Kallie Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 There are certain problems you encounter when labeling your sexuality as a non-binary person. I've always been attracted to men and I usually call myself straight because I still consider myself somewhat "female-aligned", but my experience is different from a typical straight woman or a gay man. Nblm doesn't exactly suit me because I view it as an umbrella term for all non-binary people, who are capable of being attracted to men, which would include bi, pan and etc (just like mlm and wlw are umbrella terms). Ideally, I'd want to find a label that describes attraction to men only. Andosexual seems to be a good one, but I saw it being used together with androphilia/gynophilia and was worried about it's connotations. Does anyone know more about that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magni Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 So, both andro- and gyno- are from greek and mean man and woman respectively. There are problems with gyno- bc the prefix tends to be associated with afab bodies, but I don't think the same issues really extend to androsexual? Andro- is also the prefix used for androgynous and stuff so it as a prefix doesn't have weird connotations which make it potentially a problem. Another more vague term would be diamoric, which is a term for nonbinary attraction that doesn't neatly fall into the usual binary. This page has more info and also some other terms: https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Diamoric Another term in that link is Marsic, which is nonbinary attraction to men or masculine aligned people, so perhaps that term would work well for you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallie Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) On 6/2/2020 at 5:47 AM, Magni said: Another term in that link is Marsic, which is nonbinary attraction to men or masculine aligned people, so perhaps that term would work well for you? Oh, it’s absolutely perfect, I love orientations named after gods ^^ Thank you! Edited November 20, 2020 by Kallie typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El011 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Straight should still work provided it doesn't make you dysphoric. A trans woman who is exclusively attracted to men is still straight even though her experiences are different than a cis woman's after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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