Sexualities/Genders (And Other Terms One Should Know)
Heterosexual:
Male-identifying individual sexually attracted to a female-identifying individual, and vice-versa.
Homosexual:
Someone attracted to someone of the same gender as themselves.
Bisexual:
Sexually attracted to two or more genders.
Polysexual:
Sexually attracted to many genders, but not all.
Pansexual:
Sexually attracted to all genders. (this and bisexual, and sometimes polysexual, are often considered to be the same thing and different people may simply identify as any one of them due to their own personal reasons)
Demisexual:
Sexually attracted to people only after forming a bond with them first.
Asexual:
Having no /sexual attraction/ to others; having no desire to have sex.
Heteroromantic:
Male-identifying individual romantically attracted to female-identifying individuals, and vice-versa.
Homoromantic:
Attracted romantically to the same gender.
Biromantic:
Attracted romantically to two or more genders
Polyromantic:
Attracted to many genders (but not all)
Panromantic:
Attracted romantically to all genders
Demiromantic:
Romantically attracted to people only after forming a bond with them first.
Aromantic:
Having no /romantic attraction/ to others; having no desire to be in a romantic relationship.
Polyamorous:
Someone who is attracted to, and is comfortable with being in a relationship with more than one person at a time.
Transexual/Transgender (Term depending on generation and location):
An individual who identifies as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth to be. Often shortened to trans
Cisgender:
Someone who identifies as the gender that they were assigned as at birth. (ex. matches their birth certificate) Often shortened to cis
Intersex:
Someone who has ambiguous genitalia that doesn't fit into our strict dichotomy of uterus or testes. Often forced into surgery to correct their genitals at a very young age, causing psychological and physical harm later in life
Nonbinary:
Outside of the gender binary of male and female. (Can be used as an umbrella term or as its own identity)
Genderqueer:
Outside of the gender binary. (**This is not an umbrella term like the post said before I edited it! Do not use this as an umbrella term for nonbinary individuals, simply use 'nonbinary'. Queer is considered a slur and not everyone likes to be associated with the word)
Agender:
Someone who feels gender neutral, or someone who experiences a 'lack' of gender.
Bigender:
Someone who identifies as two separate genders.
Trigender:
Someone who identifies as three separate genders.
Genderfluid:
A gender that changes, or is 'fluid'.
Demigirl:
Identifying partially as a woman, but not wholly.
Demiboy/guy:
Identifying partially as a man, but not wholly.
Dmab:
Designated Male at Birth.
Dfab:
Designated Female at Birth.
Amab/Afab:
Same as dmab/dmab, except with 'assigned' instead of 'designated'.
Camab/Cafab:
Same as previous, except prefixed by 'coercively', to highlight the lack of choice.
Reblog to inform! And if there's any I missed or anything that should be clarified, please message me! Always looking to expand the proper vocab. :
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**I edited this post because it used some archaic and incorrect terms/definitions, and needed more terms added to it. -Vivian Mareepe
Biggest lie told in schools:
Bullying will not be tolerated.
“I wonder
whose arms would I run and fall into
if I were drunk
in a room with everyone
I have ever loved.”
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this becomes almost deeper when you think of non-romantic loves too (via asimetricna-vagina)
I asked my grandma this question a few weeks ago and she thought about it for days before she called me up and said, “None of them. They all left, and I’m strong enough now that I don’t want them any more. I’m all I need.” It was one of the more inspiring and sad conversations we’ve ever had.
I care about the problems of men. I care that the patriarchy tells men that they have to be stoic beasts incapable of emotion. I care that the patriarchy tells men that they are lust-filled monsters incapable of controlling their own libidos. I care that the patriarchy tells men that they cannot be raped or assaulted because the patriarchy believes women are too weak and inferior to be dangerous.
Agent Carter takes place during a dynamic period in fashion history, the transition from wartime austerity to the postwar styles that would define the 1950s. By 1947 the French fashion industry was up and running again, and Christian Dior introduced the so-called “New Look” of nipped-in waists and flouncy calf-length skirts.
The biggest influence on Western fashion in 1946 was, obviously, World War II. Fabric rationing led to a trend for simpler clothes, and women’s fashions suddenly became more practical due to the influx of women joining the workforce—like Peggy Carter, whose career began in the Strategic Scientific Reserve during the war. These factors added up to women wearing low heels and plain, knee-length skirts without pleats or frills, and men wearing suits without cuffs or flaps on the pockets.
narrowing down my “type” of guy is really hard because one second i’ll see a guy that’s clean shaven in a button down with the sleeves rolled and be like WHOA and the next i’ll see a guy with a full sleeve beanie and scruff and be like WHOA
