The Transgender Dictionary

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Multisexual

(also: plurisexuality)

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Introduction

While sexuality is most commonly experienced as attraction to a specific gender, there are various terms that are used as self-descriptors by those who experience attraction to more than one gender. Most sexualities have corresponding romantic orientations. Not everyone who identifies as a particular sexuality will identify as the corresponding romantic orientation that you may think they should.

Every individual person has their own combination of experiences, and moves through the world in their own unique manner. Sexuality, romantic orientation, gender expression, gender identity, gender presentation, and transition goals will all look different for every individual person. These distinctions do not matter to everyone who experiences deviations from the norm, though they do matter significantly to some.

The distinctions that will be discussed throughout this particular page will be regarding sexual and romantic attraction to more than one gender. Some people who have attatchments to certain queer subcultures may identify as both a multisexual label and a traditionally monosexual label. Some people with particular preferences for certain genders will also choose to identify as both a multisexual label and a traditionally monosexual label. Some people - either questioning, indecisive, or simply hoarding labels for the fun of it - will identify as numerous seemingly contradictory terms. This harms no one.

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Multisexual (General Information)

Someone who is multisexual is attracted to more than one gender.

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Bisexual

Someone who is bisexual experiences sexual attraction to more than one gender.

The pink stripe in the bisexual flag represents same-gender attraction.

The purple stripe in the bisexual flag represents attraction towards two or more genders.

The blue stripe in the bisexual flag represents attraction to those who are a different gender than yourself.

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Biromantic

Someone who is biromantic experiences romantic attraction to more than one gender.

The biromantic flag is similar to the bisexual flag, except it has a heart at the center.

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Omnisexual

Attraction to all genders.

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Pansexual

Experiencing sexual attraction to more than one gender.

The magenta stripe in the pansexual flag represents attraction to people who identify as female.

The yellow stripe in the pansexual flag represents attraction to genders outside the traditional binary.

The blue (or cyan) stripe in the pansexual flag represents attraction to people who identify as male.

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Panromantic

Experiencing romantic attraction to more than one gender.

The panromantic flag is similar to the pansexual flag, except it has a heart at the center.

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Polysexual

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See also the pages for; monosexual, sexuality, multigender.

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