Orientation Variance/Variancy/Nonconforming: not completely/integrally conforming to the societal and cultural ideals or roles of orientation; not being accepted as a member of conformant society due to one’s identity (sexuality/relationship) differing from the one assigned to and expected of them; an umbrella term for orientation identities and expressions that varies/differs the norm.

It’s meant to replace initials like MO and conlangs like unstraight/strain’t & heterodissident. Not to be confused with varioriented. Other labels: variaffectional, variattractional, orientationvariant/orientationvariance, orientationvariancy, orientation inconformist/nonconformist/unconformist, orientation inconformancy/inconformity/nonconformity/nonconformancy, orientation nonconformance/inconformance/unconformance/unconformancy.

– a.p.