Femsexual
Femsexual, or femmesexual, is a sexual orientation describing an individual who is exclusively attracted to individuals with feminine genders or feminine gender presentations regardless of gender identity.
Femsexual could be considered similar to or a microlabel of pansexual.
The spelling femmesexual may also be interpreted to describe attracted to femmes.
Related Terms
| Term | Relationship | Description | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gynesexual | Similar | Refers to an individual who is sexually attracted to women. | Gynesexual relates to those who are attracted to women, Femsexual relates to feminine presentation. |
| Finsexual | Similar | Describes attraction to individuals who are feminine in nature (FIN). | Finsexual only describes fingender individuals. |
| Mascsexual | Counterpart | Refers to an individual who is exclusively attracted to those with masculine genders or masculine presentation. | Mascsexual is the masculine equivalent of Femsexual. |
| Womasexual | Similar | Describes attraction to women and female-aligned gender identities. | Womasexual is only women and female/feminine-aligned genders. |
History
The earliest use of the term was by Twitter user BadBadOfelia on October 30, 2010, though no definition was given.[1] The most commonly seen definition of femmesexual was created by Urban Dictionary user cynxcity on September 12, 2011.[2]
On June 15, 2020, femmesexual/femsexual was coined by HakuoTan and was defined as the attraction to women, femmes, feminine-aligned non-binary individuals, and androgynous non-binary individuals.
The femmesexual flag was created by Tumblr user dreamcast-official and an anonymous creator on January 21, 2019.[3]
On February 25, 2020, Tumblr user lithigender redesigned the femmesexual flag based on the gynesexual flag.[4]
HakuoTan created a femmesexual flag on June 15, 2020.
Resources
- ↑ BadBadOfelia. Twitter, https://archive.ph/kizkr. Accessed on 23 Jul. 2024. Archived on 25 Aug. 2022.
- ↑ Cynxcity. "Femsexual". Urban Dictionary, https://archive.ph/9zd89. Accessed on 23 Jul. 2024. Archived on 25 Aug. 2022.
- ↑ Dreamcast. "Femmesexual". Tumblr, https://archive.ph/ON2b1. Accessed on 23 Jul. 2024. Archived on 23 Mar. 2022.
- ↑ lithigender. "femmesexual flag". Tumblr, https://archive.ph/Afdzc. Accessed on 23 Jul. 2024. Archived on 25 Aug. 2022.
