversity.lbl.gov |date=21 May 2021 |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://diversity.lbl.gov/2021/05/21/may-24-is-pan-awareness-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604065708/https://diversity.lbl.gov/2021/05/21/may-24-is-pan-awareness-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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===Polysexuality=== | ===Polysexuality=== | ||
[[File:Polysexual. | [[File:Polysexual.png|thumb|Polysexual flag.]] | ||
Polysexuals are attracted towards more than one gender, but not all genders (as in [[pansexuality]]) and not just both [[binary genders]] (as in some understandings of [[bisexuality]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Polysexuality&oldid=2167603 |title=Polysexuality |website=RationalWiki |date=21 March 2020 |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721221943/https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Polysexuality&oldid=2167603 |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> For example, someone attracted to all genders except [[men]] might identify as polysexual.<ref name="Murphy2021">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean to Be Polysexual? Here's How Experts Explain This Sexual Identity |last=Murphy |first=Colleen |work=Health.com |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/polysexual|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307201505/https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/polysexual |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Polysexual people might or might not have a gender preference.<ref>{{cite book |title=Affirmative Counseling with LGBTQI+ People |date=2017 |publisher= Wiley |quote=Polysexual (adjective) describing a person who is predisposed to bond emotionally, physically, psychologically, and spiritually with many different sexes or genders. The attraction and interest are not necessarily equally split among these sexes or genders.}}</ref> | Polysexuals are attracted towards more than one gender, but not all genders (as in [[pansexuality]]) and not just both [[binary genders]] (as in some understandings of [[bisexuality]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Polysexuality&oldid=2167603 |title=Polysexuality |website=RationalWiki |date=21 March 2020 |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721221943/https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Polysexuality&oldid=2167603 |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> For example, someone attracted to all genders except [[men]] might identify as polysexual.<ref name="Murphy2021">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean to Be Polysexual? Here's How Experts Explain This Sexual Identity |last=Murphy |first=Colleen |work=Health.com |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=18 September 2021 |url= https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/polysexual|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307201505/https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/polysexual |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Polysexual people might or might not have a gender preference.<ref>{{cite book |title=Affirmative Counseling with LGBTQI+ People |date=2017 |publisher= Wiley |quote=Polysexual (adjective) describing a person who is predisposed to bond emotionally, physically, psychologically, and spiritually with many different sexes or genders. The attraction and interest are not necessarily equally split among these sexes or genders.}}</ref> | ||
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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]]. | ||
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''Disambiguation: for asexuality in the sense of a person born without sexual organs, that is an intersex condition, so instead see [[intersex]]. People who don't experience sexual attraction are most often not intersex.'' | ''Disambiguation: for asexuality in the sense of a person born without sexual organs, that is an intersex condition, so instead see [[intersex]]. People who don't experience sexual attraction are most often not intersex.'' | ||
Asexuality is a sexual orientation in which a person usually does not feel sexual attraction to any gender identity. | Asexuality is a sexual orientation in which a person usually does not feel sexual attraction to any gender identity. Asexuality is a condition characterized by a lack of sexual attraction. This is an enduring characteristic.<ref name="apahelp">{{cite web|title=Sexual orientation, homosexuality and bisexuality|publisher=American Psychological Association|accessdate=March 30, 2013|url=http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307042644/https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Asexuality is not the same as celibacy, in which a person may feel sexual attraction, but intentionally chooses not to have sex.<ref name="Halter">{{cite book|author=Margaret Jordan Halter |author2=Elizabeth M. Varcarolis|title=Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing|isbn=978-1-4557-5358-1|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|year=2013|page=382|accessdate=May 7, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mZ15AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA382#v=onepage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115092147/https://books.google.com/books?id=mZ15AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA382|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="DePaulo">{{cite journal|first=Bella|last=DePaulo|title=ASEXUALS: Who Are They and Why Are They Important?|journal=Psychology Today|date=September 26, 2011|accessdate=December 13, 2011|url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/living-single/200912/asexuals-who-are-they-and-why-are-they-important}}</ref> Asexuality can be mistaken for aromanticism, however they are different (aromanticism is the lack of ''romantic'' attraction rather than sexual). More often than not, people use asexuality to mean something distinct from aromanticism, to say that they may feel romantic attraction, but not sexual attraction.<ref name="Richards and Barker">{{cite book|author=Christina Richards |author2=Meg Barker|title=Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide|isbn=978-1-4462-9313-3|publisher=Sage Publications|year=2013|pages=124–127|accessdate=July 3, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uSiXAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT124|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706223115/https://books.google.com/books?id=uSiXAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT124|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Asexuality is not the same as a lack of libido. They may have little or no interest in sexual activity, yet sexual activity is viewed independently from sexual attraction. Asexual identifying individuals may also identify, for example, as sex repulsed or sex positive or sex neutral. Some asexual people enjoy taking part in sexual relationships, even though some do not feel an instinctive need to do so.<ref name="Prause">{{cite journal|last=Prause |first=Nicole |author2=Cynthia A. Graham |s2cid=12034925 |date=August 2004 |url=http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf |title=Asexuality: Classification and Characterization |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume=36 |pages=341–356 |accessdate=August 31, 2007 |doi=10.1007/s10508-006-9142-3 |pmid=17345167 |issue=3 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014407/http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf |archivedate=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307111406/http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGrahamPDF.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Many asexuals see asexuality as a queer identity, and under the umbrella of [[MOGII|marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex (MOGII)]], because they experience discrimination for their orientation, like lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. Asexuality can also be defined as an umbrella term, which can include other kinds of sexuality labels in the asexual spectrum, such as and gray-asexuality, demisexuality, and more.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Scherrer|first=Kristin|title=Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire|journal=Sexualities|volume=11|issue=5|pages=621–641|doi=10.1177/1363460708094269|pmid=20593009|pmc=2893352|year=2008}}</ref><ref>Jillian Cottle, "Hallelujah, it's raining labels." [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305111555/http://jilliancottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220205075913/http://jilliancottle.com//hallelujah-its-raining-labels Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
Notable asexual nonbinary people include: | Notable asexual nonbinary people include: | ||