Hello! Due to the seemingly ongoing debate as to which definition of pansexuality is right– attraction to all genders vs. attraction irregardless of gender; I thought I’d try my hand at coining a new term to fix that! I ID as pansexual myself but have began to feel increasingly that the label no longer accurately represents me in what it currently means and, I’m sure others (might) feel the same. So, to avoid the headaches and confusion I thought it best.
To lay out some ideas, here are my label suggestions all pulled from Greek/Latin roots/prefixes respectively:
Iso/Para/Equisexual– These mean equal or on the same level and since pansexuals love indiscriminately of gender, I thought it’d make sense.
Idesexual– Ide means idea, thought, shape or picture so I thought this might be a good way to describe how pansexuals are attracted to the idea of someone or their “personality.”
Entosexual– Ento means within and pansexuals are attracted to “hearts not parts” and what’s within one’s soul, so to speak. It would describe being blind to gender.
Dia/Disexual– Dia or di means throughout, between, apart or detached; basically it’s kind of abstract which, the concept of how pansexuals experience attraction kind of is as well. Can conveniently be shortened to “di” like bi.
I also saw a post about possibly creating a new term to describe feelings detached from gender, or not really having a solid concept of preferences/not liking any one gender more than another which I think it describes.
My flag designs:
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The colors don’t mean anything in particular. I had trouble enough finding a color scheme that didn’t look like an eyesore or too closely like an already existing flag. I tried to retain the light and “happy” feel of the original pan flag while still having noticeable differences. Now, I’m by no means a linguist nor do I have much experience designing anything. Nothing is set in stone so, if you have any suggestions or comments, please, I’d love to hear your thoughts and get some feedback! My inbox is open or you could shoot me a message and discuss person to person. For now, I will be tagging these posts as #idesexual. If you see this, could you like if it sounds appealing or reblog and help spread?
Hi, there! I’m very sorry for having triggered you. I want you to know that I’ve realized my mistake and appreciate you speaking up. I’ll be mindful not to use offensive or potentially harmful language like that again. I wish for my new term to be comfortable to use by anyone so, it is important to me that I receive feedback like yours. There is a poll up now where you can vote for which term sounds the best!
The revised post without the problematic bits if you’d like to reblog it instead:
Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags 