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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Word of the Gay: "Omnisexual"
An "omnisexual" is someone attracted to all genders, it is distinct from bisexuals who are attracted to two genders (male & female) and monosexuals who are attracted to one gender.
@anonymous ~ sex is biological, gender is socially constructed, one's sense of self as being/having male/female characteristics, or both, or neither, it's basically your classification of yourself as masculine/feminine. personally i reject this dichotomy and view myself as genderless, though sexed girl... get it?
An "omnisexual" is someone attracted to all genders, it is distinct from bisexuals who are attracted to two genders (male & female) and monosexuals who are attracted to one gender.
I've struggled a lot recently, realizing that bisexual was too narrow a definition for me. Thanks for helping me clear things up!
ReplyDeleteSo how does this differ from a 'Pansexual' person? Or are these just two ways of saying the same thing?
ReplyDeletexyrra - I am glad you found it helpful, you might also like this earlier post http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/06/diversity-lesson-101-pansexuality.html
ReplyDeleteMoon - I think the two terms are pretty analogous. Thanks for asking.
So weird...a group of us literally just had a conversation about the pansexual/omnisexual thing!
ReplyDeleteThank you! This is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI am so confused. I thought there were only two genders (male and female). Am I missing something?
ReplyDelete@anonymous ~ sex is biological, gender is socially constructed, one's sense of self as being/having male/female characteristics, or both, or neither, it's basically your classification of yourself as masculine/feminine.
ReplyDeletepersonally i reject this dichotomy and view myself as genderless, though sexed girl... get it?