Polyamorous

Polyamory is the capability, or desire to romantically love more than one person at once. Polyamory is not cheating because all parties aware of all other parties and consent to it. Polyamory can be as simple as an open relationship or it can be three or more people who are all in a relationship with each other.

There are several types of polyamorous relationships.
 * V type: One person is in the center of the relationship. Two people have a relationship with that person, but not with each other.
 * Triad: Three people in a relationship with each other.
 * Quad: Four people in a relationship. Not all partners have to be involved with each other.
 * Full quad: Four people in a relationship with everyone in the group.
 * Polycule: A very complex polyamorous relationship.

Polyamorous is not a sexuality on it's own. Polyamorous people can have any sexuality.

Polyamory can involve marriage but should not be confused with polygamy, the act of marrying many people, with is illegal in the U.S. and many other western countries.

Polyamory should also not be confused with polysexuality.

Flag
The polyamorous flag was designed by Jim Evens in 1995. The blue stripe stands for openness and honesty among all partners. The red stripe stands for love and passion. The black stripe represents solidarity with those who must hide their polyamorous relationships from the outside world. In the center is the pi symbol, the letter P in the Greek alphabet.

Etymology
Polyamorous is made up of the Greek prefix poly-, meaning 'many', and the Latin word amor, meaning 'love'.