These definitions explain what these words mean generally,
but also what they mean specifically to me. Identity can be
personal, flexible, and a little different for everyone.
🍒 Androsexual/Minsexual
Sexual or Romantic Orientation
Attraction toward masculinity, masculine presentation, or people
with masculine qualities, regardless of their gender.
What this means for me:
I am often drawn to masculine energy, presentation, or qualities.
The attraction is about the person and the masculinity I perceive,
rather than requiring one particular gender.
No little definitions live under this letter yet. 🍒
🍒 Allosexual
Sexual orientation spectrum
A person who experiences sexual attraction. The term is commonly
used in contrast with asexual-spectrum identities.
What this means for me:
Sexual attraction is a real and meaningful part of how I experience
connection, affection, and relationships. And for me, I can expieience
it even if I don't know anything about the person at all. Not everyone
experiences sexual attraction, let alone instantly towards strangers.
🍒 Comet-Partner
Relationship Role
In polyamory, this is what you might call a partner with who you
have periods of active time spent interacting, and long stretches of
less or not interacting at all, while still considering yourselves
in an active relationship.
What this means for me:
One of my partners is a coment partner. He lives in another state
and while we talk online, sometimes it's more often, sometimes it's
less. I've only met him in person once. But I still love him just as
much!
🍒 Nesting-Partner
Relationship Role
This is how someone refers to the partner or partners they live
with. For example, if you live with your boyfriend, then he is
your nesting partner and you are his nesting partner.
What this means for me:
In my situation, I have one nesting partner and three additional
partners. This means that, of all the partners I have, I only live
with one of them. I will sometimes stay overnight with another
partner when it is consensual and convenient for everyone.
🍒 Nonbinary
Gender Identity
A person whose gender does not fit completely within the categories
of only man or only woman.
What this means for me:
My experience of gender exists outside a strict binary. My identity,
expression, and relationship with gender belong to me rather than
being limited by traditional expectations.
My body looks feminine but has some androgynous features. This
makes me exceptionally happy.
🍒 Polyamory/Ethical Non-Monogamy
Relationship orientation or structure
The practice or capacity for having multiple loving or intimate
relationships with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved.
What this means for me:
I can love and form meaningful relationships with more than one
person. Honesty, consent, communication, and respect matter more
than forcing every relationship into the same shape.
🍒 Any Pronouns
Language and gender expression
Being comfortable with people using more than one set of pronouns,
potentially including he, she, they, or others.
What this means for me:
I am comfortable with different pronouns being used for me.
Pronouns can reflect different parts of me without changing the
wholeness of who I am.
