#multi-spec

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

Mspec Monogamy Flags

Monogamous Pan Pride Flag

Monogamous Ply Pride Flag

Monogamous Omni Pride Flag

PSA: these are provisional as I'm busy right now for a more elaborated design, because some of these require the blue/pink colors and bisected triangles/separated rectangles.

[thepokedexisgay]

Could you please do some pangender/genderflux/non-binary/abrosexual/m-spec Ditto icons? If it’s not too much trouble ^U^

Also added abrogender per your other ask

[guiltyidealist]

Irrexian

I’m coining another queer thing.

Irrexian (“ear-EHX-ee-in”): an adjective to be used by mspecs whose attraction completely disregards gender

> Only applicable to mspecs (biromantics, pansexuals, etc), obviously > Not applicable to all mspecs > Can be used for any kind of attraction > Derived from “irrespective,” which means “regardless” > Noun version: irrix (“EAR-ihx”)

It’s meant to replace “genderblind” because (1) it’s ableist and (2) it implies that you don’t see gender, which is plain wrong. “Irrexian,” however, is specific to attraction for those whose attraction, like my own, gives no shits about gender! An irrexian person could be attracted to women, men, and nonbins because gender doesn’t affect their chance of attraction to a person.

It’s worth noting that pan people can have preferences, despite the common definition being “attracted to anyone regardless of their gender”. This term helps to differentiate between mspecs with preferences and mspecs with no preferences.

Examples of use:

~ I’m an irrexian bisexual. ~ Xe is a panromantic irrix. ~ I don’t know what label I should use... all I know is that I’m irrexian!

Below is the flag!

Mind giving this a reblog to give my term some traction?

@uncommongenders @beyond-mogai-pride-flags @i-love-my-trans-body @mogaibun @mogaicore @gendertech @leptrois @mspecs-for-solidarity

[transcendragon]

Omnisexaul moodboard! All photos used are my own, please credit if you reuse.

[Image description: a three by three moodboard. In the center is the omni flag, a five striped flag with top to bottom light pink, hot pink, very dark purple, navy blue, and then light blue stripes. The first row has close up images of pink flowers lit by sunlight, their petals different colors of pink. The middle row features photos a dark ocean and sky with the first rays of sunlight coming through and a photo of tree branches lit black from behind against a blue sky around the flag. The bottom row is pictures of the sky in various shades of blue, the left one is the sky through tree branches with small pink bulbs and the middle one with tree branches with green leaves turning orange peaking into the sky. The right one is simply the sky, with soft windblown clouds against the blue. End description.]

[orchidvioletindigo]

I realize Pride Month is over, but the whole bigender flag ordeal had me looking at my pride flag post and finally deciding to do something about all the flags that had artifacting and blurring in them. These are the cleaned up versions. Feel free to use, no need to credit me as the editor.

[aspecinitiativecenter]

I know what aspec is, but what’s multi spec and mono spec?

multi-spec: people attracted to multiple genders (bi, pan, omni, etc) 

mono-spec: people attracted to one gender (straight, gay, etc) 

[themeaningofbisexuality]

All multi-spec identities are valid!

There are many identity labels that people who are attracted to more than one gender (multi-spec people) can choose from. They often have overlapping definitions and this is perfectly fine because all multi-spec people have shared experiences that are unique to being attracted to more than one gender.

It is entirely down to an individual to choose the label that they feel fits them best and there is no wrong way to be multi-spec.

Many people identify as bisexual, this is defined as the attracted to two or more genders. Some bi people are attracted to men and women, and some are attracted to all genders and there are a multitude of experiences in between.

As Robyn Ochs said:

I call myself bisexual because I acknowledge that I have in myself the potential to be attracted – romantically and/or sexually – to people of more than one sex and/or gender, not necessarily at the same time, not necessarily in the same way, and not necessarily to the same degree.

This definition states there is no wrong way to be bi, you might be biromantic and asexual, bisexual and aromantic, 75% attracted to women and 25% attracted to other genders, or feel gay one day and straight the next, all of these are legitimate experiences for bi people.

Another common multi-spec label is pansexual, this is a label that is more specific than bisexuality because it clearly states you are attracted to people of all genders. Some people will ID as bi and pan because they are attracted to all genders and they feel some connection to both labels.

Pansexual people can also have preferences for different genders, and may also be ace-spec or aro-spec, again there is no wrong way to be pan, you don’t have to date or sleep with people of every gender in order to prove your sexuality - and you certainly don’t have to be attracted to everybody.

There are less common labels like polysexual and omnisexual, polysexual means you are attracted to multiple genders, and people often use the label to make it clear there are some genders or a gender they aren’t attracted to so pansexual wouldn’t be a suitable label for them. Onmisexual means the same as pansexual but is a label with a different history and community.

There are some multi-spec labels that are specific to different cultures or gender identities, and these should only be used by the people who are part of those cultures or identify with those genders.

At the end of the day, the definitions are guidelines to help multi-spec people decide which label they feel fits them best, and there is no harm in trying different ones over time if you find that one feels better, or to talk to people from the different communities to find out about the history of that particular label, or simply check out the pride flags and see which one you prefer!

All multi-spec people share the experiences and oppression that comes with being attracted to more than one gender, and all multi-spec people are welcome in the LGBTQIA+ community, whichever label they chose to describe their own unique experiences.

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

Simi(lo)- Pride Flag

Simi-/Similo- or Simulti-: the attraction to multiple gender identities that are similar to one's own. The opposite of differo-. Similar to simul-/homo-/SGA, but multi-/MGA.

Examples: a man attracted to people of man-related and man-leaning alignments, such as miaspec; a symmaic polygender folket, attracted to their own genders; a suptilian attracted to other suptilians, diastimians and kymenians.

[ID: 4 stripes of greenish cyan, dark cyan grey, gray and light grey. End ID.] -AP