Polysexuality

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The term polysexuality (after the Greek prefix poly- for “many”) serves as a umbrella term for non- monosexual orientations. Monosexual orientations are sexual orientations that prefer one gender, such as heterosexuality and homosexuality . Polysexual orientations are all orientations that are sexually attracted to more than one gender, such as bi- and pansexuality .

Differences between poly, bisexual and pansexuality

Bisexuality, pansexuality and polysexuality are often wrongly compared, especially in German usage, which probably arises from ignorance that polysexual only serves as an umbrella term and thus logically includes both terms. In addition, a misunderstanding of bisexuality often leads to confusion, since bisexuality is not reduced to two genders and also not to the cisgender or binary genders. This confusion probably resulted from the emergence of the term "pansexuality", which describes a subform that goes beyond bisexuality in the narrower sense. The term pansexuality denotes a sexual orientation in which gender does not play a role in sexual attraction to a person, whereas the term bisexuality denotes a sexual preference for people regardless of their biological gender and gender identity ( cisgender , transgender ). Forms of bisexuality that are attracted to all genders and pansexuality can also be classified under the umbrella term omnisexual . The overlapping of these terms is accordingly historically anchored, but they are not mutually exclusive and it is a purely individual preference which of these labels a person uses for their own identification.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Polysexuality. Retrieved February 14, 2020 . .
  2. ^ Camille Holthaus: The Future of Bisexual Activism. In: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking. Michigan State University Press, 2017, accessed February 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Bi + sexuality. In: Queer Lexicon. Retrieved February 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Pansexuality. In: Queer Lexicon. Retrieved February 14, 2020 . .
  5. ↑ Omnisexuality. In: Queer Lexicon. Retrieved February 14, 2020 . .