it’s a term by the sexual activists Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens that describes the connection between ecology and sexually positive practices.
here is their manifesto:
Since some ask about ecosexual. Remember there’s a spectrum with them, just like every other label out there.
-SynHeart
Ecosexual: *as taken from their website*
1. person that finds nature romantic, sensual and sexy.
2: A new sexual identity.
3: Person who imagines the Earth as their lover.
4: A term used in dating that describes a person interested in environmentalism.
5. An environmental activist strategy.
6. A new movement.
7. See the “ Ecosexual Manifesto .” (https://theecosexuals.ucsc.edu/ecosexualmanifesto/)
8. Other…yet to be explored/defined.
Please remember that there is a spectrum with ecosexuals, just like there is with any identity label.
Human sexuality is extremely complex. There’s no way to say it isn’t. This is why human sexuality vocabulary is changing on a daily basis. This is why people are constantly wondering “What AM I? What group can I comfortably attach myself to?” Humans are social beings by nature and this is why we’re constantly trying to “attach” ourselves to others. We DO NOT want to feel like we’re the only one in the world going through what we’re going through. The sentence feels “odd”, but the reality is, our brains will make ourselves believe anything (”I am the only one”, “no one else is like me out there”, etc.).
Macro labels are labels that describe OVERALL sexual attraction (or lack, thereof) without getting into too-much detail (bisexual, pansexual/asexual, greysexual, gay/lesbian, your “basic” starter pack to the LGBT+ community).
However, we then get into the “micro” labels. These labels are the labels we’ve used to describe SPECIFIC kinds of sexual attraction (or lackthereof) OR labels attached to activities. In the case of sexual activities and attractions, we have terms like placiosexual (not exhibiting sexual attraction, you want to do sexual acts on others but would rather not have them done on yourself), greyomnisapphic (rarely having sexual attraction, but during the instances you do have sexual attraction, you don’t give a damn for who it’s for, but lean heavily on the wlw side of things), PanNeu (Pansexual/omnisexual but leaning on neutral), etc.
For some people, the macrolabel is enough and you know what? That’s fantastic. However, that’s not the case with everyone. For some, they need the microlabel. This is just as fine. Whatever circle you find yourself attached to, live it and love it.
Some positivity for everyone 😀
-SynHeart
I apologize if you’ve sent in an ask or submission and I still haven’t gotten to it yet. I was busy with the holidays and my computer isn’t working. I’ll try to get to them as soon as I can, I promise I’m not ignoring you! 💟
-Fy
Parasexual: Someone who does NOT have sexual attraction for ANYONE (asexual). If they do have sexual activity, it is for the sole purpose of reproduction. This is a micro label within the Asexual umbrella, similar in nature to say, placiosexual (that describes action).
I varied the flag hues from the original flag.
-SynHeart
Vocivian: Individuals who either reject or don’t have a gender element in some way. Symbolically associated with the element of void; vocivians can consider this to be the description of their element, or simply just say they are void of one. Can be used as both an adjective (a wonderful vocivian being) or a noun (I’m a vocivi and I’m awesome).
Colors represent void. The symbol is the symbol for spirit, with an inverted color pattern (light outside, dark inside). I may change this symbol to make it more differentiated from the alterian symbol!
for an explanation on what gender elements are, please see this post.
Vocivian: Individuals who either reject or don’t have a gender element in some way. Symbolically associated with the element of void; vocivians can consider this to be the description of their element, or simply just say they are void of one. Can be used as both an adjective (a wonderful vocivian being) or a noun (I’m a vocivi and I’m awesome).
Colors represent void. The symbol is the symbol for spirit, with an inverted color pattern (light outside, dark inside). I may change this symbol to make it more differentiated from the alterian symbol!
for an explanation on what gender elements are, please see this post.
I simplified the faesari flag in case someone wanted a simpler flag to make fan art, color palettes, merchandise, etc. since it’s easier to make stuff based on 4 colors. For official purposes, think of this as an alternative flag (when in reality I just cropped the original flag)
For definition, faesari is…
a gender identity where one feels most comfortable within the gender neutral spectrum, but still feels a strong attachment to femininity. This is similar to the idea of “fegender” (nonbinary with emphasis on femininity). Pronounced “fay-sar-ee”
Just so people know, they original flag (they one with 7 colors) was based on the idea of femininity and the different skin color palettes for the asari race from the mass effect series 😀
Faesari: a gender identity where one feels most comfortable within the gender neutral spectrum, but still feels a strong attachment to femininity. This is similar to the idea of “fegender” (nonbinary with emphasis on femininity). Pronounced “fay-sar-ee”
For colors: The bottom half is based on the idea of femininity and the top half of the flag is based on the different skin color palettes for the asari race from the mass effect series
-SynHeart
demigirl – partially female and partially something else; when the female part is the majority it can be called magigirl, when the ‘something else’ is the majority it can be called nanogirl
lunarian – female-aligned nonbinary but using a different term so ppl don’t see u as ‘basically female’
nonbinary girl – catch-all term for being connected to female and nonbinary
bigender – having 2 genders at the same time (one can be female)
juxtera – a feminine gender similar to girl, but on a separate plane and off to itself
genderfae – a form of genderfluidity that never encompasses feeling masculine
fingender – catch-all for any gender that is feminine in nature (fin)
girlprox – feeling close to womanhood/girlhood
ambonec – feeling both male and female but also neither at the same time
all of these can come in demi form as well!! check out @kinda-girls they have a large tag system for all the different feminine genders out there, these r just the ones i’ve encountered
– mod daria
Some of our followers might be interested in this!
An aromantic person is someone who doesn’t feel romantic attraction. This is the briefest description ever though, so if anyone wants to know more about it just shoot me a message and I’d be happy to answer any questions!
Note: Obviously not all aromantic people value friendship or other relationships more than alloromantic people (people who DO feel romantic attraction), and those aro people are just as valid and nice! ❤
An aromantic person is someone who doesn’t feel romantic attraction. This is the briefest description ever though, so if anyone wants to know more about it just shoot me a message and I’d be happy to answer any questions!
Note: Obviously not all aromantic people value friendship or other relationships more than alloromantic people (people who DO feel romantic attraction), and those aro people are just as valid and nice! ❤
Venufluid: being genderfluid, but fluidity is strictly between feminine gender identities (demigirl, off-girl, etc.) or almost all feminine identities
-SynHeart
Lima Syndrome: The “opposite” of stockholm syndrome, this is when abusers, kidnappers, terrorists, etc. develop emotional (sometimes romantic) attachments to their victims. It was named after a 1990s incident that occured in Japan.
The flag colors are the invert colors of the stockholm syndrome flag
I have never heard of this before and honestly it’s fascinating
1. People forget the “beyond” part of the blog’s title. This blog showcases flags for all different types of communities, that aren’t inherently “adults only” communitie (bdsm, sex workers, kink, fetish, etc.). We aren’t just a LGBT+ flag blog. We also encompass things like: therians, otherkin, mad pride, among other communities.
2. The concept of “having a visual representation to symbolize your pride in something” has been around since we’ve had family crests. The LGBT+ community does NOT have a trademark on “pride flags” or if you need it spelled out, “visual representation of something I take pride in”.
3. I’m considering changing my mod name, but it’s just a thought swirling around in the back of my head, I’ll keep everyone updated if I changed the name!
Recugender: to identify with your birth gender, but you refuse to be cis; to be used as recugirl or recuboy. From the latin word “recuso”, meaning “to refuse”.
(This is a term from the original mogai-archive, but I’m not sure who coined the term)
When creating the woman flag below, I also created this flag as an inclusive flag of all those who self-define fully and/or partially as men, for any length of time. Again this is regardless of axab, and so, by definition, technically cis men would be included too. Again, I haven’t seen anything similar, so I hope no one has made a similar looking flag.
Creating this flag was odd for me, as although man is part of my identity, it’s something I’m not very comfortable with due to my assignation. But I realised that as man is part of my identity, I have every right to be in men’s spaces if I wanted to be, and so this flag should cover me. Multigender individuals are often excluded from women’s and men’s spaces, and that really isn’t okay. It doesn’t matter what other genders I have, or which ones are “bigger” than others, different aspects of my gender do not erase one another.
The dark blue represents those who identify fully as men (e.g. binary men, etc.), the light blue represents those who identify partially as men (e.g. demimen, etc.) and the white represents multigender individuals who include man in their identity.
When creating the woman flag below, I also created this flag as an inclusive flag of all those who self-define fully and/or partially as men, for any length of time. Again this is regardless of axab, and so, by definition, technically cis men would be included too. Again, I haven’t seen anything similar, so I hope no one has made a similar looking flag.
Creating this flag was odd for me, as although man is part of my identity, it’s something I’m not very comfortable with due to my assignation. But I realised that as man is part of my identity, I have every right to be in men’s spaces if I wanted to be, and so this flag should cover me. Multigender individuals are often excluded from women’s and men’s spaces, and that really isn’t okay. It doesn’t matter what other genders I have, or which ones are “bigger” than others, different aspects of my gender do not erase one another.
The dark blue represents those who identify fully as men (e.g. binary men, etc.), the light blue represents those who identify partially as men (e.g. demimen, etc.) and the white represents multigender individuals who include man in their identity.
I created this flag because I couldn’t find any women’s flags which I felt were fully inclusive. It was my way of representing my fight to be in women’s spaces. I couldn’t find any similar looking flags either, so I hope that no one else has already created this or a similar looking flag. This flag is for all those who self-define partially or fully as women, for any length of time, regardless of axab, and so, by definition, cis women would be included too.
The dark pink represents those who identify fully as women (e.g. binary women, etc.), the light pink represents those who identify partially as women (e.g. demiwomen, etc.) and the white represents multigender individuals who include woman in their identity.
I created this flag because I couldn’t find any women’s flags which I felt were fully inclusive. It was my way of representing my fight to be in women’s spaces. I couldn’t find any similar looking flags either, so I hope that no one else has already created this or a similar looking flag. This flag is for all those who self-define partially or fully as women, for any length of time, regardless of axab, and so, by definition, cis women would be included too.
The dark pink represents those who identify fully as women (e.g. binary women, etc.), the light pink represents those who identify partially as women (e.g. demiwomen, etc.) and the white represents multigender individuals who include woman in their identity.
Dryagender: a form of agender but with more of a connection to an empty forest.
Earthgender: A gender identity that is directly affected, tied to, or influenced by the earth or nature. or; a gender identity similar to/the same as that of some form of earth deity.
Ouygender: A gender that is related to trees and wood.
Unfortunately, there are definitely many people who are not supportive of those with identities that don’t fit the “norm”, so to speak. However, there are many blogs here on Tumblr that are! It can be difficult knowing there are people who won’t take you seriously for who you are and there are those that will want to change you (I think all the mods here know that!), but it’s great that you finally found a word to describe your gender! And sometimes it takes awhile for the rest of the world to catch up and realize just how great that really is (some of my irl friends are more accepting than others, but because they accept me as a person, they have become more receptive to accepting how I identify as well).
It’s not actually all that uncommon to be attracted to fictional characters of a gender that you’re not attracted to irl. 🙂
But if you feel like it’s relevant enough to your identity, then you may need to coin a new term because the only ones I am aware of are only for those that are ONLY attracted to fictional characters.
Cotard Syndrome: A mental illness where one believes they are already dead, do not exist, are decomposing from the inside out, or believe that specific organs do not work. A mild case is characterized by despair and self-loathing, while a severe case is characterized by intense delusions of negation and chronic psychiatric depression. In one specific case: the case of Mademoiselle X describes a woman who denied the existence of parts of her body and of her need to eat. She said that she was condemned to eternal damnation and therefore could not die a natural death. In the course of suffering “The Delirium of Negation”, Mademoiselle X died of starvation.
Cotard’s syndrome exists in three stages: (i) Germination stage—the symptoms of psychotic depression and of hypochondria appear; (ii) Blooming stage—the full development of the syndrome and the delusions of negation; and (iii) Chronic stage—continued, severe delusions along with chronic psychiatric depression
This has not appeared in the most recent edition of the DSM (DSM-5), as such it is deemed as controversial within the medical professional community.
Since we’ve posted mad pride flags here before, some of our followers might be interested in this!
Here’s to the LGBTQ individuals spending the holidays with homophobic and transphobic family members.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. Don’t listen to them. Stay safe.
-SynHeart
It’s not the best quality but I combined the gender fluid and bisexual flag since I’m both. I hope you like it!
That’s okay, I still like it! I love seeing people make flags for their identities, it definitely doesn’t have to be perfect!
-Fy
Asexual biromantic starkin flag
Asexual: NO sexual attraction
Biromantic: Having romantic attraction for multiple genders and/or sexes (linguistically it means “two” but there’s MANY ways to interpret two such as: “nonbinary and cisgender”, “agender and trans girls”, “cis men and nonbinary”, etc.)
Starkin: Definitions vary for this term, but a common definition is that they believe their “true home” is far from planet Earth
The flag is a combination overall of the bisexual and asexual flag. The star is for the starkin.
-SynHeart
Attention Deficit Disorder Hyperactivity Type Nonbinary Lesbian
A non-binary lesbian whose been diagnosed with ADHD. The flag design is based loosely on the ADHD flag. The grays are for the idea of “nonbinary” and the various shades of red, pink, and purple are for the “traditional” colors associated with lesbians (found across the numerous flags for them).
ImplaFluere: A sub-community within the implasexual community. ImplaFluere is for individuals who feel like the core idea of “implasexual” applies to all types of orientations for themselves (romantic, sexual, queerplatonic, alterous, etc.).
Implasexual definition is taken from its official tumblr: Someone who feels they are never quite sure of their sexual orientation due to self doubt or anxiety. Implasexuals will often have a history of experimenting with sexual orientation labels, often feeling like they could never find a label that quite fit their experiences with their own human sexuality. Other implasexuals feel that they have “settled” with the term Implasexual, essentially having “given up” on finding a term that fits them and are at peace with it.
The flag colors come from gradiating the different colors already found in the official implasexual community.
Don’t fucking blow off questions related to the field as a “stupid question”. No, fuck you. Everyone is new to the community at some point in time. Even the experts were newbies at one point in time. You’re not a resource blog at that point, you’re an asshole.
Sapphic is only for those who are women or woman-aligned who are attracted to those who are also women or woman-aligned. So no, sapphic would not be for you.
Your best bet would be to either identify as Fin- or Proqua-.
Fin-:
Feeling attraction to feminine identifying people. Fin stands for Feminine In Nature.
Proqua-:
A feminine person who is only attracted to other feminine people
Of course, that’s only if you wish to be that specific. You could also use any multisexual label (bi, poly, etc.) if you so choose.
Greyomnihyacinthean / greyomniachilliean: a type of greysexuality where on the rare occasion one does experience sexual attraction, they experience it, regardless of how their partner might identify (sex or gender) but strongly lean on the mlm scale
Wolandsexual: due to your disability and/or chronic illness, you feel varying degrees of sexual attraction simply due to pain and/or spoons.
Yellow represents your pain/spoons, orange is your identity as disabled and/or chronically ill, and blue represents your sexual desire/attraction.
Wolandromantic: same deal, except romantic feelings.
Wolandplatonic: due to your disability/chronic illness, you seek out trusted platonic partners who will not be ableist and do not demand sexual and/or romantic commitment (although they may apply given pain and/or spoons).
ALL TERMS COINED BY ME, ALL FLAGS COINED BY ME.
SUGGESTIONS OF IMPROVEMENT WELCOME… I KNOW THEY’RE SLOPPY BUT FIRST TIME I’VE DONE THIS
Hey, you gotta start somewhere! I’m pretty sure my first flag looked worse tbh xD But its always great to see people coin their own terms and make their own flags!! If you want some help cleaning them up a bit, just let us know. 🙂
By the words of the creator of the term: Never being satisfied with your sexual attraction due to constant self-doubt, causing one to search and seek out something that fits as perfect as possible
How is this not questioning?
A lot of people don’t like the superficial “sound” that questioning has (not to mention the bad rep it has in a lot of LGBT+ areas).
Implasexual goes deeper than questioning for a lot of people. For some who have taken on the term implasexual, they see it as a way of saying “Hey, you know what, I’ve done TONS of research into sexual attraction as well as terminology in regards to it (pan/omni, ace, bi, polysexual, etc.) and honestly, I’m giving up and I’m totally at peace with it”.
Other people have a history of drifting from one term to another throughout their journey of trying to “discover” themselves while others just don’t know “who” they are period, in regards to their sexual orientation.
For people who identify as implasexual, it isn’t a “temporary” label like questioning might be as well.
Unless you’ve been in the position of chronically doubting your sexual orientation to the point of it giving anxiety in your daily life, you really don’t have room to judge implasexuals. Human Sexuality is extremely complex. It is NOT just “who am I sexually attracted to”, which is inherently very complicated in of itself.
I thought it’d be fun to make an otherhearted flag that incorporated the symbol that @aestherians created
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Thank you so much for this beautiful submission !
-Fy
I created a flag for those who have synpaths! The base of the flag is inspired by the otherhearted and fictionhearted flags, because of their similarities. The symbol in the middle is the empathy symbol, to represent the strong feelings people have for their synpath.
I don’t really have any symbolism for the green. I just wanted a color that separates the flag from the otherkin, otherhearted, fictionkin, fictionhearted, copinglink and therian flags.
Oh wow! That’s a great idea, thanks so much for the submission!
Sure! Sorry if the definitions I had on the post were confusing, I was trying to avoid language that FtF or MtM individuals might not feel comfortable with.
So, for example, someone who is FtF is assigned male at birth. However, they never actually considered themselves male. To them, transitioning may not actually be transitioning to female but more like reaffirming that they are female. Therefore, they are female-to-female.
If we accidentally reblog something that the post owner has since retired, please let us know, but please don’t be a total jackass about it. We don’t need to see every curse word under the sun just because we happened to reblog a term that’s newer and/or uncommon and was not aware that the person has since retired.
No flags we post here, unless explicitly stated otherwise belong to us. With human sexuality terminology changing on a daily basis, it is so easy to make this mistake.
-SynHeart
**accidentally deleted original post and wanted to add on something for clarification**
We are NOT targeting anyone specifically or one group with this post. We receive NUMEROUS asks a day, so they pile up quickly AND there’s only ONE mod with the ability to answer them. The rest of us mods can only see someone asked a question (and maybe the beginning few words of this question).
-SynHeart
There probably is but I’m not easily finding one that has all the terms, so let’s see if I can make one!
Okay, the basic idea is this: some nonbinary people feel some kind of connection to a binary gender, even though they don’t totally (or at all) identify with it, and sometimes they choose to express that in their identity as ‘aligning’ with that gender. The older and better-known terms for this are ‘woman-aligned’ and ‘man-aligned’ (sometimes you’ll also see male/female or masc/fem or other similar things instead of woman/man). Of course, lots of nonbinary people aren’t aligned with either binary gender, and some might align with more than one or otherwise not neatly fit into this system.
While this language has been helpful for plenty of nb people, some felt that it was too close to binary language and was being used to imply that, for example, woman-aligned nbs are ‘basically the same as women.’ So about a year ago, a few enbies decided to come up with terms that could express these concepts while being more clearly nonbinary. They decided to base it on the idea that in a lot of cultures (though definitely not all), the moon is viewed as female when personified, and the sun is viewed as male. This led to the basic terms:
lunarian is the replacement for woman-aligned, and refers to a nonbinary person who identifies partially with womanhood or has ties to womanhood or femininity
solarian is the replacement for man-aligned, and refers to a nonbinary person who identifies partially with manhood or has ties to manhood or masculinity
stellarian is a neutral middle ground for people who don’t have either alignment, though it can also be combined with others (as later on in the list) to express being both aligned and unaligned
there’s also singularian, which is someone who totally rejects the alignment system
Now, because gender and nb people’s relationship to binary genders can be complicated, a lot of people identify with more than one of lunarian/solarian/stellarian–this could mean either that they experience more than one of these simultaneously or that they’re fluid between them. And this is where the terminology might get a bit more confusing, just because originally people were just combining the basic terms to get combinations, but then separate terms for each combination were suggested, leading to some pairs of synonyms.
stellunarian or nebularian refers to someone who’s both lunarian and stellarian
sollunarian or eclipsian refers to someone who’s both solarian and lunarian
solstellarian or novarian refers to someone who’s both solarian and stellarian
and finally, solstellunarian or galaxian or galactian (I’ve seen it spelled both ways) refers to someone who’s all three: solarian and lunarian and stellarian
I hope that was helpful!
Also you don’t have to use any of these words if you dont want to! Its all about what you feel most comfortable with, never let anyone tell you that you need to use a label!
Novosexual: having a sexual/romantic orientation that changes along with your genderHere’s what the flag colours mean:White: neutrality, “all”, a time of neutral attraction, basically. This is where pansexuality/panromantism, bisexuality/biromantism, and asexuality/aromantism could be incorporated.
Pink: attraction to girls, women, feminine people and feminine identities.
Blue: attraction to boys, men, masculine people, and masculine identities.
6 others outer stripes: Represent all over orientations
Polyerosy: to be capable of being sexually attracted to more than one person at the same time and be in an sexual relationship with any of those people. Poly meaning multiple, and Eros meaning sexual desire in Greek.
Colors are of the polyamory flag upside down, to show that polyerosy is it’s counterpart. Black symbolizes solidarity and pride in other poly/non-mono people. Red symbolizes sexual desire, sexuality, intensity and passion. Blue symbolizes openness, communication, honesty and freedom. The dark hues symbolizes strength, courage and fortitude in pride of being non-mono/poly. The Golden “ἔ” in the center comes from the plural form of Eros, and the Erotes, a collective of winged gods associated with love and sexual intercourse in Greek mythology.
Hey everyone, we are a new 18+ positivity blog for the human sexuality community (though we put emphasis on safe,sane, and responsible). We have pride flags, will post peer review studies, post positivity posts, and educational posts in regards to different sub-communities within the human sexuality umbrella.
Here’s a periodic reminder, since the word’s getting more and more exposure every day:
Alterhumanity involves a subjective identity that is beyond the scope of what is traditionally
considered ‘being human’.
You can be nonhuman and alterhuman. Your otherkinity and/or therianthropy fall under the alterhuman umbrella if you want them to.
You can be human and alterhuman. You can be transhuman, or consider yourself ‘human+’ or ‘human, and something else’.
Your alterhuman identity can be voluntary. From copinglinks to fursonas, if it’s meaningful to you, it’s meaningful, full stop.
Your alterhuman identity can be involuntary. Your alterhuman feelings can exist whether you choose them to or not.
You can be alterhuman because the way you relate to humanity is atypical. Whether it’s because you feel like you’ve lived many lives or because you’re one person of many in a single body.
Your alterhumanity can be psychological, spiritual, both or neither. At the end of the day, people unite under the alterhuman label because of what they experience right now, regardless of what they believe causes it.
Here’s a great post that covers what it means to be alterhuman!
-Fy
i sent in an ask recently about coining a new gender, meergender: a gender that is deep and difficult to explore, reminiscent of a large body of water, while also being multi-faceted and can fit under multiple gender descriptors. Similar to ambimegender, cosmicgender, seagender and genderplus. From the Dutch words meerdere, meaning multiple, and meer, meaning lake. this is the flag i designed. the colours represent its similarity to a deep body of water, like if you were coming from the bottom of the ocean rising upwards. while chosen to tie in with the theme of the flag, the white also represents nonbinary-ness and the fact that it can fit under many gender descriptors, and the black also represents the ‘difficulty of exploring’ aspect.
I’ve used this before and the person I was chatting with was very kind and helpful. I really could have hurt myself seriously if I hadn’t seen a tumblr post about the site… Phone calls and I don’t do so well together
This is very important, especially the way the world is being recently, so I’m reblogging it
Crisis, suicidal, domestic abuse, whatever hotline out there. They might ask you “why do you feel like that?” Or “why do you believe you’re being abused?” They’re asking to learn the context of the situation better, they are NOT trying to discredit your experiences.
I know there’s lgbt hotlines out there and trans hotlines so please keep this in mind if you call and they ask these kinds of questions.
Depends on what you’re looking for. If you’re looking for pride flags related to LGBT/MOGAI orientations and genders, then @ask-pride-color-schemes is a good source! They also have lists compiled of all the orientations and gender identities they could find.
If you’re looking for pride flags for Neurodiversity or Mental Illness, @madprideflags specifically makes those! And if you’re looking for pride flags for Alterhuman Personal Identities, such as for Therians or Otherkin, then the newly made @therianotherkinpride can help you with that!
If you’d like to take a quick survey about LGBT issues, with a focus on Trans issues, then go ahead and visit @thattranspartoflgbtsurveys!
hi!!! so, i’ve found that the best way to describe my gender is just kinda, well, y’know *shrugs*. so, i made this flag for my identity ehgender! i hope you like it and i hope others do to!
That sounds really similar to Mehgender, actually!
Gendermeh/Mehgender: Where you’re kinda cool with being called any gender, like whatever. You might not be that gender, you might not know your gender, but meh.
None of the mods of this blog designed the original Somnio- pride flag. I don’t know who the original creator was. I did, however, design alternative designs without the dreamcatcher symbol so that those who are not native but who identify as Somnio- would be able to use them.
So in regards to attraction to women, the gender-neutral term for it (since you didn’t mention your gender) would be Gyne-/Gyno- or Woma-/Woman- romantic.
As for the second part, there are a few terms that may fit, although its always okay to change if you ever can differentiate between romantic and platonic attraction!
There is:
Quoiromantic (also known as WTFromantic or Whatromantic):
Being unsure if you experience attraction or not Being unable to understand attraction as a concept or feeling Finding the concept of attraction to be inaccessible, inapplicable, nonsensical Being unable to define romantic attraction so unable to say whether or not you experience it Having a hard time distinguishing romantic attraction from other types of attractions, or being unable to distinguish them at all (For example, you can’t distinguish romantic feelings from platonic, or you have a hard time distinguishing romantic from sensual feelings) Struggling to find a better term because it is too complicated or because they just don’t fit any other term Not experiencing romanticism in a traditional manner
Platoniromantic: An orientation where a type of attraction is experienced as the same as, or indistinguishable from platonic attraction
Idemromantic: Categorizes relationships and feelings as platonic or romantic but experiences no notable internal differences. They may categorize certain relationships as romantic instead of platonic based on age, personality compatibility, emotional closeness, ease of living together, presence of sexual attraction, or other factors. But their feelings toward their romantic interests would not be particularly distinguishable from platonic feelings and may be similar to how they feel for a best friend or beloved family member
Metaromantic: Only experiencing attraction that is unable to be defined by strict terms of platonic or romantic. Coined with the idea of those who only experience queer/quasiplatonic attraction in mind, but available to all who simply cannot define their attraction in ways that are typical and easily understood in the context of societal norms of attraction and relationships
Nebularomantic: A feeling that one cannot distinguish between a type of attraction and platonic feelings due to neurodivergence
If you feel like any of these fit you, I can find the flag!
Dwarfhearted flag. Dwarfs generally have a very earthy color scheme with their images
This is the best description that I have personally found online:
Kin is identifying AS said animal/creature. – I identify AS a dragon via both a psychological and spiritual standpoint. Hearted is identifying/having deep connection WITH said animal/creature. – I greatly connect WITH aquatic animals and chickens. Simple as that. They’re just plainly 2 different things.
That’s just as simple as it gets. Those that actually are kin, know they are human, it’s a biological fact that no one can ignore. No matter how much you don’t want to be, it can’t change, it’s DNA. It’s in your mind, identity is a psychological (or spiritual) thing, not physical.
So I’d really like to turn on asks again, as I honestly dislike not giving our followers to ability to contact us and ask us questions.
However, if I do so, I’ll have to continue keeping requests closed and ask that any asks sent only be questions and comments that are not requests.
If you look at our request list, we have so many piled up already. Most, if not all, of us that run this blog are currently in school and don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to designing flags. I’m currently the only one making any, but its not as many as I wish I could get done.
We also make flags for multiple different categories, and some of these categories are not covered by other flag blogs. There are a handful of other blogs that are specifically for orientation and gender pride flags, and @madprideflags also makes flags for neurodiversity and mental illness. However, as far as I know, we’re the only ones that make pride flags for alterhuman personal identities, and it also happens to be the category with the most requests.
So I’d like to ask our followers: If you have any skill in being able to design flags, we would really appreciate the help. You would, of course, be credited as the designer. We probably won’t get too many who wish to do this, but every little bit helps. We’ll eventually get to all of them one way or another.
Don’t worry if you can’t, though. And if you have a request you really want to have a flag for, I just ask that you be patient until we can turn them back on. I’d rather not have to turn asks off again entirely.
Thanks for listening!
-Fy
hello , i don’t know if the “requests currently closed” notice also is for submissions where people submit a self made flag and since the questions are closed i couldn’t ask but im gonna chance it and submit my azusexual pride flag. Azusexual is a term coined by me for the attraction towards people who show their power through revenge and pettiness. when an azusexual is in love with someone, they devoid all of their love towards them and sometimes devoid their whole life towards them.
sorry if the requests currently closed tab is also for this form
if you have any questions, contact me!
have a nice day!
Nope, requests are closed, but submissions are open!
For the love of Jesus quit the “hidden penis” jokes
With more and more transgender people feeling comfortable with coming out of the closet, why on Earth do you think it’s appropriate to say anything like “Touch me again and you’ll see my penis” to frighten people who inappropriately make comments about you or touch you?
Bigender: to have two distinct gender identities, either at the same time, or at different times
Demigirl: a gender identity that feels partially like a girl/woman, and partially like some other gender
Demiboy: a gender identity that feels partially like a boy/man, and partially like some other gender
Fraysexual: someone who only experiences sexual attraction to individuals they are less familiar with, and lose interest when they get to know the person
Bisexual: the sexual attraction to two or more genders
Akoiromantic: feeling romantic attraction, but having no desire to have interactions or have feelings reciprocated, or a person who feels romantic attraction, which fades if it is reciprocated or if they enter a relationship with the person they are attracted to
I was doing some research and found this as the background for the incel community:
It was started by a woman in Canada. The woman named the movement initially “ Involuntary Celibacy”. The woman created the movement for people who experienced sexual attraction, but chose to remain celibate for one reason or another (low self esteem, anxiety with relationships, not wanting to get “attached” to people, etc.).
Some incels have described it as: “It makes me feel like everyone else is going through some mythical gates into ‘grown-up land’ while I sit out in the courtyard with the children,” …Thinking you’re behind everyone else can provoke unhappiness or bitterness and diminish self-confidence. Being depressed and insecure can make you a lousy date. And so on.“I feel,” Michael tells me, sounding a similar note, “like something about not having an adult relationship has really stunted my, uh, just general development.”
Some incels have extended the idea of “involuntary celibacy” to dating as well, feeling often like they are incapable of maintaining romantic relationships (such as not being able to relate to the sex that they feel attracted towards).
http://love-shy.com/ is the official resource for Incels and has about 5000+ members on its forum.
👏 Heteroromantic Asexuals still belong to the lgbt community👏
Cause guess what, asexuality isn’t celibacy. Asexuals still face everyday micro and macro aggressions against them (“corrective rape”, people insisting they just need to “wait for the right person”, religious coercion, parents continuously nagging them about their orientation, people asking them inappropriate questions about their orientation, etc.)
Venturgender: A gender which feels like an ongoing adventure, journey, or trek. A gender that is constantly evolving and revealing new aspects to a person.
Sapphic and Achillean or heavily leaning sapphic and Achillean who live in areas that are very anti sapphic/Achillean or have been battling gynophobia or androphobia.
-SynHeart
Spacegendervoid!
A nonbinary gender that is connected to space, stars, and the universe as a whole. This gender feels vaguely unaligned in nature and has ties to the feeling of genderless-ness.
Someone who is Spacegendervoid is also usually “void” of gender itself.
Full term: Spacegendervoid is a feeling of space and stars but in a far away sort of way. Almost like a void that vaguely resembles space and the stars themselves and leans towards a nonexistent/agender feeling. The main aspects being, space, vaguely existing somewhere outside of gender, and sort of not really there like a void in time.
Flag credit: me (ghost-boy-space-trash)
Term credit: me (ghost-boy-space-trash)
Astralgendervoid!
A nonbinary gender that is connected to space, stars, and the universe as a whole. This gender feels vaguely masculine in nature and has ties to both the feeling of genderless-ness and having indescribable ties to masculinity in a vague sense.
Someone who is Astralgendervoid can also be “void” of gender itself.
Full term: Astralgendervoid is a feeling of space and stars but in a far away sort of way. Almost like a void that vaguely resembles space and the stars themselves and sometimes leans towards a masculine/agender feeling. The main aspects being, space, vaguely masculine, and sort of not really there like a void in time.
Flag credit: me (ghost-boy-space-trash)
Term credit: me (ghost-boy-space-trash)
To avoid confusion:
Astral leans more towards masc, celestial more towards fem.
BUT this isn’t a given. In the definition itself i stated that it can also be a feeling of “void of gender” with a connection to space! So astralgendervoid and celestialgendervoid don’t mean masc nonbinary or fem nonbinary. They just mean the energies you feel could be vaguely related.
These terms can be used interchangeably for the most part for this reason.
If you want a more obviously non-aligned space themed gender, both gendervoid and stargender cover this to some degree.
I also have a term i coined that is purely unaligned always.
Spacegendervoid. It is the same as astral and celestial but with no leanings towards either fem or masc EVER. Purely andro.
Currently designing a flag for this.
Celestialgendervoid!
A nonbinary gender that is connected to space, stars, and the universe as a whole. This gender feels vaguely feminine in nature and has ties to both the feeling of genderless-ness and having indescribable ties to femininity in a vague sense.
Someone who is Celestialgendervoid can also be “void” of gender itself.
Full term: Celestialgendervoid is a feeling of space and stars but in a far away sort of way. Almost like a void that vaguely resembles space and the stars themselves and sometimes leans towards a feminine/agender feeling. The main aspects being, space, vaguely feminine, and sort of not really there like a void in time.
Term credit: me (ghost-boy-space-trash)
Flag credit: me (ghost-boy-space-trash)
To avoid confusion:
Astral leans more towards masc, celestial more towards fem.
BUT this isn’t a given. In the definition itself i stated that it can also be a feeling of “void of gender” with a connection to space! So astralgendervoid and celestialgendervoid don’t mean masc nonbinary or fem nonbinary. They just mean the energies you feel could be vaguely related.
These terms can be used interchangeably for the most part for this reason.
If you want a more obviously non-aligned space themed gender, both gendervoid and stargender cover this to some degree.
I also have a term i coined that is purely unaligned always.
Spacegendervoid. It is the same as astral and celestial but with no leanings towards either fem or masc EVER. Purely andro.
Omnistraight: Genderfluid, with one’s attraction to other genders changing with one’s gender so that the individual is always attracted to a different gender.
Sexual attraction is feeling a deep-seated desire to engage in sexual intercourse or any other sexual act with another person in order to experience arousal and/or orgasm. They feel drawn to another individual or are motivated to initiate a relationship based upon the desire for sexual intimacy or satisfaction. Sexual attraction is arousal caused by OR directed at an individual on a regular basis towards a certain sex or gender identity (or multiples sex(es) or gender identities).
1. There’s more to life than sex? Differences and commonality within the asexual community (Carrigan, 2011)
2. Coming to an asexual identity: Negotiating identity, negotiating desire (Scherrer, 2008)
**Translated below**
Sexual attraction is a STRONG desire to have sex (or sex-like activities) with other people, in order to feel sexual stimuli (erect penis, hardening of nipples, blood going to the clitoris, etc.) and/or have an orgasm. The person experiencing sexual attraction might feel drawn to the person OR want to start a relationship based on sexual “perks” of a relationship (kissing to feel turned on, touching certain body parts to feel turned on, etc.) or to achieve some kind of satisfaction (attempt to procreate, do it just because sex is fun, etc.). Sexual attraction is being turned on by a person OR you are turned on through your senses (sight, smell, taste, etc.) by a person on a regular basis towards a certain sex and/or gender identity (when looking at the individual or population level, in regards to the different sexes and/or gender identities).
This might help some people out 😊
-SynHeart
Greyomnisapphic: a type of greysexuality where on the rare occasion that they do exhibit sexual attraction, they consider themselves pan/omni but strongly lean towards sapphic.
The flag is a combination of the greysexuality flag, the green is a combo of yellow and blue (colors commonly seen in the pan/omni flags) and the the pink-purple colors under the green are for femininity.
Oh god, I thought I was the only one. I’m sorry, I probably sound like I’m completely over reacting, but I feel just the same. I’m attracted to females when I feel female, attracted to males when I feel male and when I feel non binary I don’t really feel attracted to anyone. I’ve been asking so many people for so long and nobody knew anything. I’m really sorry, I probably sound like a complete weirdo but I’ve only just found this tonight and I just feel so relieved. I thought I was alone :’D
It’s because of responses like this, the mods on this blog love to do what we do. Our whole point of this blog is to help educate others and bring a sense of calmness because people can finally have lightbulbs go off and say “Hey, it’s me :D”
Traumatagender/Traumatgender/Trautgender/Trauatgender: A gender that varies; it can change a lot, it could be unknown, it could just be there, it could be nonexistent, etc. Whatever it is, it was based from intense trauma. Should only be used by those who have experienced or are going through what they consider intense trauma.
Non-binary: a gender identity which does not fit within the binary of male and female
Demisexual: where one does not experience attraction to a person until they have developed an emotional connection to them. There is no guarantee that this attraction will develop after an emotional connection is formed, but it is required in order for attraction to be possible
Heterosexual: sexual attraction to the “opposite” gender
-Fy
Fegender: A nonbinary gender where one feels strong connections to femininity. The “opposite” of manugender.
-SynHeart
Manugender: A nonbinary gender where one feels strong connections to masculinity. This is the “opposite” of fegender.
Aroflux: someone who’s romantic orientation fluctuates but always stays on the aro spectrum, or someone who’s romantic orientation fluctuates from experiencing romantic attraction, some romantic attraction, and experiencing no romantic attraction
Panromantic: romantically attracted to all genders or regardless of gender
Demisexual: An a-spectrum orientation where one does not experience sexual attraction to a person until they have developed an emotional connection to them. There is no guarantee that this attraction will develop after an emotional connection is formed, but it is required in order for attraction to be possible.
Polyamorous: to be capable of being attracted to more than one person at the same time and be in relationships with those people.
Bigender: to have two distinct gender identities, either at the same time, or at different times.
Demisexual: Demi-: An a-spectrum orientation where one does not experience sexual attraction to a person until they have developed an emotional connection to them. There is no guarantee that this attraction will develop after an emotional connection is formed, but it is required in order for attraction to be possible.
Homoromantic: romantically attracted exclusively to the same gender
Okay, so this is problematic since it only works for binary folks, includes NO aro/ace options, and is very monosexually-oriented (it describes MGA as being “equally hetero and homosexual”, ew). But the reason I’m sending you this is because it includes actual understanding of platonic orientations! Finally recognition that homo/bi/pan/demiplatonic people are NOT JUST STRAIGHT!
Obviously it is FAR from perfect, but I think we could refine the general concept into something better. I’m just so excited because FINALLY my platonic orientation is being recognized!
That’s so great!! Obliviously it’d be better if it were less problematic, but hopefully someday soon! ^-^
Hey people! I’m finaesthetic and noticed there is no official color for -aesthetic attraction similar to purple for sexual, green for romantic, orange for sensual, yellow for platonic, blue for alterous, and pink/yellow for queerplatonic. I started this poll for the -aesthetic community to make an official color!
Just bumping again to let this circulate real quick
Hello! So this is a flag I made for the greysexual spectrum for a thing called “semi-sexual” which basically means when you do feel feel sexual attraction but you’re still not super into it like you don’t wanna act on it if that makes sense.
Feel free to use this flag as you please! No credit needed.
[Image: A flag with 3 stripes, the center being about 3x the thickness than the outer stripes. The outer two stripes are a muted, pastel pink, and the center is a light gray. In the middle are two pink hearts overlayed on top of each other, the center pink is darker than the outer pink].
Ooh this is pretty! @galaxxysocks Could this possibly be used as the common flag for this orientation with the center heart being able to be changed to the colors for other attraction types? Such as semiromantic and semialterous?
[Image: Same as above but the center hearts are greens].
[Image: Same as above but the center hearts are blues].
Absolutely!! That’s a great idea! I would love more people to be able to use this flag in their own ways ❤ as far as I’m concerned this flag belongs to everyone to use is whatever way makes them feel happy 😊
Ack, there’s a problem! I just checked the docs and noticed that Semi- has a definition already. I completely forgot about adding it, but it’s been in there a while.
Semi- Describes someone who may be allo- by definition, but who finds a-ness and/or greyness a useful, relevant concept to describe their orientation, or a concept that still helps them communicate their feelings in some way.
Did you (or someone else) coin this recently? You might have to find an alternate term to avoid confusion. Sorry I didn’t notice this sooner!
-Hermy
I actually just looked on AVEN and these are the official definitions I found:
Definition 1:
Semisexuality is like Demisexuality as it is both in the gray area, however Semisexuals don’t link their sexuality to a close bond. I believe it can be a few different versions, like going off and on with sexual feelings. For example for a month they would feel sexual attraction then for a year they won’t then they feel again. It would be like fluid sexuality. This term is really not used often and last time I saw it their were about four different definitions with it, but this is how I always saw it used(when I did) I think most find it easier to just say they are Gray A though.
Explanation/Definition 2:
“Semisexuality” is one of the terms that was thrown around at the same time “demisexual” and “gray-A” were invented, and it didn’t really stick. Some people might still use it, either because they’ve invented it for themselves or because even obscure words persist. But I don’t think it’s used frequently enough that it has any particular meaning, beyond what it sounds like. It’s part-sexuality, I guess.
Reasons why semisexual never caught on:
1. The Definition was never concrete and was very open to interpretation.
2. It is not very common, unlike demisexuals, and can easily be covered under the Gray A umbrella term.
Hello! So this is a flag I made for the greysexual spectrum for a thing called “semi-sexual” which basically means when you do feel feel sexual attraction but you’re still not super into it like you don’t wanna act on it if that makes sense.
Feel free to use this flag as you please! No credit needed.
[Image: A flag with 3 stripes, the center being about 3x the thickness than the outer stripes. The outer two stripes are a muted, pastel pink, and the center is a light gray. In the middle are two pink hearts overlayed on top of each other, the center pink is darker than the outer pink].
Ooh this is pretty! @galaxxysocks Could this possibly be used as the common flag for this orientation with the center heart being able to be changed to the colors for other attraction types? Such as semiromantic and semialterous?
[Image: Same as above but the center hearts are greens].
[Image: Same as above but the center hearts are blues].
Absolutely!! That’s a great idea! I would love more people to be able to use this flag in their own ways ❤ as far as I’m concerned this flag belongs to everyone to use is whatever way makes them feel happy 😊
Ack, there’s a problem! I just checked the docs and noticed that Semi- has a definition already. I completely forgot about adding it, but it’s been in there a while.
Semi- Describes someone who may be allo- by definition, but who finds a-ness and/or greyness a useful, relevant concept to describe their orientation, or a concept that still helps them communicate their feelings in some way.
Did you (or someone else) coin this recently? You might have to find an alternate term to avoid confusion. Sorry I didn’t notice this sooner!
-Hermy
I actually just looked on AVEN and these are the official definitions I found:
Definition 1:
Semisexuality is like Demisexuality as it is both in the gray area, however Semisexuals don’t link their sexuality to a close bond. I believe it can be a few different versions, like going off and on with sexual feelings. For example for a month they would feel sexual attraction then for a year they won’t then they feel again. It would be like fluid sexuality. This term is really not used often and last time I saw it their were about four different definitions with it, but this is how I always saw it used(when I did) I think most find it easier to just say they are Gray A though.
Explanation/Definition 2:
“Semisexuality” is one of the terms that was thrown around at the same time “demisexual” and “gray-A” were invented, and it didn’t really stick. Some people might still use it, either because they’ve invented it for themselves or because even obscure words persist. But I don’t think it’s used frequently enough that it has any particular meaning, beyond what it sounds like. It’s part-sexuality, I guess.
Reasons why semisexual never caught on:
1. The Definition was never concrete and was very open to interpretation.
2. It is not very common, unlike demisexuals, and can easily be covered under the Gray A umbrella term.
3. It can also just be seen as fluid sexuality.
-SynHeart
For bisexual, woman-aligned people who lean strongly towards girls. The various shades of pink represent different shades of feminity/femaleness. The more gray stripe represents a gray area between being attracted to women exclusively and being attracted to women in addition to other gender(s). The purple shades represent the acknowledgement that the person is not exclusively attracted to women.
If you can’t read under the “the origins of this image” picture, here you go:
This image was created initially on a tumblr named “Ace of Violet Hearts”. It was a tumblr dedicated to spreading education and awareness about the asexual community. The author wanted to help educate others about the continuously changing vocabulary in regards to human sexuality, specific to the asexual umbrella. The same creator made an updated version (2015), that image is also floating around the internet.
However, troll blogs and the like have grabbed this image, using every excuse under the sun to bully those who identify as one of these terms. THAT is not ok.
Commentary:
This image popped up on “know your meme” and it was just bullies using the image as an excuse to take a shit on this image. So, the creator of the actual image stepped in and “marked” the image with the origin story. The creator notes that they didn’t know about watermarking at the time of the image and because of that, that’s the reason why there’s no watermark on said image.
So actually “know your meme” with this picture.
You type in “asexual” on Google images (as well as regular google) and this image will pop up all over the web. However, having known the blog that created this image, I thought this image was imperatively important so others knew the actual origins of this image. Ace got bullied off of Tumblr because of dick-for-brains constantly leaving them hateful commentary, JUST BECAUSE they didn’t “agree” with the educational terminology posts they made about the asexual spectrum, even though the terminology was 100% plausible.
Spread love, not hate, so we don’t lose valuable educational tumblrs about the human sexuality experience.
Yep since Tumblr’s new “best stuff first” bullshit “update”, this is what’s happened to my blog and I’ve noticed similar trends with other blogs complaining of the issue.
This is similar to what YouTube did, where only if you are a blog with already a VERY large following (as in most posts get 100+ notes on average), they’re going to push your big blog and “screw” the newbies or those who do have lots of followers, they just don’t interact for whatever reason. My blog has around 13-14k followers, but most of my posts for whatever reason do not get on average anywhere near 100+ notes (at least not within a small time frame, it normally builds over time).
So basically Tumblr is giving the middle finger to blogs who are just starting out AND those who might have a good amount of followers, they just don’t interact for whatever reason.
AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE!
“Note that if you don’t see the setting yet, it’s because the feature is still in the process of rolling out.”
aka “haha fuck you, we’re forcing this on you.”
(I give permission for blogs of all ages to reblog this post because of how fucking infuriating it is)
That dip in the graph speaks for itself so even if you don’t have the ability to turn this feature off yet, IT IS BEING FORCED ON BLOGS! This is likely happening to a lot of our followers, so here’s an excellent explanation for what’s going on.
I stumbled across this while looking for a different flag in google images. All I can tell so far is that it originated on tumblr, but I can’t seem to find a source. Can anyone help out with that? @beyond-mogai-pride-flags
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