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 == Is nekosexuality LGBTQ+? ==
-Nekosexuality is often confused with a paraphillia, however, this is, by ''most'' definitions, an incorrect case. [https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/mental-health-disorders/sexuality-and-sexual-disorders/overview-of-paraphilias-and-paraphilic-disorders Paraphillias] are known as sexual disorders and harmful desires, often leading to the distress of the person experiencing them and/or those around them. Whether or not it is a paraphillia is up to debate, depending on ones definition for such.
+Nekosexuality is often confused with a paraphilia, however, this is, by ''most'' definitions, an incorrect case. [[Neurodivergent|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. Nekosexuality is simply attraction to cat-like individuals, regardless of how they look, and usually does not come in an unnatural degree of attraction.
-Nekosexuality 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 a cat-related gender. In ''some'' cases, one who is ficto-nekosexual may feel levels of distress due to being unable to have sexual feelings for people in reality, however this does not mean that everyone who is ficto-nekosexual feels this way, nor does it mean ficto-nekosexuality is bad.
+Nekosexuality 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 a cat-related gender. In ''some'' cases, one who is ficto-nekosexual may feel levels of distress due to being unable to have sexual feelings for people in reality, however this does not mean that everyone who is ficto-nekosexual feels this way, nor does it mean ficto-nekosexuality is negative.
 Nekosexual, due to being a sexual minority that does not cause harm, as well as being [[Asexual Spectrum|ace-spec]], would fall under the LGBTQ+ umbrella.