Fin (orientation)

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Finsexual

Orientation: Any

Genders: Any
Attracted To: Feminine individuals
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Finsexual is the attraction to those who are feminine-in-nature (FIN). It refers to those who are attracted to individuals with a feminine gender identity or gender presentation.

Related Terms

Term Relationship Description Difference
Gynesexual Similar An exclusive attraction to women or feminine-presenting individuals. Finsexual doesn’t necessarily include women.
Neptunic Similar Attraction to women, feminine non-binary and neutral individuals. Finsexual doesn’t necessarily include women.
Minsexual Counterpart Attraction to those who are masculine-in-nature Minsexual is the masculine equivalent.
Fingender Counterpart An umbrella term for all genders that are feminine in nature. It also refers to genders that are primarily feminine. Fingender is the gender equivalent.
Ninsexual Counterpart An individual who is attracted to those who are neutral-in-nature (NIN) Ninsexual is the neutral equivalent.
Nofinsexual Opposite Attraction to anyone except fingender and/or feminine-presenting individuals. Finsexual includes fingender and feminine-presenting individuals.

Sub-Terms

Term Description Flag Creator
Finflexible An individual who usually identifies as finsexual, but whose identity/attraction is flexible. Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags[1]
Finromantic Romantic attraction to those who are feminine in nature (FIN) in their gender and/or their presentation. Pride-Color-Schemes[2]
Finsexual Sexual attraction to those who are feminine in nature (FIN) in their gender and/or their presentation. Pride-Color-Schemes[2]

History

It is unclear who coined the term finsexual but it appeared via Pride-flags-for-us, the individual who mentioned the term was user Pleurocarpous on July 20, 2014.[3]

The flag was created by Tumblr users Pastelmemer and mutezeppeli on or before August 23, 2015 and was published on the Tumblr blog pride-flags-for-us.[4][5]

Resources

  1. ↑ Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags. "FMN -flexible Flags". Tumblr, 09 Feb. 2020, https://archive.ph/IvqeJ. Archived on 14 May. 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pride-Color-Schemes. "Fin-". Tumblr, 01 Jul. 2016, https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/146780111290/fin.
  3. ↑ Pride-flags-for-us. Tumblr, https://web.archive.org/web/20150324190159/pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/tagged/androsexual. Accessed on 12 Jan. 2025. Archived on 24 Mar. 2015.
  4. ↑ Pride-Flags. "Fin- (1)". Deviantart, 23 Aug. 2015, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Fin-1-555756111.
  5. ↑ Pride-flags-for-us. "fin-, min-, and nin- flags!". Tumblr, 13 Feb. 2016, https://archive.is/D8pWb. Archived on 20 Feb. 2020.