Official post for the new terms proquusexual and proquasexual!
Original post | pride-flags-for-us submission
Proquusexual / proquuromantic: A masculine person who is only attracted to other masculine people
Proquasexual / proquaromantic: A feminine person who is only attracted to other feminine people
(“Masculine” and “feminine” are subjective and depend on what the user identifies as)
This is useful for nonbinary people who are uncomfortable with the word “homosexual,” and/or for people whose attraction is based on femininity/masculinity and not necessarily gender
People who identify as this may also identify as “gay” and “lesbian” if they wish to, or a multisexual/romantic identity if they wish to, or no other identity — it just depends on their attraction and where they feel they fit most.
Flags under the cut:
Proquu- and Proqua-
I have unfortunately been grounded so I will be inactive for a while except (maybe) some stealth blogging every once and a while
Introducing Domgender
Domgender- when you are multiple genders (like polygender) but 1 of those genders is dominant. Domgender is like nanogender/demigender/magigender except with multiple genders
Prefix derived from Dom- above, power, over
1. Dominant
Defined and Coined by agendertouka and space-gemSpecial thanks to bigender-why-gender
Also, as a note, stop reblogging the supragender post from earlier
Proquasexual and Proquusexual »
I coined a new term, proquasexual and proquusexual! They’re subject to change, but for now that’s what I’m calling it.
Proquasexual/romantic: A feminine person who is attracted only to other feminine people
Proquusexual/romantic: A masculine person who is attracted only to other masculine people
(“Masculine” and “feminine” are subjective and depend on what the user identifies as)
I came up with this term because I identify as a lesbian, however I am genderfluid and sometimes I’m uncomfortable with “homosexual.”
I also designed some flags:
Proquasexual/romantic flags:
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And then I also designed a few proquusexual/romantic flags, though not as many because I’m not proquusexual/romantic and I think people who identify as this should be the ones with the main say in their flag:
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I really hope this helps other people!
Can I coin a new term?
I’d like a term for feminine* people who are attracted to only other feminine people. “Gynosexual” means attracted to femininity, but that includes straight men and/or other male identities and I’d like a term just for feminine people.
I guess it would be a broader term for lesbian? One that includes people who don’t want to identify as female or are attracted to femininity and not particularly limited to the female gender.
People with this identity could also identify as lesbian if they chose to do so.
My otterfriend suggested “proquasexual” from the term “propinquus” which means similar. Propinquas is the feminine version, thus proquasexual (and I guess proquusexual for masculinity???) Those look a lot alike tho, so idk.
"Idios" means one’s own, but I don’t like how close it is to an ableist slur.
"Idem" is already taken.
*Note: “feminine” is a lenient term here, and can mean whatever the user feels it does. People have different views on what “feminine” and “masculine” mean.
I’d like some suggestions, advice, or thoughts, especially from people who would identify as this. It’s 2 am and I’m barely awake, so please forgive me if I made any mistakes.
EDIT: What about parasexual? Para meaning “near”? So like, parafemsexual and paramasexual? Or is that too long?
Also what about the prefix a or al? Alfemsexual / almasexual or afemsexual / amasexual?
Aefemsexual / aemasexual (for aer meaning atmosphere, like around feminine/masculine)
Diafemsexual / diamasexual / diasexual (Dia meaning through, across, between)
Equisexual / equifemsexual / equimasexual (equi meaning equal)
Infemsexual / Inmasexual / Insexual (in meaning near)
Perifemsexual / perimasexual / perisexual (peri meaning around)
I honestly think this idea sounds great! I was initially a little wary but I think the fact that you specify that femininity/masculinity here are flexible and subjective to the user’s views was definitely the way to go here.
words i just made up
surgender: when an individual has a full (100%) established gender, but they feel as if there is an extra fraction of a gender remaining. for example, one could be surgender and be 100% agender, with an additional 15% female. (based off of prefix “sur”; extra or in addition. surgirl and surboy are also usable terms; surgender is non-binary or neutral.)
vocigender: an individual’s gender is weak-feeling and hollow rather than a specific, certain gender. for example, a vocigirl would feel almost female, but not completely, since the sense of being female is not strong. (based off of latin “vocivus”; empty or void. vocigirl and vociboy are usable terms; vocigender is non-binary or neutral.)
veloxigender: (related to genderfluid) a gender experience in which the gender changes too often/too rapidly to be able to specify what it is. (based off of latin “velox”; swift or quick.)
sometimes i look through lists of prefixes and get inspired
ambigender - latin prefeix ambi, meaning both or on both sides; can also be taken to mean ambiguous gender or a sort of gender ambivalence
apogender - greek prefix apo, meaing away from, separate, at the farthest point; a subset of agender in which you feel not only genderless but entirely removed from the concept of gender
brevigender - latin prefix brevi, meaning brief, short (time); a subset of genderfluid in which you feel your gender is never stable for long periods of time, but is constantly changing
egogender - latin/greek prefix ego, meaning self, i (first person); a gender that is solely based on yourself, and no words seem to define it other than me gender, [name] gender, i’m just who i am and my gender is mine
hemigender - greek prefix hemi, meaning half; related to demi and nano genders, where you are half one gender (hemiboy, hemigirl) and half something else
histrigender - latin prefix histri, meaning actor; a gender that is largely or entirely put upon, a gender you adapt and act out when around others
paragender - greek prefix para, meaning beside, near; a gender that is very near but not quite another gender, i.e. paragirl, vaguely a girl but not quite
i don’t know if any of these will resonate with anyone, but i believe we can never have too many words to help us describe ourselves
The first flag I designed
The second one:
The third one:
The fourth one:
The fifth one:
There are pink and blue because I love those colors and also for male and female I guess, and purple for nonbinary (specifically genders like maverique or others that are still very “gendered” but not male or female I’m not sure how to word that but ye) and white/gray/black for agender and genders like such.
The fifth one is my favorite.
—Sundrop
I know I only coined the term a few days ago and probably no-one else is even using it yet, but I wanted to make a flag for elissogender, so here is what I’ve come up with.
colour meanings:
red/pink — those whose genders (sometimes) meander towards/around female/feminine
blue — those whose genders (sometimes) meander towards/around male/masculine
yellow — those whose genders (sometimes) meander around beyond the binary
black — those whose genders (sometimes) meander off altogether, ie agender
grey — confusion, in-between-ness, and vagueness, because we’re often in the “grey areas” between genders
wavy stripes — the meandering nature of elissogender
Elissogender
elissogender (n, adj): a gender which vaguely moves around with no direction
from the Greek elisso(mai), “meander”
can be used as a modifier (eg I’m an elissogender demiboy) or a standalone term (“ze is elissogender”; “elissogenders feel that their gender identities meander”)
I coined this to describe my own feeling of my gender sort of meandering about, never knowing where it’s headed next and experiencing subtle to significant differences often, but not dramatic shifts. I hope it’s useful to someone else too! and if anyone wants to help me define it clearer I’d appreciate that haha not sure how to word the definition.