Halfsexual or Plerusexual is the sexual attraction to mostly one gender, but occasionally to another. This is not to be confused with bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, or polysexual. It is similar to heteroflexible and homoflexible.
Examples include:
- Mainly being attracted to women, but occasionally to men.
- Mainly being attracted to men, but occasionally to women.
- Mainly being attracted to non-binary individuals, but occasionally to women.
- Mainly being attracted to non-binary individuals, but occasionally to men.
The romantic counterpart is halfromantic. The platonic counterpart is halfplatonic.
History and Flag
The term was coined by FANDOM user MemeTiger21 " on September 5, 2021. It was coined through this page and has no outside resources aside from a post on LGBTA wikia confirming their creation of the page.
The halfsexual flag was created by the same user on the same date. Pink represents feminine genders, blue represents masculine genders, and gray represents genders that aren't binary. The alternate name "Plerusexual" was based off of "Plerugender" and was coined by Tumblr user yourartsycosmicdreamer on December 24th 2021, the main reason being so that the sexuality wouldn't be confused as an Ace-Spec orientation as "Half-Sexual" already exists is a common term in Ace-Spec spaces.
Etymology
The word "pleru" comes from the Latin word "plerumque" meaning "mostly."