Imprisexual

The imprisexual flag.

Imprisexual flag without the symbol.

Imprisexual is a term for those who have such specific sexual preferences, it may feel as though it matters more than one's orientation itself. This goes for any form of preference, whether genital, aesthetic, or even personality preference. The individual may feel those preferences strongly affect their attraction more strongly than their orientation. Someone who is imprisexual can be any orientation, such as impri-gay or impri-straight.

This is meant to not be exclusively LGBTQ+ as those who are queern't may also use this label to describe oneself. An example of this would be for those who are straight and have a genital preference, and feel as though that preference can largely affect their range of who to date when in the dating field. Dating someone who does not fit said preferences causes a lower range in attraction, and thus effects how their orientation feels.

This could also be used for other forms of attraction, such as impriromantic, impriplatonic, imprialterous, etc.

History

Imprisexual was coined by Transgender Cat on March 8, 2021 to combat super straight as a way to have a transgender friendly term for those who want a term to specify preference. The coiner would go on to state it as:

Why impri and not SS?

Problem with SS is that it implies its better if you aren't attracted to trans people, above that SS pluck out trans-people, and further cause a bigger divide in trans people and dating, it also specifies "natural born" which clearly is very dehumanizing to transgender people because it implies trans people aren't "natural." I have seen this thread from a support forum regarding SS and: https://forum.heartsupport.com/t/super-straight-scares-me/21001 it just shows the sheer harm it causes, many who are SS don't see the lives this is risking by continuing the mob and further damaging others. Its not showing respect, its just dehumanization disguised as a sexuality. If you guys want to show your preference, then do impri, its a flexible term to specify any preference and how it can affect overall the playing field in dating.

Flag

The flag was coined by Transgender Cat on the day after the term was coined. The handprint was made to represent how much of an imprint ones preference can make on orientation. The brown shades represent preference and how it can range from affect and the yellow shades are for orientations that both meld together and affect how ones attraction can be for someone in the dating field.

Etymology

The word "impri" comes from the Latin word "imprimis" which is translated to English to mean: "particularly" to represent the specifics in preference one may have.

Resources

• User blog:Transgender Cat/Trans-Friendly Term for Those who Have Preference