Anuafsexual (pronounced on-off sexual) is a sexuality in which one is exclusively or near exclusively attracted to faunagenders, animalistic alterhumans, animalistic kingenders, and/or fictional characters with animalistic personalities and/or features. It can fall under fictisexuality, but does not have to.
It could be the attraction to multiple faunagenders/kintypes, or just one. It encompasses/can encompass all faunagenders/animalistic alterhumans except for felines, which is covered in nekosexual. It was created separately from nekosexual, due to feline-like identities being most common in media. If one is attracted to a certain faunagender/kintype, they could add that to their label (eg. anuafpup).
One who is anuafsexual is not attracted to actual animals (real or fictional), and this term is not to be used by those with zoophilic intent.
Similar terms include medusan, teratosexual, and tobusexual.
History
Anuafsexual was coined by users Boredomisdead, Someconfusedfurry, and Cryptocrew on November 28, 2020, in order to prevent a rabbit hole of terms being made for the attraction to faunagenders.
Flag
The first anuafsexual has an unspecified meaning and unconfirmed creator. The second flag was coined by a user going by Arwen. It is a mix of the otherkin flag, kingender flag, faunagender flag, nekosexual flag, fictosexual flag, and the fourth animatesexual flag.
Is anuafsexual LGBTQ+?
Anuafsexuality is often confused with a paraphilia, however, this is, by most definitions, an incorrect case. Paraphilias are known as sexual disorders that often lead to the distress of the individual experiencing them and/or those around them. Whether or not it is a paraphilia is up to debate, depending on ones definition for such.
Some people also confuse it for a fetish, however a fetish is typically when ones sexual arousal comes from a body part, item of clothing, or an object at an unnatural degree. Anuafsexuality is simply attraction to animal-like individuals, regardless of how they look, and usually does not come in an unnatural degree of attraction.
Anuafsexuality does not usually cause harm, as it does not influence or promote any harmful or dangerous acts, and is simply a desire/attraction to one who either does not exist outside of fiction, or has an animal-related gender or kintype. In some cases, one who is ficto-anuafsexual may feel levels of distress due to being unable to have sexual feelings for individuals in reality, however this does not mean that everyone who is ficto-anuafsexual feels this way, nor does it mean ficto-anuafsexuality is bad.
Anuafsexual, due to being a sexual minority that does not cause harm, as well as being ace-spec, would fall under the LGBTQ+ umbrella.