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{{Sexuality_Info
|title1=Straight
|image1=Straight.png
|caption1=The most common straight flag
|gender(s):=Any
|gender(s)_attracted_to:=Different/different-aligned genders}}
[[File:F95B58A4-06F5-432A-9091-0B3B1268A089.jpg|thumb|An alternate straight flag. |alt=]]
An alternate definition of straight is someone who is attracted to those of a different gender, or someone who is attracted to gender(s) unlike one's own. The usage of the word opposite in the standard definition implies that there are only two genders, male and female, and that those genders are opposites. If individuals are referring to [[antigender]]s then they may use [[enanteic]], or [[contraic]] if they are [[non-binary]].
▲{{Sexuality Info|title1=|image1=File:Straight.png|caption1=The "straight flag" by FlagsforCisHets.|gender(s):=Any (typically binary men and binary women).|gender(s)_attracted_to:=Other genders/Dissimilar genders.}}[[File:F95B58A4-06F5-432A-9091-0B3B1268A089.jpg|thumb|An alternative and less offensive straight flag ]]'''Straight''' is a slang term for '''heterosexual''', which is the attraction to people of the "opposite" gender, or the attraction to gender(s) unlike one's own. It is considered the opposite of [[gay]] and [[lesbian|lesbian.]] More specifically straight is most commonly used to mean men attracted to women and women attracted to men. The term "straight" is used to describe for both straight men and straight women.
While straight is often used to describe non-[[LGBTA+|LGBT]]
== Etymology ==
The prefix hetero- comes from the Greek word ''heteros'', meaning "different
== Specific Terms ==
A straight woman could be called a [[bennetian]] or [[julietian]], and a straight man could be called a [[darcian]] or [[romeric]].
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="190" mode="nolines" class="center">
File:Straight 8.jpg|A common alternate straight flag.
File:Straight4.png|An alternate straight flag.
File:Straight 10.jpg|An alternate straight flag by FlagsforCisHets.
File:Straight 6.jpg|An alternate straight flag by FlagsforCisHets.
File:Straight 7.jpg|An alternate straight flag by FlagsforCisHets.
File:Straight5.png|An alternate straight flag.
File:Straight pride flag by sailorx ddmen70.jpg|An alternate heterosexual flag.
File:Heterosexual alt.png|An alternate heterosexual flag.
File:Screenshot 2021-04-22 at 1.37.49 PM.png|An alternate straight flag.
</gallery>
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Sexuality]]
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