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Uranian is a historical term for homosexual men. In its time, it was less frequently used to refer to "effeminate" men, and transfeminine individuals attracted to men. Lesbians and GNC AFAB individuals have been classified as urningin.^[1]

In the 21st century, it has made a resurgence as a term for gay men and men-aligned indi and is now one of multiple terms used to describe gay men such as vincian and turian.

It is generally used as a masculine equivalent of lesbian. The term is also sometimes used by neutral-aligned, abinary, or unaligned non-binary individuals who are attracted to men, men-aligned individuals, masculine-aligned individuals, and other non-binary members of the community who self-identify as uranians.

History

The term urning, its etymological predecessor, was first used by German sexologist and activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in a series of five booklets collected under the title Forschungen über das Rätsel der mannmännlichen Liebe or The Riddle of Man–Manly Love.^[2] Ulrichs developed his terminology before the first public use of the term homosexual. Later, another sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld would use Ulrichs work to create the terms urning, a "male-bodied person with a female psyche" who is attracted to men, and urningin (or uranierin, urnin, and urnigin), a "female-bodied person with a male psyche" who is attracted to women.^[3]

John Addington Symonds was the first to use the term "uranian" in the English language,^[4] and its etymology through Ulrichs is credited to him. However, it has been argued that this usage of the word is unrelated to Ulrichs' coinage and was independently thought of among English speakers familiar with Plato's Symposium.

The term would define a movement of primarily gay male artists and philosophers in the English-speaking world interested in the study of classics and who dabbled in pederastic poetry from the 1870s to the 1930s, including Oscar Wilde. The writings of this group are now known as Uranian poetry.^[5]

The use of "uranian" to apply to women, trans women, and feminine men did not catch on in the English language, and by the 1900s, uranian was associated exclusively with gay men.^[6]

Flag

Queer activst Valentin Belyaev proposed a uranian flag on or before mid-2010s.^[7]^[8] The flag is an adjusted version of an alternate gay men's flag, the mirrored blue stripes representing male homosexuality and inter-male love and use of blue the heavenly depiction of uranian love by writers of the movement.^[9]^[10]

An alternate uranian flag was created by Tumblr user beyond-mogai-pride-flags on February 19, 2021.^[11]

A gay man flag was made by Mod Hermy of the @ask-pride-color-schemes Tumblr blog in 2017.^[12]^[13] It was based on the lipstick lesbian flag, which in turn was plagiarized from a satirical cougar pride flag. This design has been criticized for its stereotypical use of blue to represent gay men in terms of masculinity.^[14]

Later in 2019, the Tumblr Blog gayflagblog proposed a flag based off of the prior version that addressed the issues with the old one. This flag is most commonly sighted as the vincian flag.

Etymology

The word refers to a dialogue in Plato's Symposium on male eros or love. In the dialogue, Pausanias distinguishes between two types of love, symbolized by two different accounts of the birth of Aphrodite, the goddess of love:

Heavenly birth, born of Uranus or the heavens, a birth in which "the female has no part." Uranian Aphrodite is associated with a noble love for male youths and is the source of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs's term urning (or Symonds' uranian).
Common birth, as the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Dionic Aphrodite is associated with a common love which "is apt to be of women as well as of youths, and is of the body rather than of the soul." After Dione, Ulrichs gave the name dioning to men who are sexually attracted to women.

Ulrichs interpreted Uranian love as leaving urnings with a "feminine soul."^[15]

References

[1] Urningin - Nonbinary Wiki

[2] The Riddle of "Man-Manly Love", Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, originally self-published in 1864, re-released by Prometheus Books in 1994.

[3] Blog post about the "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (1919-1933)" exhibit at the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute of Sexology (in German).

[4] Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians: Hopkins, Pater and Wilde, Michael M. Kaylor, Masaryk University.

[5] Gutenberg Institute article on Uranian poetry.

[6] Lesbian activist Anna Rüling using uranian as synonymous with homosexual men in her 1904 speech, "What Interest does the Women's Movement have in Solving the Homosexual Problem?"

[7] ttps://vk.com/wall-146511780_2722

[8] Twitter account for the uranian flag.

[9] Twitter post explaining BelyaevValentin's connection with an alternate gay flag created in 2018.

[10] The Free Library entry on Oscar Wilde, including a quote regarding uranian love as heavenly.

[11] Tumblr post announcing a uranian flag.

[12] Gay Man

[13] Gay Man Flag

[14] I hate this blue gay flag

[15] The Riddle of "Man-Manly Love", Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, originally self-published in 1864, re-released by Prometheus Books in 1994.

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-{{Sexuality_Info|title1=Uranian|image1=Uranian pride flag (gay men flag).png|caption1=The uranian flag by Twitter user "gay_men_flag".|gender(s):=Men/Man-Aligned|gender(s)_attracted_to:=Men/Man-Aligned}}'''Uranian''' is the term for a homosexual men, meaning a [[Man|men]], [[Vincian|men-aligned]] and/or masculine-aligned person who is attracted to men, men-aligned and/or masculine-aligned people.
+{{Sexuality Info|title1=Uranian|image1=Uranian pride flag (gay men flag).png|caption1=The uranian flag by Valentin Belyaev.|gender(s):=Men/Man-aligned (generally)|gender(s)_attracted_to:=Men/Man-aligned (generally)}}{{distinguish|uranic}}
+[[File:Uranian alternate.png|thumb|An alternate uranian flag.]]
+[[File:Vincian flag (original).svg|thumb|The original gay man flag by ask-pride-color-schemes.]]
+[[File:Mlm (seven-stripe version).png|thumb|The flag by Tumblr user "gayflagblog".]]
+'''Uranian''' is a historical term for [[Gay Men|homosexual men]]. In its time, it was less frequently used to refer to "effeminate" men, and [[transfeminine]] individuals [[Mascic|attracted to men]]. [[Lesbian]]s and [[Gender Non-Conforming|GNC]] [[AFAB]] individuals have been classified as urningin.<ref>[https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Urningin Urningin - Nonbinary Wiki]</ref>
-The term is also sometimes used by neutral-aligned, [[abinary]], or unaligned [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] people who are attracted to men, men-aligned people, masculine aligned people, and other non-binary people who identify as uranians.
+In the 21st century, it has made a resurgence as a term for [[gay]] men and men-[[Gender Alignment|aligned]] indi and is now one of multiple terms used to describe gay men such as [[vincian]] and [[turian]].
-It is sometimes more broadly defined as non-women attracted to non-women, including all NBLM, MLNB, and NBLNB attractions. However, this definition is not the most commonly recognized, and not all non-binary people feel comfortable being included under uranian attraction.
+It is generally used as a masculine equivalent of [[lesbian]]. The term is also sometimes used by [[neutral]]-aligned, [[abinary]], or unaligned [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] individuals who are attracted to men, men-aligned individuals, masculine-aligned individuals, and other non-binary members of the community who self-identify as uranians.
-The term "[[gay]]" is used as an adjective to describe homosexuality, and is also often used by the entire [[LGBTA Wiki|LGBT]] community in general. For this reason, old terms such as the uranian are used to refer to homosexual men, or new ones are being coined, such as the [[vincian]]. Some individuals also argue that "gay" should just mean homosexual men all together, due to the fact that homosexual women are referred to as lesbian. Other people simply refer to homosexual men as "gay men".
+==History ==
-It is the direct historical masculine equivalent of [[lesbian]].
+The term ''urning'', its etymological predecessor, was first used by German sexologist and activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in a series of five booklets collected under the title ''Forschungen über das Rätsel der mannmännlichen Liebe'' or ''The Riddle of Man–Manly Love''.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Riddle_of_man_manly_Love/KGCGAAAAIAAJ?hl=en ''The Riddle of "Man-Manly Love"'', Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, originally self-published in 1864, re-released by Prometheus Books in 1994.]</ref> Ulrichs developed his terminology before the first public use of the term homosexual. Later, another sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld would use Ulrichs work to create the terms ''urning'', a "male-bodied person with a female psyche" who is attracted to men, and ''urningin'' (or ''uranierin'', ''urnin'', and ''urnigin''), a "female-bodied person with a male psyche" who is attracted to women.<ref>[https://magnus-hirschfeld.de/institut/theorie-praxis/hirschfelds-theorie/ Blog post about the "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (1919-1933)" exhibit at the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute of Sexology (in German).]</ref>
+John Addington Symonds was the first to use the term "uranian" in the English language,<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_-Wa7SIsAQgAC ''Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians: Hopkins, Pater and Wilde'', Michael M. Kaylor, Masaryk University.]</ref> and its etymology through Ulrichs is credited to him. However, it has been argued that this usage of the word is unrelated to Ulrichs' coinage and was independently thought of among English speakers familiar with Plato's ''Symposium''.
-==History==
-The term was first published by activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–95) in a series of five booklets (1864–65) collected under the title ''Forschungen über das Räthsel der mannmännlichen Liebe'' (''Research into the Riddle of Man–Male Love''). Ulrichs derived ''Uranian'' (''Urning'' in German) from the Greek goddess Aphrodite Urania, who was created out of the god Uranus' testicles. Therefore, it represents the love between men, while ''Dionian'' (''Dioning''), derived from Aphrodite Dionea, represents the love for women. Ulrichs developed his terminology before the first public use of the term ''homosexual'', which appeared in 1869 in a pamphlet published anonymously by Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824–82).
+The term would define a movement of primarily gay male artists and philosophers in the English-speaking world interested in the study of classics and who dabbled in [[Pedophile|pederastic]] poetry from the 1870s to the 1930s, including Oscar Wilde. The writings of this group are now known as Uranian poetry.<ref>[http://www.self.gutenberg.org/articles/Uranian_poetry Gutenberg Institute article on Uranian poetry.]</ref>
-The term ''Uranian'' was quickly adopted by English-language advocates of homosexual emancipation in the Victorian era, such as Edward Carpenter and John Addington Symonds, who used it to describe a comradely love that would bring about true democracy, uniting the "estranged ranks of society" and breaking down class and gender barriers. Oscar Wilde wrote to Robert Ross in an undated letter (?18 February 1898): "To have altered my life would have been to have admitted that Uranian love is ignoble. I hold it to be noble—more noble than other forms."
+The use of "uranian" to apply to women, trans women, and feminine men did not catch on in the English language, and by the 1900s, uranian was associated exclusively with gay men.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pAny0qfa6qsC&pg=PA79 Lesbian activist Anna Rüling using uranian as synonymous with homosexual men in her 1904 speech, "What Interest does the Women's Movement have in Solving the Homosexual Problem?"]</ref>
-The term also gained currency among a group that studied Classics and dabbled in pederastic poetry from the 1870s to the 1930s. The writings of this group are now known by the phrase ''Uranian poetry''. The art of Henry Scott Tuke and Wilhelm von Gloeden is also sometimes referred to as ''Uranian''.
+==Flag==
+Queer activst Valentin Belyaev proposed a uranian flag on or before mid-2010s.<ref>https://vk.com/wall-146511780_2722</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/gay_men_flag Twitter account for the uranian flag.]</ref> The flag is an adjusted version of an alternate gay men's flag, the mirrored blue stripes representing male homosexuality and inter-male love and use of blue the heavenly depiction of uranian love by writers of the movement.<ref>[https://twitter.com/gay_men_flag/status/1272258252978425857 Twitter post explaining BelyaevValentin's connection with an alternate gay flag created in 2018.]</ref><ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+picture+of+Oscar+Wilde.-a0168654671 The Free Library entry on Oscar Wilde, including a quote regarding uranian love as heavenly.]</ref>
+An alternate uranian flag was created by Tumblr user beyond-mogai-pride-flags on February 19, 2021.<ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/643575632199106560/uranian-pride-flag Tumblr post announcing a uranian flag.]</ref>
+A gay man flag was made by Mod Hermy of the @ask-pride-color-schemes Tumblr blog in 2017.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/162294430961/gay-man-some-proposed-flags-to-represent Gay Man]</ref><ref>[https://gayflagblog.tumblr.com/post/186181118619/gay-man-flag-many-people-are-unhappy-with-the Gay Man Flag]</ref> It was based on the lipstick lesbian flag, which in turn was plagiarized from a satirical cougar pride flag. This design has been criticized for its stereotypical use of blue to represent gay men in terms of masculinity.<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/atrivialknot/2019/03/13/i-hate-this-gay-flag/ I hate this blue gay flag]</ref>
+Later in 2019, the Tumblr Blog gayflagblog proposed a flag based off of the prior version that addressed the issues with the old one. This flag is most commonly sighted as the [[vincian]] flag.
 ==Etymology==
+The word refers to a dialogue in Plato's ''Symposium'' on male ''eros'' or love. In the dialogue, Pausanias distinguishes between two types of love, symbolized by two different accounts of the birth of Aphrodite, the goddess of love:
-The word itself alludes to Plato's ''Symposium'', a discussion on Eros (love). In this dialog, Pausanias distinguishes between two types of love, symbolised by two different accounts of the birth of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. In one, she was born of Uranus (the heavens), a birth in which "the female has no part". This Uranian Aphrodite is associated with a noble love for male youths, and is the source of Ulrichs's term ''Urning''. Another account has Aphrodite as the daughter of Zeus and Dione, and this Aphrodite is associated with a common love which "is apt to be of women as well as of youths, and is of the body rather than of the soul". After Dione, Ulrichs gave the name ''Dioning'' to men who are sexually attracted to women. However, unlike Plato's account of male love, Ulrichs understood male ''Urning''s to be essentially feminine, and male ''Dioning''s to be masculine in nature.
+*Heavenly birth, born of ''Uranus'' or the heavens, a birth in which "the female has no part." Uranian Aphrodite is associated with a noble love for male youths and is the source of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs's term ''urning'' (or Symonds' uranian).
+*Common birth, as the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Dionic Aphrodite is associated with a common love which "is apt to be of women as well as of youths, and is of the body rather than of the soul." After Dione, Ulrichs gave the name ''dioning'' to men who are sexually attracted to women.
+Ulrichs interpreted Uranian love as leaving urnings with a "feminine soul."<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Riddle_of_man_manly_Love/KGCGAAAAIAAJ?hl=en ''The Riddle of "Man-Manly Love"'', Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, originally self-published in 1864, re-released by Prometheus Books in 1994.]</ref>
+==References==
-John Addington Symonds, who was one of the first to take up the term ''Uranian'' in the English language, was a student of Benjamin Jowett and was very familiar with the ''Symposium''.
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