Romantic and sexual orientation: Difference between revisions

'''Romantic and sexual orientation''' are enduring personal qualities that incline people to feel romantic and sexual attraction to certain kinds of people. Sometimes terms for sexual orientation are also used to include romantic orientation, the tendency to feel romantic attraction to certain kinds of people. Other times, orientation labels differentiate between romantic and sexual attraction. Some of the most widely known labels for attraction, such as "lesbian," also imply the user's gender. Words for attraction experienced by nonbinary people or attraction to nonbinary people have been proposed, but are not as wide-spread yet. By some interpretations, every orientation includes attraction to some nonbinary people.<ref name="KravitzM">{{Cite web |title=Does Liking a Nonbinary Person Make You Bi or Pan? Not Necessarily. |last=M. |first=Kravitz |work=Medium |date=29 June 2020 |access-date=25 August 2020 |url= https://medium.com/an-injustice/does-liking-a-nonbinary-person-make-you-bi-or-pan-not-necessarily-359241923561|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209100024/https://medium.com/an-injustice/does-liking-a-nonbinary-person-make-you-bi-or-pan-not-necessarily-359241923561 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kil9.tumblr.com/post/617496855567286272/i-think-a-reason-why-so-many-people-dont-accept |title=i think a reason why so many people dont accept that every sexuality is inclusive of nonbinary people is because they think every sexuality must be inclusive of ALL nonbinary people, and that’s just not true| date= 7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/jn8mh |archive-date=26 Jan 2022}}</ref> This wiki article includes many terms for romantic and sexual orientation that may include nonbinary people, and explains how they may.  

"An agender/genderless person who loves women." Coined by tumblr user genderless-gibberish.<ref name="gibberish1">https://genderless-gibberish.tumblr.com/post/175819840125/so-i-think-i-figured-out-what-i-want-to-call-the [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527033129/https://genderless-gibberish.tumblr.com/post/175819840125/so-i-think-i-figured-out-what-i-want-to-call-the Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>.

Blossian refers to an agender person who is attracted exclusively to women. This was coined by Twitter user kairofanatic on April 5, 2021.<ref>https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Blossian [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701051125/https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Blossian Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

An [[Gender alignment|unaligned]] nonbinary person who is only attracted to women. Suffixes are added to specify type of attration, 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>

Non-straight attraction by anyone to women and feminine-aligned people. Coined by Tumblr user goodpositivitylgbt.<ref>https://goodpositivitylgbt.tumblr.com/post/162015830695/new-terms-as-many-of-you-know [https://web.archive.org/web/20230403141605/https://goodpositivitylgbt.tumblr.com/post/162015830695/new-terms-as-many-of-you-know Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

A nonbinary person attracted exclusively to women.<ref name="diamoricpositivity" /><ref name="kravitz-GIT">{{Cite web |title=Gender Identities and Terminology: An Abridged But Not-So-Basic Guide |last=M. |first=Kravitz |work=Medium |date=1 February 2021 |access-date=30 May 2021 |url= https://kravitzi.medium.com/gender-identities-and-terminology-an-abridged-but-not-so-basic-guide-d5ba7d2806fa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816071955/https://kravitzi.medium.com/gender-identities-and-terminology-an-abridged-but-not-so-basic-guide-d5ba7d2806fa |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Various flags have been created for this orientation.

Femique is "a non-gendered term for anyone who feels queer attraction to women [a femique person] / a non-gendered term for queer attraction to women [femique attraction]".<ref name="xenonflags">{{Cite web |title=! new terms ! |author=xenonflags |work=requests are open, happy pride month! |date=20 May 2021 |access-date=15 June 2021 |url= https://xenonflags.tumblr.com/post/651762622092525568/new-terms-femique-on-the-left-masquine-on|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328021132/https://xenonflags.tumblr.com/post/651762622092525568/new-terms-femique-on-the-left-masquine-on |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Some women who are attracted to women call themselves gay women. Gay women may or may not consider this to mean the exact same thing as lesbian. Gay women may or may not also consider themselves genderqueer. A notable example of this is American musician [[King Princess]], who describes herself as a [[genderqueer]] person and gay [[woman]].<ref name="Menuez">{{Cite web |title=King Princess |last=Menuez |first=Bobbi |work=theingenuemagazine.com |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911191450/https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Gynephilia, also referred to as gynesexuality, gynosexuality<ref name="Kaplan">{{cite book|title=Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions |chapter=Your Fence Is Sitting on Me: The Hazards of Binary Thinking |author=Kaplan, Rebecca |year=1995 |quote=Even if I agreed that it is useful to have words to name the sex(es) to whom someone is erotically attracted, I would not have to use the categories homosexual and heterosexual. I could just as easily divide the world up into gynosexual (attracted to women), androsexual (attracted to men), and bisexual (attracted to both).}}</ref>, or femsexuality, is a romantic or sexual orientation in which a person feels attraction to women or to traits they perceive as feminine.<ref name="NeutroisTerms">"LGBTQ Terms." ''Neutrois.com.'' [http://neutrois.com/definitions/terms] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604171327/https://www.neutrois.com/definitions/terms/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

This term has gained criticism, arguing that the prefix "gyne-" is focused on genitals, not gender.<ref>https://enbysbians.carrd.co/#terf [https://web.archive.org/web/20230612131704/https://enbysbians.carrd.co/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Indeed, some sources do define it as "sexual attraction to the female anatomy".<ref name="Blake">{{Cite web |title=Are You Gynesexual? Here's What It Is & How To Tell |last=Blake |first=Jessica |work=Bolde |date= |access-date=28 November 2020 |url= https://www.bolde.com/gynesexual-what-how-tell/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319162208/https://www.bolde.com/gynesexual-what-how-tell/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Other sources disagree, saying that it is an "attraction toward women, females, and perceived femininity irrespective of whether or not they were assigned female at birth."<ref name="Zambon">{{Cite web |title=What are different types of sexualities? |author=Zambon, Veronica |work=medicalnewstoday.com |date=19 October 2020 |access-date=28 November 2020 |url= https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/types-of-sexuality#spectrum-or-sliding-scale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305213125/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/types-of-sexuality |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Thus, someone who uses the term "gynephilic" or "gynesexual" for themselves might be attracted to feminine women (both cis and trans) as well as feminine men.<ref name="Blake" />

[[File:Winning Orange-Pink Lesbian Pride Flag.png|thumb|A lesbian flag that won a contest for designing a lesbian flag in 2018, in which trans and nonbinary lesbians were welcome.<ref>''The search for the official lesbian flag.'' July 28, 2018. https://official-lesbian-flag.tumblr.com/post/176134630994/been-doing-some-research-and-looking-at-results [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604113320/https://official-lesbian-flag.tumblr.com/post/176134630994/been-doing-some-research-and-looking-at-results Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>]]

Simply put, people who identify as lesbians are usually women who feel attraction to other women. Historically and today, many lesbians have a gender identity and expression that they feel does not fit into the Western [[gender binary]] or patriarchal, heterosexual norms of womanhood. Some see "lesbian" as their gender identity as well as their sexuality.<ref name="Gender Census 2018">{{Cite web |title=Gender Census 2018 Identity words (public) |author=Cassian |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=27 July 2020 |url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12cN-ooc5EuLIaqbmfqbjZffYldTzWRAHc-qZaRJ2xsQ/edit#gid=1402706910|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521064702/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12cN-ooc5EuLIaqbmfqbjZffYldTzWRAHc-qZaRJ2xsQ/edit |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Gender Census 2019">{{Cite web |title=Gender Census 2019 - the public spreadsheet |author=Cassian |date=30 March 2019 |access-date=27 July 2020 |url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ePCyWMdorSHAaxNcd1Iv64oLvkdgeoZldTdGZZTHlvY/edit#gid=498446722|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522223529/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ePCyWMdorSHAaxNcd1Iv64oLvkdgeoZldTdGZZTHlvY/edit |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=23 July 2019|url=https://www.deviantart.com/pantomorph/art/lesbian-gender-pride-flag-806822407|title=lesbian gender pride flag|author=pantomorph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207155627/https://www.deviantart.com/pantomorph/art/lesbian-gender-pride-flag-806822407|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Some lesbians who use the words [[butch]], [[stone]], or [[dyke]] for themselves express and experience their gender identities through [[masculinity]], [[androgyny]], sexual difference, and nonconformity.<ref name=Feinberg>{{cite book|last1=Feinberg|first1=Leslie|title=Stone Butch Blues: A Novel|date=1993|edition=1st|publisher=Firebrand Books|location=|isbn=1563410303}}</ref><ref name=Halberstam>{{Cite book|last1=Halberstam|first1=Judith|authorlink=Judith Halberstam|title=Female Masculinity|year=1998|edition=1st|page=[https://archive.org/details/femalemasculinit00judi/page/111 111]|publisher=Duke University Press|location=|chapter=Lesbian Masculinity: Even Stone Butches Get the Blues|isbn=0822322269|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/femalemasculinit00judi/page/111|archive-url=False|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Krantz">{{cite journal|last1=Krantz|first1=Susan E.|title=Reconsidering the Etymology of Bulldike|journal=American Speech|date=1995|volume=70|issue=2|pages=217–221|doi=10.2307/455819|issn=00031283|url=https://scholarworks.uno.edu/engl_facpubs/41|jstor=455819|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322153405/https://scholarworks.uno.edu/engl_facpubs/41/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Lesbians can be [[woman#cisgender women|cisgender women]], [[woman#transgender women|transgender women]], nonbinary/genderqueer women, and anyone else who feels that their identities [[gender alignment|align]] with womanhood or that they have some kind of connection to womanhood.<ref name="Carney">{{Cite web |title=In Defense of Non-Binary Lesbianism |last=Carney |first=Sasha |work=Broad Recognition |date=4 November 2019 |access-date=14 June 2020 |url= https://www.broadsatyale.com/in-defense-of-non-binary-lesbianism/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515210021/http://www.broadsatyale.com/in-defense-of-non-binary-lesbianism/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The struggles of rejecting the gender binary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/magazine/gender-nonbinary.html |date=4 June 2019 |work=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=1 February 2020 |last=Bergner |first=Daniel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604135436/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/magazine/gender-nonbinary.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/44110/1/andrea-lawlor-paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-book-interview |authorlink=Andrea Lawlor |title=Andrea Lawlor explores the wild possibilities of sexual-shapeshifting |publisher=Dazed |date=18 April 2019 |access-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204160540/https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/44110/1/andrea-lawlor-paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-book-interview |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/lesbian-slang-terms-definitions#slide-8 |title=17 lesbian slang terms every baby gay needs to learn |publisher=Refinery 29 |date=30 March 2018 |access-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619215450/http://www.refinery29.com/en-us/lesbian-slang-terms-definitions |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Ormiston |first=Wendy |title=Stone butch celebration: A Transgender-inspired revolution in academia |pages=198-216 |date=July 1996 |doi=10.17763/haer.66.2.46r7n64515203412 |journal=Harvard Educational Review |volume=66 |issue=2}}</ref>  

* American autistic activist blogger [[Mel Baggs]] (1980 - 2020), who said sie<ref name="TDOV">{{cite web|url=https://withasmoothroundstone.tumblr.com/post/115187595380/transgender-day-of-visibility-mel-age-34|title=Transgender day of visibility.|date=April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413095312/https://withasmoothroundstone.tumblr.com/post/115187595380/transgender-day-of-visibility-mel-age-34|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> was a [[genderless]] lesbian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://withasmoothroundstone.tumblr.com/post/145842413020/im-a-genderless-lesbian-and|title=I’m a genderless lesbian and…|date=June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008200429/https://withasmoothroundstone.tumblr.com/post/145842413020/im-a-genderless-lesbian-and|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* American revolutionary communist and trans rights activist [[Leslie Feinberg]] (1949 - 2014). Feinberg identified as a transgender [[butch]] lesbian, describing butch as a sense of a queer masculine transgender identity neither female nor male. Feinberg's novel, ''Stone Butch Blues'' (1993), won the prestigious American Library Association Award for Gay and Lesbian Literature and a LAMBDA Literary Award.<ref name="lesliefeinberg">[http://www.lesliefeinberg.net/ Village Voice] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230705182548/https://www.lesliefeinberg.net/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* American ballet dancer and choreographer [[Katy Pyle]] identifies as a [[genderqueer]] lesbian.<ref>[http://www.ballez.org/company/ Bio], retrieved May 17, 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606030034/https://www.ballez.org/company Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* Australian actor [[Ruby Rose]], a [[genderfluid]] lesbian<ref name="Gomez">{{Cite web |title=Gender-fluid Ruby Rose opens up about the backlash she's received for identifying as a lesbian |trans-title= |last=Gomez |first=Patrick |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=5 June 2019 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://ew.com/celebrity/paul-lynde-life-legacy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308224934/https://ew.com/celebrity/paul-lynde-life-legacy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* American<ref name="OralHistory">{{Cite web |title=OralHistoryArchive • From a Whisper to a Roar lesbian decriminalisation |author= |work=From a Whisper to a Roar |date=17 June 2019 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= http://www.whisper2roar.org.uk/oral-history-archive/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407065458/https://www.whisper2roar.org.uk/oral-history-archive/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> LGBT+ activist [[Jamie Wildman]] (1950-2020).<ref name="Video">{{Cite web |title=Coming out as non-binary at age 69 {{!}} This Is Life |author=PinkNews |work=YouTube |date=13 April 2020 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-W7AXC8URI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420112838/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-W7AXC8URI |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* American musician and comedian [[Maxine Feldman|Maxine "Max" Feldman]] (1945-2007) was a transgender butch lesbian and his/her gender identity was described by his/her partner as "both/and".<ref name="Kiritsy">{{cite news|last=Kiritsy|first=Laura|title=Lesbian trail blazer Maxine Feldman dies|url=http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=36268|newspaper=Edge Providence|date=August 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331030136/http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=36268|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* American activist and actor [[Ianne Fields Stewart]], a [[transfeminine]] [[nonbinary woman]] and lesbian<ref name="SwiftMar2020">{{Cite web |title=Meet Ianne Fields Stewart: The Activist and Actress Who Is Combatting Food Insecurity In The Black Transgender Community |author=Swift, Jaimee A. |work=Black Women Radicals |date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/meet-ianne-fields-stewart-the-activist-and-actress-who-is-combating-food-insecurity-in-the-black-transgender-community|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128162056/https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/meet-ianne-fields-stewart-the-activist-and-actress-who-is-combating-food-insecurity-in-the-black-transgender-community |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="MastersAug2020">{{Cite web |title=This Activist Ensures Black Trans People Don't Go Hungry |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=The Advocate |date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/31/ianne-fields-stewart-okra-project-trans |quote=I am a Black, queer, nonbinary, lesbian woman. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529144011/https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/31/ianne-fields-stewart-okra-project-trans |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Attraction to women, nongendered people, and all nonbinary people who are not male-aligned or masculine.<ref>https://neptunicnbs.tumblr.com/terminology [https://web.archive.org/web/20220508205017/https://neptunicnbs.tumblr.com/terminology Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Sapphic generally stands for feminine-aligned people being attracted to other feminine-aligned people and women.<ref>https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Sapphic [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701052206/https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Sapphic Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> It is an umbrella term for bisexual female-aligned people, lesbians, and any other people who consider themselves wlw (women who love women). Nonbinary people might consider themselves sapphic if they are partly female, sometimes female, [[Gender alignment|female-aligned]], or [[Galactian system|lunarian]].

Term for [[nonbinary men]] who love women. Derived from the gemstone umbalite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Umbalian Pride Flags |author= |work=Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags |date=3 June 2018 |access-date=11 May 2022 |url= https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/174536672860/umbalian-pride-flags|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519091722/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/174536672860/umbalian-pride-flags |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Only attracted to women and fem-aligned nonbinary people or partial women. Sometimes called Venusian.<ref>https://non-aligned-sapphic.tumblr.com/post/166272150888/feminamoric-only-attracted-to-women-flag-by</ref> Coined in 2016.<ref>https://temp-nb-blog.tumblr.com/post/155188169959/temp-nb-blog-sending-this-as-a-submission-so [https://web.archive.org/web/20230221225936/http://temp-nb-blog.tumblr.com/post/155188169959/temp-nb-blog-sending-this-as-a-submission-so Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

"Attraction to women (and/or feminine genders, depending on the person)."<ref name="polyamaesthetic2020">{{Cite web |title=Anonymous asked: Hi, I'm wondering if you know any systems of terms used to describe attraction to a specific gender without including the gender of the person experiencing the attraction? |author= |work=polyamaesthetic |date=15 August 2020 |access-date=10 September 2020 |url= https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/626554691551215616/hi-im-wondering-if-you-know-any-systems-of-terms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910153546/https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/626554691551215616/hi-im-wondering-if-you-know-any-systems-of-terms |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>  

An umbrella term for any male, male-aligned, or partially-male people who feel attraction to men (e.g. gay men, bisexual/pansexual men, gay asexual men, etc.) In short, anyone who considers themself an MLM (man who loves men) can identify as achillean.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Achillean-638170749 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230326185759/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Achillean-638170749 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The term is derived from the mythical character Achilles.<ref name="en.w_Achi">{{Cite web |title=Achillean - Wiktionary |author= |work=en.wiktionary.org |date= |access-date=8 September 2020 |url= https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Achillean |quote=4. Of or relating to sexual or romantic intimacy between men, in the style of Achilles' relationship with Patroclus. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708082434/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/achillean |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Nonbinary people might consider themselves achillean if they are partly male, sometimes male, [[Gender alignment|male-aligned]], or [[Galactian system|solarian]].

Alternate terms/synonyms are "vincian",<ref>https://gothpunkemowhatever.tumblr.com/post/620281922292203520/achilleanvincian-lockscreens [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607164937/https://gothpunkemowhatever.tumblr.com/post/620281922292203520/achilleanvincian-lockscreens Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/190634945600/it-isnt-discourse-per-se-references-to-sexual [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607165229/https://neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/190634945600/it-isnt-discourse-per-se-references-to-sexual Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/190432654640/many-mlm-dont-like-the-achillean-thing-because [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607165058/https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/190432654640/many-mlm-dont-like-the-achillean-thing-because Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> inspired by Leonardo da Vinci<ref>https://peyotecookies.tumblr.com/post/189404727773/hi-can-someone-nice-please-explain-what-vincian [https://web.archive.org/web/20210426153350/https://peyotecookies.tumblr.com/post/189404727773/hi-can-someone-nice-please-explain-what-vincian Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, "wildean" inspired by Oscar Wilde<ref>https://sweetslittlefactory-moved.tumblr.com/post/187377642638/i-know-vincian-is-getting-traction-as-an [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205184036/https://sweetslittlefactory-moved.tumblr.com/post/187377642638/i-know-vincian-is-getting-traction-as-an Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://sweetslittlefactory-moved.tumblr.com/post/187398369173/aroacepositivityplace-sweetslittlefactory [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205184040/https://sweetslittlefactory-moved.tumblr.com/post/187398369173/aroacepositivityplace-sweetslittlefactory Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, and "hyacique" from the Hyacinth flower and the minor Greek deity.<ref>https://bijoumikhawal.tumblr.com/post/188264317374/hyacique [https://web.archive.org/web/20230529023322/https://bijoumikhawal.tumblr.com/post/188264317374/hyacique Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Androphilia or androsexuality is a romantic or sexual orientation in which one feels attraction to men or [[masculinity]], regardless of one's own gender identity.<ref name="NeutroisTerms" /><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/androsexual [https://web.archive.org/web/20230425120021/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/androsexual Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Zambon" />

An azurian is a [[nonbinary man]] who is attracted only to men. Coined by tumblr user bentonthefoxkin, the word is derived from the mineral azurite.<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/174346001015/azurian-pride-flags [https://web.archive.org/web/20220911082152/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/174346001015/azurian-pride-flags Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Several flags have been created for this orientation.

Cinthean was proposed as an alternative for the terms "gay man" and "homosexual."<ref>Now: Why cinthean? The word "gay" has become an umbrella term for multiple members of the LGBT+ community, which is great, except that leaves us with no term for our sexuality except for- "gay man" or "homosexual." Gay man may be an awkward term to use for nonbinary people who aren't exactly men but still connect to the gay label, and homosexual has negative connotations in general, and just sounds a bit awkward. https://twitter.com/bimbjus/status/1279769182809317376?s=20 https://twitter.com/bimbjus/status/1279769184902266880?s=20</ref> The term applies to men and nonbinary people who are exclusively attracted to men and nonbinary people. It is inspired by the tale of Hyacinthus, who was a lover of Apollo. As he died, Apollo transformed his blood into a flower to honor him, with that flower being believed to be what we now know as the hyacinth.<ref>https://cintheanz.carrd.co/#explanation [https://web.archive.org/web/20230612131707/https://cintheanz.carrd.co/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> [[File:Cinthean flag by bimbjus.png|thumb|Cinthean flag.]]

Non-straight attraction by anyone to men and masculine-aligned people. Coined by Tumblr user goodpositivitylgbt.<ref>https://goodpositivitylgbt.tumblr.com/post/162015830695/new-terms-as-many-of-you-know [https://web.archive.org/web/20230403141605/https://goodpositivitylgbt.tumblr.com/post/162015830695/new-terms-as-many-of-you-know Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Attraction to men, nongendered people, and all nonbinary people who are not female-aligned or feminine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loud-and-queer.tumblr.com/post/165451319627/i-tried-my-hand-at-making-some-flags-for-neptunic|title=I tried my hand at making some flags for Neptunic and Uranic.|date=17 September 2017|author=Dark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104154012/https://loud-and-queer.tumblr.com/post/165451319627/i-tried-my-hand-at-making-some-flags-for-neptunic|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

Note: The word "viramoric" should not be confused with "vixenamoric", which was created to exclude nonbinary lesbians and pronoun nonconforming lesbians from lesbianism.<ref name="Rylan">{{Cite web |title=“Vixenamoric” is TERF Ideology with Training Wheels |last=Rylan |first=Jules |work=Medium |date=16 October 2020 |access-date=26 June 2021 |url= https://radiantbutch.medium.com/vixenamoric-is-terf-ideology-with-training-wheels-dc7bb5ea01b1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207170811/https://radiantbutch.medium.com/vixenamoric-is-terf-ideology-with-training-wheels-dc7bb5ea01b1 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="lgbt_Vixe">{{Cite web |title=Vixenamoric |author= |work=LGBTA Wiki |date= |access-date=26 June 2021 |url= https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Vixenamoric|archive-url=False|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

Also called being straight, heterosexuality is a romantic and sexual orientation in which a person tends to feel sexual attraction only to people of a different gender identity than their own. For example, women who usually feel attracted only to men. This is heterosexuality even if one or both of the people are [[transgender]], because this is based on [[gender identity]] rather than [[sex]]. Heterosexuality is often defined as attraction between persons of opposite gender<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality [https://web.archive.org/web/20230309135102/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>. However, the idea "opposite gender" only makes sense within the [[gender binary]], which sees all people as being either of only two genders, and that those two genders are supposedly opposites to each other. What "heterosexuality" means when [[nonbinary]] identities are taken into account is not agreed upon. By its etymology, it could imply "other" or "different" gender.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality#Etymology [https://web.archive.org/web/20230309135102/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=25 Great Lesson Plans about Sexual Orientation|year=2017 |last1=Clark |first1=Terri |last2=Gilbert |first2=Tracie Q. |last3=Rayne |first3=Karen|quote=The prefix ''hetero'' means "different" or "other". Thus, ''heterosexuality'' (often called ''straight'') refers to people who are exclusively attracted to different-sexed or other-sexed partners. For most straight people, this usually means attraction to the opposite biological sex, but for some straight people it can also include attraction to certain trans and intersex people, as well as people of all sorts of gender identities.|url=https://twitter.com/BiDotOrg/status/1442167110927470594/photo/1|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In that case, a heterosexual nonbinary person could mean one who feels attraction to one gender other than nonbinary, to both binary genders, or to all genders other than their exact own. Nevertheless, heterosexuality is often assumed to refer to attraction between men and women only, even when nonbinary identities are acknowledged. This can cause distress to nonbinary people in a relationship and their partners as they struggle to find a labels for themselves. The question of whether a nonbinary person can identify as heterosexual-- and how exactly that person defines their heterosexuality-- is up to that individual person.

There are multiple flags proposed to represent heterosexuality, but none has been made "official".<ref>https://flagipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Heterosexual [https://web.archive.org/web/20230523214042/https://flagipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Heterosexual Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Here is a selection; more can be seen at [https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/qq-het.html this link].

[[File:Strayt flag.png|thumb|right|The strayt flag, designed by nblwnonsense.<ref name="Straytflag">https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Strayt-748740864 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701043411/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Strayt-748740864 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>]]

Term for nonbinary people's attraction to an "opposite side of the binary" gender. Coined by identity-workshop in 2018.<ref name="symmaic_contraic">https://identity-workshop.tumblr.com/post/173088225231/so-i-noticed-that-theres-no-terms-to-represent [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601060949/https://identity-workshop.tumblr.com/post/173088225231/so-i-noticed-that-theres-no-terms-to-represent Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Contraic-2-750152604 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702002819/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Contraic-2-750152604 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

"Omnistraight" (likely coined to mirror [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Omnigay|omnigay]]) is a term which can be used by individuals with [[genderfluid|fluid gender]] who experience fluid attraction as well, such that they are always attracted to a gender different than their own current gender.<ref name="wren-omnistraight">{{Cite web |title=Omnistraight has quickly become one of my main identities, but there’s no actual flag for it, so I designed one myself! |author=wren |work=pride for all! |date=30 March 2020 |access-date=29 September 2020 |url= https://enb-ab-y.tumblr.com/post/614023456214974464/omnistraight-has-quickly-become-one-of-my-main|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601010152/https://enb-ab-y.tumblr.com/post/614023456214974464/omnistraight-has-quickly-become-one-of-my-main |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Omnistraight [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701053311/https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Omnistraight Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

The original omnistraight flag is a combination of the straight flag and the genderfluid flag. It was created by beyond-mogai-pride-flags on November 29, 2017.<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/168002158820/omnistraight-pride-flag [https://web.archive.org/web/20230629024020/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/168002158820/omnistraight-pride-flag Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> An alternate omnistraight flag was designed by Tumblr user enb-ab-y on March 30, 2020.<ref name="wren-omnistraight" />

Also called being gay, homosexuality is a sexual orientation in which a person feels sexual attraction only to people of the same [[gender]] as one's self.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality [https://web.archive.org/web/20230705170849/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> All homosexual people can also call themselves gay. Homosexual attraction can sometimes include nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite book|title=25 Great Lesson Plans about Sexual Orientation |year=2017 |last1=Clark |first1=Terri |last2=Gilbert |first2=Tracie Q. |last3=Rayne |first3=Karen|quote=The prefix ''homo'' in the word ''homosexuality'' means "same" or "similar." Thus, homosexual (usually called ''gay'' or ''lesbian'') people are by definition exclusively attracted to people of the same sex. For most gay people, this usually means attraction to the same biological sex, but for some gay people it can also include attraction to certain trans and intersex people, as well as people of all sorts of gender identities. |url=https://twitter.com/BiDotOrg/status/1442167110927470594/photo/1|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

The term "gai" is for nonbinary people who feel their attraction is gay but in a nonbinary way. Being gai does not require attraction to only one gender or attraction to the same gender.<ref>[https://gai-strayt-alliance.tumblr.com/post/175212373813/what-do-the-terms-gai-and-strayt-mean What *do* the terms gai and strayt mean?], 24 June 2018 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517075604/https://gai-strayt-alliance.tumblr.com/post/175212373813/what-do-the-terms-gai-and-strayt-mean Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Although gay is a synonym for homosexual, some people prefer the word gay over the word homosexual for themselves. A gay person can be any gender. There are gay men, gay women, and gay nonbinary people.<ref name="Cavar">{{Cite web |title=I Call Myself Nonbinary...And Gay |last=Cavar |first=Sarah |work=The Odyssey Online |date=2 October 2016 |access-date=23 November 2020 |url= https://www.theodysseyonline.com/call-nonbinaryand-gay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608052554/https://www.theodysseyonline.com/call-nonbinaryand-gay |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Additionally, "gay" is sometimes used as a broad umbrella term for all non-[[Heterosexuality|hetero]] people.

American musician [[King Princess]] describes herself as a both a [[genderqueer]] person and gay [[woman]].<ref name="Menuez">{{Cite web |title=King Princess |last=Menuez |first=Bobbi |work=theingenuemagazine.com |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911191450/https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

"Omnigay" is a term which can be used by individuals with [[genderfluid|fluid gender]] who experience fluid attraction as well, "so that the individual is always attracted to [their] same gender."<ref>[https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/618510739577126913/is-there-a-genderorientation-word-for-when-your anonymous asked: is there a gender/orientation word for when your attraction changes with your gender?], 18 May 2020</ref> Omnigay was coined in 2014 by tumblr user monetarymollusk.<ref>[https://monetarymollusk.tumblr.com/post/78213960554/in-response-to-an-earlier-post-i-tagged-as In response to an earlier post I tagged as 'OMNIGAY' I would like to inform u what omnigay means.], 1 March 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201106170606/https://monetarymollusk.tumblr.com/post/78213960554/in-response-to-an-earlier-post-i-tagged-as Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In 2017, tumblr user shadowofthedude coined a synonym "omnique" (pronounced om-NEEK) which can also be used as a noun (ex: "I'm an omnique.") "Omnique" is formed by combining "omnigay" and "[[queer]]".<ref>[https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/161192069014/ahh-hello-i-have-a-few-terms-genders-ive Ahh hello, I have a few terms (genders) I’ve coined that I also have flag designs for], 29 May 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220127044207/https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/161192069014/ahh-hello-i-have-a-few-terms-genders-ive Archived] on 17 July 2023</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>

"Bisexual" has also sometimes been used to describe a [[gender identity]] that is nonbinary.<ref>{{cite book| title=Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society |year=2004 |url=https://archive.org/details/sexualitiesident0000unse/page/222/mode/2up |page=222 |chapter=Two Many and Not Enough: The Meanings of Bisexual Identities |last=Rust |first=Paula C. |quote=The question of the role of gender in sexuality is particularly problematic for individuals whose own genders do not fall neatly into either the 'woman' or the 'man' category. [...] Seven bisexual respondents in the current study identify themselves as bisexual not only because they are attracted to both women and men, but because they are, themselves, either both women and men, neither women and men, both passive and active in sex, or both genitally male and female— the latter occurring in one respondents' fantasies only.|archive-url=False |archive-date=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>

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>

Omnisexuality/omniromanticism is attraction to all genders/every gender.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Omni-543925827 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603002616/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Omni-543925827 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://queerheadcanonoftheday.tumblr.com/definitions [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517214704/http://queerheadcanonoftheday.tumblr.com/definitions Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> By some definitions, this is a synonym for pansexual.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/omnisexual [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701043932/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/omnisexual Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution|year=2013|quote=Pansexual/omnisexual: people who are attracted (sexually, romantically, and/or otherwise) to people of all genders and sexes, or to multiple genders and sexes, or regardless of sex and gender, and who identify as pan/omni. Pansexuality and omnisexuality differ from each other by their Greek and Latin roots (''pan'' meaning ''all'' in Greek, and ''omni'' the same in Latin.)|page=28|authorlink=Shiri Eisner|last=Eisner|first=Shiri}}</ref> By other definitions, it is similar to pansexuality but with gender playing a role in attraction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thisistheirs.tumblr.com/post/625989035693899776/omnisexual-polysexual-visibility-solidarity |title=Omnisexual, Polysexual Visibility & Solidarity|date=9 August 2020 |archive-date= 7 December 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201207155116/https://thisistheirs.tumblr.com/post/625989035693899776/omnisexual-polysexual-visibility-solidarity}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m-spec-as-heck.tumblr.com/post/625566805363195904/hey-i-have-an-mspec-question-if-you-can-answer-it|title=black-masquerade asked: Hey I have an mspec question if you can answer it maybe?|date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605030604/https://m-spec-as-heck.tumblr.com/post/625566805363195904/hey-i-have-an-mspec-question-if-you-can-answer-it|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="romero">{{Cite web |title=pansexual vs omnisexual (are they the same?) |author=Romero, Britney |work=YouTube |date=9 June 2019 |access-date=28 September 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ4MwY8-iNQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515235909/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ4MwY8-iNQ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

In 2020, the date of March 21 was proposed as Omni Pride Day, because rotating the M and N in "OMNI" makes it resemble the numerals 0321.<ref>{{Cite web |title=national Omni Pride Day |author=thepartyboy607 |work=r/omnisexual |date=6 November 2020 |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.reddit.com/r/omnisexual/comments/jp8lf5/national_omni_pride_day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617113507/https://www.reddit.com/r/omnisexual/comments/jp8lf5/national_omni_pride_day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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>

"A woman who is attracted to women and nonbinary people (to any degree), exclusively or not."<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Agatic-symbol-850224926 Agatic symbol], 28 July 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220828062242/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Agatic-symbol-850224926 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Any nonbinary person who is attracted to women and nonbinary people. (NBLW and NBLNB)<ref>[https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/618749903321088000/ammolic-ammolite ammolic + ammolite], 21 May 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210104155045/https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/618749903321088000/ammolic-ammolite Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>[https://ideas-of-immortality.tumblr.com/post/176208037185/ammolic-love-moodboard-ammolic-a-non-binary Ammolic Love Moodboard], 23 July 2018 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210104155020/https://ideas-of-immortality.tumblr.com/post/176208037185/ammolic-love-moodboard-ammolic-a-non-binary Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Term coined and flag created by tumblr user ideas-of-immortality in July 2018, based on the gemstone ammolite.<ref>[https://ideas-of-immortality.tumblr.com/post/176098537825/ammolic-ahm-mawlic-nblnb-and-nblw-not-to-be Ammolic (Ahm-mawlic): NblNb and NblW], 20 July 2018 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201202165505/https://ideas-of-immortality.tumblr.com/post/176098537825/ammolic-ahm-mawlic-nblnb-and-nblw-not-to-be Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>[https://ideas-of-immortality.tumblr.com/post/176096708815/id-like-to-propose-an-alternative-to-the-current I'd like to propose an alternative to the current label (which I think is Brownisian?) for NblNb and NblW.], 20 July 2018</ref> Also known as Brownitian (coined by tumblr user saturnic-vapour<ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/175444624570/brownitian-pride-flag Brownitian Pride Flag], 1 July 2018 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601040031/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/175444624570/brownitian-pride-flag Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>) or Ametrian.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Brownitian-Ammolic-Ametrian-Symbol-850045378 Brownitian/Ammolic/Ametrian Symbol], 27 July 2020</ref>

"A woman who is attracted to men and nonbinary people (to any degree), exclusively or not."<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Citrinian-symbol-850224951 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701052921/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Citrinian-symbol-850224951 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Differosexual or differoromantic refers to a person of any gender that is attracted to multiple genders that are different from their own gender.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Differo-1-869558442 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701052059/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Differo-1-869558442 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The term was created by Tumblr user ''mossy-maze'' on January 15, 2018, along with the below flags.<ref name="differo">{{Cite web |title=Differo- attraction |author=mossy-maze |work= |date=15 January 2018 |access-date=26 February 2021 |url= https://mossy-maze.tumblr.com/post/169724815541/differo-attraction|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

'''Disexual''' or '''dyosexual''' is used to specify attraction to exactly two genders, whether those are binary genders or not.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disexual |author= |work=LGBTA Wiki |date= |access-date=2 October 2021 |url= https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Disexual|archive-url=False|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

Women who are exclusively attracted to women and nonbinary people.<ref>https://incusins.tumblr.com/post/648473227753095168/fincian [https://web.archive.org/web/20210831095211/https://incusins.tumblr.com/post/648473227753095168/fincian Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Coined in November 2020, the term "geranian" describes "an agender/genderless person who loves women, non-binary people, and other agender/genderless people."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://libragender.tumblr.com/post/636165367266459648/geranian-pronounced-jer-ey-nee-an-an|title=Geranian|date=29 November 2020| author=Ezran|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604194434/https://libragender.tumblr.com/post/636165367266459648/geranian-pronounced-jer-ey-nee-an-an|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

"An agender/genderless person attracted to other agender/genderless people, non-binary people, and men." Coined by tumblr user ''libragender''.<ref>https://nova-is-hella-cute.tumblr.com/post/618966141548855296/irisian-an-agendergenderless-person-attracted-to [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527033217/https://nova-is-hella-cute.tumblr.com/post/618966141548855296/irisian-an-agendergenderless-person-attracted-to Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

A nonbinary person who is attracted to men, nonbinary people, and women. Coined 20 May 2018 by Eli (tumblr user ''dispositiondocket''). Named after the stone/mineral jasper.<ref>https://dispositiondocket.tumblr.com/post/174094472494/jaspian-nblnb-nblm-and-nblw-a-term-for-anyone [https://web.archive.org/web/20230314182644/https://dispositiondocket.tumblr.com/post/174094472494/jaspian-nblnb-nblm-and-nblw-a-term-for-anyone Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> See also Versian.

An agender/genderless person attracted to men and nonbinary people. Coined in 2018 by tumblr user ''saturnic-vapour''.<ref>https://genderless-gibberish.tumblr.com/post/176093442190/i-made-another-term-lilacian-agender-loving-men [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702004240/https://genderless-gibberish.tumblr.com/post/176093442190/i-made-another-term-lilacian-agender-loving-men Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

A man who loves women and nonbinary people (exclusively or not).<ref>https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/103 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230624061031/https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/103 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/184194879860/what-is-called-when-youre-a-man-but-your [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205183905/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/184194879860/what-is-called-when-youre-a-man-but-your Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

A man attracted to men, women, and nonbinary people.<ref>https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/54 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210117030937/https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/54 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="nbandproud2018">[https://nbandproud.tumblr.com/post/176217590471/is-there-a-word-other-than-labradorian-you-can-use Anonymous asked: is there a word other than labradorian you can use because i think most people are gonna think of the dog like i did and it was pretty confusing], 24 July 2018</ref>

Also known as mercurian, this term can be used to describe attraction to women, men, and nonbinary people who are [[gender alignment|aligned]] towards one or the other, but not other-aligned or unaligned. Intended to be similar to other planetary-related terms to describe attraction for nonbinary people, such as venusic and marsic.<ref>https://loud-and-queer.tumblr.com/post/165489879497/hey-hey-so-i-saw-you-coined-some-terms-for-nb [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205183851/https://loud-and-queer.tumblr.com/post/165489879497/hey-hey-so-i-saw-you-coined-some-terms-for-nb Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Attraction to all genders except (binary) men.<ref name="NSM">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Sexuality Masterpost |author= |work=Lovesick Romantic |date=21 September 2017 |access-date=10 September 2020 |url= https://sparrowpraxis.tumblr.com/post/165570721870/nonbinary-sexuality-masterpost-hey-there-the-enby|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604223353/https://sparrowpraxis.tumblr.com/post/165570721870/nonbinary-sexuality-masterpost-hey-there-the-enby |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="polyamaesthetic2020"/>

Opalian is a label for people who are both nonbinary and a man, attracted to men and nonbinary people.<ref>https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Opalian [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702003608/https://lgbta.miraheze.org/wiki/Opalian Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

"An agender/genderless person who loves women and men". Coined in January 2020 by tumblr user ''genderless-gibberish''.<ref name="gibberish3">https://genderless-gibberish.tumblr.com/post/190556226130/so-i-think-i-figured-out-what-i-want-to-call-the [https://web.archive.org/web/20230528041335/https://genderless-gibberish.tumblr.com/post/190556226130/so-i-think-i-figured-out-what-i-want-to-call-the Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Umbrella term for anyone (of any gender) who is attracted to more than one gender. Can be used as a noun ("The pluralian decided to date John") or as an adjective ("I'm so pluralian"). A synonym for "m-spec". Coined by ''dinolove453'' on deviantart.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Pluralian-660063419 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702004334/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Pluralian-660063419 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Being attracted to all genders except your own.<ref>https://cubeflag.tumblr.com/post/188383541447/penultisexual-flag-attraction-to-every-gender-but [https://web.archive.org/web/20230608011544/https://cubeflag.tumblr.com/post/188383541447/penultisexual-flag-attraction-to-every-gender-but Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

"Being attracted to the same gender and some or all non binary genders but NOT to the other binary gender [...] The word comes from 'per' (through) and 'iso' (identical) meaning literally 'being attracted to the same gender and through the binary i.e. to non binary genders'." Coined by ''queer-coloured-glasses'' on tumblr.<ref>https://queer-coloured-glasses.tumblr.com/post/178573665779/new-orientations-terms [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702003639/https://queer-coloured-glasses.tumblr.com/post/178573665779/new-orientations-terms Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

[[File:Spectrasexual flag.png|thumb|A spectrasexual pride flag, with stripes of lavender, deep purple, white, cyan, light blue. The stripes represent (in order) female people, love, nonbinary people, sex, and male people.<ref name="spectra">https://sexuality.fandom.com/wiki/Spectrasexual [https://web.archive.org/web/20230522111102/https://sexuality.fandom.com/wiki/Spectrasexual Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>]]

Torensexual, torenromantic, or torenamoric refer to a person of any gender who experiences attraction to only men and nonbinary people. The term was coined on November 12, 2018 by Tumblr user ''wedontcareaboutyourbinary''.<ref name="toren-trixen">{{Cite web |title="women + nbs" and "men + nbs" orientation language |author= |work=we don't care about your binary |date= |access-date=26 February 2021 |url= https://wedontcareaboutyourbinary.tumblr.com/post/180050286353/women-nbs-and-men-nbs-orientation-language|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612003659/https://wedontcareaboutyourbinary.tumblr.com/post/180050286353/women-nbs-and-men-nbs-orientation-language|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Torenamoric-871234458 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701050856/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Torenamoric-871234458 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>  

Trixensexual, trixenromantic, or trixenamoric refer to a person of any gender who experiences attraction to only women and nonbinary people. The term was coined on November 12, 2018 by Tumblr user ''wedontcareaboutyourbinary''. The prefix "trixen-" combines the Latin noun suffix "-trix", used to form feminine agent nouns (also used in "trixic") with "en" from the term "enby".<ref name="toren-trixen" /><ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Trixenamoric-871234440 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701043502/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Trixenamoric-871234440 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Attraction to only [[agender]] people.<ref>https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/18 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210117020805/https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/18 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Word for a nonbinary person exclusively attracted to other nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-0qopLPQw/|author=kaykaylovesbooks|date=13 October 2021|access-date=20 November 2021|title=Hello lovely people! Today's pride stack is the Aliamoric flag!|archive-url=False|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The term and the flags were made by Tumblr user gay-rats-sys (now called the-ragamuffins-sys).<ref>https://mogai.miraheze.org/wiki/Aliamoric [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701052438/https://mogai.miraheze.org/wiki/Aliamoric Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Androgynesexual refers to attraction to androgynous or gender neutral people.<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/146780123855/nin [https://web.archive.org/web/20230119202325/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/146780123855/nin Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> However, androgynesexual carries the connotation that the person of attraction is both masculine and feminine, rather than neither.<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/162155422185/androgyne-orientation [https://web.archive.org/web/20221230043500/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/162155422185/androgyne-orientation Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Sometimes it is defined as attraction to men and women with [[androgynous]] appearances<ref name="wiki_Andr">{{Cite web |title=Androgynosexual |author= |work=AVENwiki |date= |access-date=26 September 2020 |url= http://wiki.asexuality.org/Androgynosexual|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510011703/http://wiki.asexuality.org/Androgynosexual|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, or to simply anyone with [[androgynous]] appearance.<ref name="coll_Defi">{{Cite web |title=Definition of androgynosexual {{!}} New Word Suggestion |author= |work=Collins Dictionary |date=26 May 2016 |access-date=26 September 2020 |url= https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/submission/17417/androgynosexual|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Attracted to [[genderless]]/[[agender]] people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explaining Sexualities {{!}} Explaining Antigendersexuality |author= |work=Quotev |date=27 July 2019 |access-date=26 September 2020 |url= https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/61|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117024419/https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/61 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Coined in 2018 by an anonymous tumblr user.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.is/pqHeV|title=Antigendersexual / antigenderromantic|url=https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/176703554485/antigendersexual-antigenderromantic-attracted|date=6 August 2018|archive-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

Only attracted to people whose genders change, e.g. [[genderfluid]] and [[genderflux]]. The term comes from "aqua" meaning water, because water is a fluid.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aquian-870194475 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701050000/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Aquian-870194475 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Terms for 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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127213558/https://soft-sapphic-love.tumblr.com/post/612236371144458240/hey-im-a-girl-and-im-pretty-sure-that-im-only|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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 in 2018 or possibly earlier 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|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623192317/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/170626057825/maedicwlnb-pride-flag |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Umbrella term for any man or masculine-aligned person who is attracted to nonbinary people, including but not limited to: gay men, bisexuals, pansexuals, polysexuals, etc.<ref>[https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/187519089415/astroidian-panromantic-sunrises-requested-by astroidian panromantic + sunrises], 15 September 2019</ref> An alternative term for this is Adonic.<ref name="nbandproud2018" /><ref>https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Orientations/70 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702002717/https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Orientations/70 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=gimmemrss|number=1253624117103902721|title=like diamoric was created for enbies that found terms like "straight" or "gay" insufficient. astroidian/adonic which essentially means MLNB and maedic which basically means WLNB. do these terms have problems? probably, i dont know but theyre there|date=24 April 2020}}</ref>

Attracted to [[bigender]] people.<ref>https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Orientations/31 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701052236/https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Orientations/31 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

"A form of attraction felt by nonbinary people who feel that being nonbinary affects their experience with attraction or a nonbinary form of attraction that does not fit a same or similar vs opposite or other gender attraction dichotomy. ‘Diamoric orientations’ is an umbrella term for all orientations lables that describe nonbinary attraction that does not conform to a similar/opposite gender dichotomy."<ref name="diamoricpositivity">{{cite web|url= https://diamoricpositivity.tumblr.com/post/174544315194/nonbinary-orientation-terms|date=3 June 2018|title=Nonbinary orientation terms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507232637/https://diamoricpositivity.tumblr.com/post/174544315194/nonbinary-orientation-terms|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> "Diamoric" can also describe a relationship or attraction that involves at least one nonbinary person.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Diamoric-629060256 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701051927/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Diamoric-629060256 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Attraction solely to lunarians, female-aligned nonbinary people, and feminine nonbinary people (but not women). Coined in 2017 by tumblr user loud-and-queer.<ref name=":2">https://loud-and-queer.tumblr.com/post/165279086792/non-aligned-sapphic-and-nonaligned-nblw-if [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205184001/https://loud-and-queer.tumblr.com/post/165279086792/non-aligned-sapphic-and-nonaligned-nblw-if Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

"[A] specific term for [[neutrois]] attracted to neutrois". Coined in 2018 by tumblr user arco-pluris. The flags are shades of yellow, since yellow is "the neutral color."<ref name="arco_Neut">{{Cite web |title=Neutric/NLN Flags |author=arco-pluris |work=diversity |date=4 March 2018 |access-date=28 November 2020 |url= https://arco-pluris.tumblr.com/post/171538679862/neutriannln-pride-flags|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831094933/https://arco-pluris.tumblr.com/post/171538679862/neutriannln-pride-flags |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Attracted to [[pangender]] people.<ref>https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/25 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210117033729/https://www.quotev.com/story/10279601/Explaining-Sexualities/25 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/176747281290/paninicpangeninic-pride-flag [https://web.archive.org/web/20220127034245/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/176747281290/paninicpangeninic-pride-flag Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Attraction solely to other nonbinary people, including those who may be woman-aligned and/or man-aligned, but not to women nor men.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Saturnic-747909854 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220716225331/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Saturnic-747909854 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Appears to have been coined in 2018 by tumblr user arco-pluris.<ref>https://arco-pluris.tumblr.com/post/174064997072/saturnics-saturnic-attracted-to [https://web.archive.org/web/20220131074032/https://arco-pluris.tumblr.com/post/174064997072/saturnics-saturnic-attracted-to Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

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>

Attraction solely to non-aligned nonbinary people and stellarians.<ref name=":2" /><ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Stellaric-748747050 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324212123/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Stellaric-748747050 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Given that this term is based on [[Galactian system#Stellarian|stellarian]], it could also be taken as a term for attraction solely to stellarians and gender-neutral nonbinary people. This would be similar to the origins and use of lunaric and solaric.

A nonbinary person attracted to nonbinary people and [[Galactian system|stellarians]]. Also may be called Terrasexual, Terraromantic, or Terrarian.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Terraric-1-665395945 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603010841/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Terraric-1-665395945 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Judging by the wording, the use of "nonbinary people" here may be referring to [[Gender alignment|non-aligned]] nonbinary people.

"An agender/genderless person who loves enbies." Coined by tumblr user genderless-gibberish.<ref name="gibberish1" /> Note: this word has also been used to mean a certain type of nonbinary [[gender expression]].<ref name="queerdolls">https://queer-dolls.tumblr.com/post/190876317516/rosarian-a-nonbinary-person-who-expresses-their [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702004108/https://queer-dolls.tumblr.com/post/190876317516/rosarian-a-nonbinary-person-who-expresses-their Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

Asexuality is a sexual orientation in which a person usually does not feel sexual attraction to anyone.<ref name="Sex and society">{{cite book|editor=Marshall Cavendish|title=Sex and Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVDZchwkIMEC&pg=PA82|accessdate=July 27, 2013|volume=2|year=2010|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7906-2|pages=82–83|contribution=Asexuality|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518113809/http://books.google.com/books?id=aVDZchwkIMEC&pg=PA82|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Bogaert 2015">{{cite journal|last=Bogaert|first= Anthony F. |s2cid= 23720993 |title= Asexuality: What It Is and Why It Matters |journal=The Journal of Sex Research|volume= 52|date=April 2015 |pmid=25897566|doi=10.1080/00224499.2015.1015713|issue=4|pages=362–379}}</ref> They may have little or no interest in sexual activity.<ref name="Crooks">{{cite book|last1=Crooks |first1=Robert L. |last2=Baur |first2=Karla |title=Our Sexuality|isbn=978-1305887428|publisher=Cengage Learning|year=2016|page=300|accessdate=January 4, 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=isIaCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT300|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010185606/https://books.google.com/books?id=isIaCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT300|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Helm">{{cite book|last=Helm |first=Katherine M.|title=Hooking Up: The Psychology of Sex and Dating|isbn=978-1610699518|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2015|page=32|accessdate=January 4, 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3K9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016121716/https://books.google.com/books?id=O3K9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Kelly">{{cite book|last = Kelly| first = Gary F.|title = Sexuality Today: The Human Perspective|edition=7|year = 2004| publisher = McGraw-Hill |isbn= 978-0-07-255835-7|page = 401|chapter  = Chapter 12 |postscript = Asexuality is a condition characterized by a low interest in sex.}}</ref> 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> Some asexual people enjoy taking part in sexual relationships, even though they 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." [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>

* American writer, public speaker, and model [[Tyler Ford]] (b. 1990) is [[agender]] and asexual.<ref name="Childress">{{Cite web |title=“I Like to Exist as a Person”: What It Means to Live Beyond Gender |last=Childress |first=Sarah |work=FRONTLINE |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/i-like-to-exist-as-a-person-what-it-means-to-live-beyond-gender/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521053235/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/i-like-to-exist-as-a-person-what-it-means-to-live-beyond-gender/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Yates">{{Cite web |title=Tyler Ford |last=Yates |first=Kieran |work=Dazed |date= |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/article/29255/1/tyler-ford|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408095543/https://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/article/29255/1/tyler-ford |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="inte_Tyle">{{Cite web |title=Tyler Ford |work=Interview Magazine |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |url= https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/tyler-ford |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603110949/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/tyler-ford |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* American author and illustrator [[Maia Kobabe]]<ref name="Oliver">{{Cite web |title=Gender Queer: A Memoir – Maia Kobabe Explains What it Means to Be Non-Binary and Asexual in Eir Vitally Important Graphic Memoir from Lion Forge |last=Oliver |first=Andy |work=Broken Frontier |date=May 15, 2019 |access-date=May 10, 2020 |url= http://www.brokenfrontier.com/gender-queer-memoir-maia-kobabe-lion-forge/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129135530/https://www.brokenfrontier.com/gender-queer-memoir-maia-kobabe-lion-forge/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Aromanticism (often abbreviated to aro) is a romantic orientation in which a person usually experiences no romantic attraction towards any genders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aromantic |author= |work=AVENwiki |date= |access-date=14 May 2023 |url= http://wiki.asexuality.org/Aromantic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621035815/http://wiki.asexuality.org/Aromantic |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Basic Terms: Everyday Terms Used in the Aromantic Community |author= |work=AUREA - Aromantic-spectrum Union for Recognition, Education, and Advocacy |date=October 2021 |access-date=14 May 2023 |url= https://www.aromanticism.org/en/basic-terms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701094537/https://www.aromanticism.org/en/basic-terms |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> An aromantic person may have interest in romantic activity, however, they tend not to. Aromanticism is not the same as asexuality (the lack of ''sexual'' attraction), nor is it on the asexual or greysexual spectrums. Additionally, not all aromantics are asexual and vice versa. Aromantics who are not asexual or greysexual (allosexual) are known as AroAllos, and those who are both aromantic and asexual are known as AroAces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aromantic Allosexual |work=LGBTQIA+ Wiki |date= |access-date=14 May 2023 |url= https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Aromantic_Allosexual|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331194300/http://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Aromantic_Allosexual |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aroace |work=LGBTQIA+ Wiki |date= |access-date=14 May 2023 |url= https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Aroace|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624222235/https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Aroace |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Some aromantics actively seek out and enjoy being in romantic relationships or queerplatonic relationships, while others do not.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queerplatonic Relationship |work=LGBTQIA+ Wiki |date= |access-date=14 May 2023 |url= https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Queerplatonic_Relationship|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627163404/https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Queerplatonic_Relationship |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Many, though not all, aromantics see their aromanticism as an inherently queer identity and feel that they are included in the LGBT+ acronym and community, since they can experience discrimination due to their romantic orientation and are generally marginalized because of societal norms around romance and amatonormativity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amatonormativity |work=Wikipedia |date= |access-date=14 May 2023 |url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amatonormativity|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607050624/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amatonormativity |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Aromanticism can also be defined as an umbrella term or a spectrum which includes identities such as greyromantic (or grey-aromantic), demiromantic, among others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aromantic Spectrum |work=LGBTQIA+ Wiki |date= |access-date=14 May 2023 |url= https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Aromantic_Spectrum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508023532/https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Aromantic_Spectrum |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

*Author [[Corey Alexander]] (demiromantic and demigraysexual)<ref name="Simkiss">{{Cite web |title=Author Interview: Xan West |last=Simkiss |first=Ceillie |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232147/https://www.letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

*Drag performer [[Eureka O'Hara]] (pansexual/demisexual)<ref name="Masters">{{Cite web |title=Drag Race's Eureka O'Hara Shares Their Personal Journey With Gender |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=The Advocate |date=22 October 2019 |access-date=25 February 2021 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/10/22/drag-races-eureka-ohara-tells-us-why-they-detransitioned|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126092645/https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/10/22/drag-races-eureka-ohara-tells-us-why-they-detransitioned |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

'''Abrosexual''' and/or '''abroromantic''' are terms for an orientation that is fluid/changes from time to time. "For example, a person who is abrosexual might be sexually attracted to men at one point, then not sexually attracted to anyone weeks later."<ref name="Abro-WebMD">{{Cite web |title=What Is Abrosexual? |work=WebMD |date=28 June 2021 |access-date=25 January 2022 |url= https://www.webmd.com/sex/what-is-abrosexual|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603123636/https://www.webmd.com/sex/what-is-abrosexual |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> It is important to note that the timeframes of orientation changes are different between different abrosexual/Abroromantic people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ+ 101 - What does abrosexual mean? |author= |work=Gay Times |date=21 June 2021 |access-date=25 January 2022 |url= https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/what-does-abrosexual-mean/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702183049/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/what-does-abrosexual-mean/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Novosexual and/or novoromantic are terms for when someone's orientation changes along with their gender changing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terms to Know |author= |work=Out Front Theatre Company {{!}} Georgia's only LGBTQIA+ Theater Company |date= |access-date=3 March 2022 |url= https://outfronttheatre.com/terms-to-know/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702053920/https://outfronttheatre.com/terms-to-know/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean If Someone Identifies As Novosexual? |author= |work=Dictionary.com |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=3 March 2022 |url= https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/novosexual/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701110926/http://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/novosexual/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> See also [[Romantic_and_sexual_orientation#Omnistraight|omnistraight]] and [[Romantic_and_sexual_orientation#Omnigay|omnigay]], earlier in this page.