Freak Pride

Freak Pride is a term used to describe anyone who has modified their bodies in some way, shape, or form and thus are seen as 'freaks' amongst society.

Depending on who you ask, this may also include people with biologically born traits that are seen as 'unnatural,' such as people with disabilities, people with physical disorders, people with rare physical traits, intersex people, and similar. It is important to note, however, that this term is usually just for those who modified their bodies, and not for born traits.

This term is not to be used unless the person consents to its use, as the word 'freak' is often used in a dehumanizing manner to the people included under freak pride. This term was specifically made to be reclaiming the word 'freak' being used on people who modify their bodies, or have 'unnatural' bodies.

While this term is not LGBTQ+ on its own, it does include many LGBTQ+ identities and traits, and thus can overlap with the queer umbrella. This term includes, but is not limited to...


 * People who get tattoos, typically covering large spaces of their bodies.
 * People who get piercings, typically getting a large number of them, or getting them in 'weird' places.
 * People who get plastic surgery and/or implants.
 * People who change and/or modify their sex through body modification (altersex.)
 * Transgender and other cisn't people who are transsex in order to live as the person they desire to be.
 * Otherkin, therian, and other alterhuman people who change their body in order to better match their kintype.
 * System members who have non-humans and/or introjects that modify their shared body to better match their innerworld bodies.

Freak-
Freak- is a term used to describe someone who has attraction connected to freak pride. These are listed below.

Freakmono
Freakmono is a term used to describe someone who is monosexual and/or monoromantic and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, someone who is freakmono may only want to date and/or is only attracted to 'freaks' of the gender they are attracted to.

Freakgay
Freakgay is a term used to describe someone who is gay, lesbian, vincian, gai, symmaic, and/or homoromantic and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, someone who is freakgay may only want to date and/or is only attracted to other 'freaks' of the same and/or similar genders.

Freakhetero
Freakhetero is a term used to describe someone who is straight, strayt, contraic, differo, and/or heteromantic and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, someone who is freakhetero may only want to date and/or is only attracted to other 'freaks' of the opposite and/or dissimilar genders.

Freakmulti
Freakmulti is a term used to describe someone who is bi, poly, pan, omni, and/or multi and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, someone who is freakmulti may only want to date and/or is only attracted to 'freaks' of the genders they are attracted to.

Freakqueer
Freakqueer is a term used to describe someone who is queer and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, someone who is freakqueer may only want to date and/or is only attracted to 'freaks' of the genders they are attracted to.

Freakabro
Freakabro is a term used to describe someone who is abrosexual and/or abromantic and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, someone who is freakabro may only want to date and/or is only attracted to 'freaks' of the genders they are attracted to at the moment.

Freakjectum
Freakjectum is a term used to describe someone who is objectum, conceptum, soundum, or somewhere on that umbrella and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, someone who is freakjectum may be attracted strongly to earrings, as they are an individual with a lot of piercings.

Freakace
Freakace is a term used to describe someone who is asexual and/or ace-spec and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, they may feel as though their limit in attraction is caused or effected by how society views their body modification, and makes them detached from sexual attraction.

Freakaro
Freakaro is a term used to describe someone who is aromantic and/or aro-spec and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, they may feel as though their limit in attraction is caused or effected by how society views their body modification, and makes them detached from romantic attraction.

Freakunlabeled
Freakunlabeled is a term used to describe someone who is unlabeled, and feels as though freak pride effects their lack of label. For example, they may feel as though defining their attraction to society will further change how they are seen, and makes them detached from labeling their sexuality/orientation.

Freaktertiary
Freaktertiary is a term used to describe someone who has queerplatonic attraction, alterous attraction, and/or experiences other forms of tertiary attraction and feels as though freak pride effects their attraction. For example, they may feel as though their ability to experience attraction that is seen outside of the norm is due to the fact that their body is outside of the norm.

Freakis
Freakis is a gender modifier used to describe someone who's gender is effected by freak pride. This may be considered a xenogender depending on the situation. Examples of this would be freakisboy, freakisgirl, freakisenby, etc.

This could also be a term to describe someone who has a mutogender that is only felt when participating in freak pride, a gender that fluctuates or changes when participating in freak pride, or an aesthetigender based around the aesthetics of freak pride.

History
The term freak pride has been around since at least 2019, however it was likely around before then as well. The terms freak- and freakis were coined by Cryptocrew, specifically Ally, on June 18th of 2021.

Flag
The freak pride flag was coined by Tumblr user beyond-mogai-pride-flags on July 9th of 2019. It has no confirmed meaning.

Resources

 * https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/186173877860/freak-pride-flag