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'''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 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. |
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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. |
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. |
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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 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. |
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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". |
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It is the direct historical masculine equivalent of lesbian. |
It is the direct historical masculine equivalent of lesbian. |
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==History== |
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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 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). |
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