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A woman attracted to nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soft-sapphic-love.tumblr.com/post/612236371144458240/hey-im-a-girl-and-im-pretty-sure-that-im-only |title=Anonymous asked: hey! i'm a girl and i'm pretty sure that i'm only attracted to non-binary people (no matter how they present/align), so what would that make me exactly label-wise???}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.etsy.com/listing/798601197/custom-sexuality-symbol-pride-flag |title= Custom Sexuality Symbol Pride Flag Buttons}}</ref> The term was coined by tumblr user orbisian-prinxess, who wrote: | [[File:Maedic - WLNB with symbol by Mod Fy.png|thumb|The maedic/WLNB flag created by Mod Fy of beyond-mogai-pride-flags.]] | ||
A woman attracted to nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soft-sapphic-love.tumblr.com/post/612236371144458240/hey-im-a-girl-and-im-pretty-sure-that-im-only |title=Anonymous asked: hey! i'm a girl and i'm pretty sure that i'm only attracted to non-binary people (no matter how they present/align), so what would that make me exactly label-wise???|date=10 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.etsy.com/listing/798601197/custom-sexuality-symbol-pride-flag |title= Custom Sexuality Symbol Pride Flag Buttons|first=Christopher|last=Ikonomou|website=etsy.com}}</ref> The term "asterian" was coined by tumblr user orbisian-prinxess, who wrote: | |||
{{quote|Aster comes from the ancient greek word for star, and specifically the term asterian is derived from asterisk, meaning ‘little star’. As non-binaries are often represented by stars (hence [[Galactian system|stellarian]]) as there are countless billions of stars completely seperate from the influence of our human gender binary (unlike the sun and moon, having been gendered in religions and cultures through time), loving nb people as a woman is known as being an asterian, especially as women are represented by circles, and if the outer points of an asterisk are joined it forms a circle - representing the union of nb people and woman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asterian |url=https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/176383259124/asterian |author=orbisian-prinxess}}</ref>}} | {{quote|Aster comes from the ancient greek word for star, and specifically the term asterian is derived from asterisk, meaning ‘little star’. As non-binaries are often represented by stars (hence [[Galactian system|stellarian]]) as there are countless billions of stars completely seperate from the influence of our human gender binary (unlike the sun and moon, having been gendered in religions and cultures through time), loving nb people as a woman is known as being an asterian, especially as women are represented by circles, and if the outer points of an asterisk are joined it forms a circle - representing the union of nb people and woman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asterian |url=https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/176383259124/asterian |author=orbisian-prinxess}}</ref>}} | ||
"Maedic", coined in 2018 by Mod Alec/Jace of tumblr blog beyond-mogai-pride-flags, is a synonym for asterian. This word was derived from the maenads of Greek mythology, who were female followers of Dionysus and consorts of Hermaphrodite (deity of [[androgyny]]).<ref name="beyo_Maed">{{Cite web |title=Maedic/WLNB Pride Flag |author= |work=Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags |date=7 February 2018 |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/170626057825/maedicwlnb-pride-flag}}</ref><ref name="beyo_Hell">{{Cite web |title=Hello Followers! |author= |work=Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/170442283755/hello-follows}}</ref> | |||
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===Astroidian or Asteroidian=== | ===Astroidian or Asteroidian=== | ||