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'''Pomosexual''' refers to someone who denies or does not fit any labels for a particular kind of attraction. It is the rejection, aversion, and/or not fitting in any sexual orientation labels, such as [[straight]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[asexual]], [[pansexual]], etc. This can either be because one finds that the “typical” way of describing sexual orientation (”I am attracted to x”, “I like to romantically kiss x”, or “I am repulsed by x”) is not applicable to their sense of identity, or because one feels the current vocabulary within the LGBT+ community cannot accurately describe one's own sense of sexual orientation, or because one simply does not wish you describe their orientation. A pomosexual person may or may not feel sexual attraction, but is not interested in specifying whether they feel it, and to whom. They do not want/need a specific label. |
'''Pomosexual''' refers to someone who denies or does not fit any labels for a particular kind of attraction. It is the rejection, aversion, and/or not fitting in any sexual orientation labels, such as [[straight]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[asexual]], [[pansexual]], etc. This can either be because one finds that the “typical” way of describing sexual orientation (”I am attracted to x”, “I like to romantically kiss x”, or “I am repulsed by x”) is not applicable to their sense of identity, or because one feels the current vocabulary within the LGBT+ community cannot accurately describe one's own sense of sexual orientation, or because one simply does not wish you describe their orientation. A pomosexual person may or may not feel sexual attraction, but is not interested in specifying whether they feel it, and to whom. They do not want/need a specific label. |
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Revision as of 18:26, 6 July 2020
Pomosexual refers to someone who denies or does not fit any labels for a particular kind of attraction. It is the rejection, aversion, and/or not fitting in any sexual orientation labels, such as straight, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, etc. This can either be because one finds that the “typical” way of describing sexual orientation (”I am attracted to x”, “I like to romantically kiss x”, or “I am repulsed by x”) is not applicable to their sense of identity, or because one feels the current vocabulary within the LGBT+ community cannot accurately describe one's own sense of sexual orientation, or because one simply does not wish you describe their orientation. A pomosexual person may or may not feel sexual attraction, but is not interested in specifying whether they feel it, and to whom. They do not want/need a specific label.
Pomosexual can be a sexuality by itself, but can also be used as an umbrella term. There are four main "branches" of pomosexuality, those are:
History
Pomosexual was coined in October 1997, in the book, PoMosexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality by Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel[1]. Pomo- is short for "post modern". The term was never meant to replace the term LGBT+. Rather, the LGBT+ community with its own labels and theories serve as the starting point for the concept of pomosexuality. The book draws similarities to the Postmodernism art movement, saying the beauty of Postmodernism (pomosexuality) can't be appreciated without looking at its roots in modernism (the LGBT+ community). The book acknowledges that the "neatly organized" sexual orientation labels found within the LGBT+ might fit some, but not all people can fit into those labels.