Personasexual

Personasexual is a term for people who use a specific term when saying their sexuality in public, even though they don't actually identify completely with that term. People who are personasexual may narrow down their sexuality to make it simpler, or they may pretend to identify as something that they don't in public to avoid homophobes. For example, someone who feels comfortable with the label "abrosexual bisexual female-leaning" may simply say in public, "I'm lesbian" to avoid confusion. Another example is someone who is gay may say they are straight in public to avoid homophobes.

Personasexual may also be a prefix. People who are personasexual may also say they are personastraight, personagay, personalesbian, etc.

The gender equivilent of personasexual is personagender.

History
Personasexual was coined by Fandom user EnbyDuckling on January 18, 2021.