-Flexible Versions of Flags

Gayflexible is a subset of homoflexible, in which one is a gay man flexible with another orientation.

The first flag is gayflexible through multisexual; a gay man with flexibility in attraction to many genders.

The second flag is gayflexible through pluralian; a gay man with flexibility in gender-loving-many orientation.

The third overall flag is gayflexible through bisexual; a gay man with flexibility in attraction to many genders.

The fourth overall flag is gayflexible through pansexual; a gay man with flexibility in attraction to many genders without distinction.

The fifth overall flag is gayflexible through omnisexual; a gay man with flexibility in attraction to many genders with distinction.

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Absolutely! Is the ocean gay flag the one I've already used? I'm not too familiar with terns for specific flags.

Sapphoflexible is a subset of homoflexible, in which one is a sapphic flexible with another orientation.

The first flag is sapphoflexible through bennetian; a sapphic with flexibility in hetero attraction to men.

Achilleflexible is a subset of homoflexible, in which one is an achillean flexible with another orientation.

The first flag is achilleflexible through darcian; an achillean with flexibility in hetero attraction to women.

Turiflexible (aka Veldiflexible) is a subset of homoflexible, in which one is a turian flexible with another orientation.

The first flag is turiflexible through darcian; a turian with flexibility in hetero attraction to women.

Gayflexible is a subset of homoflexible, in which one is a gay man flexible with another orientation.

The first flag is gayflexible through darcian; a gay man with flexibility in hetero attraction to women.

Lesbiflexible is a subset of homoflexible, in which one is a lesbian flexible with another orientation.

The first flag is lesbiflexible through bennetian; a lesbian with flexibility in hetero attraction to men.

While uncommon to see used in online queer communities today, heteroflexible and homoflexible were - and still are, in other spaces - fairly common labels to describe one's orientation. Unlike many other terms, online queer communities seemingly abandoned these instead of expanding them. This blog aims to do so.

Banner: Xenxicflexible (through Zoric), Avatar: Uranicflexible (through Neptunian)

What is flexibility?

Flexibility is an expression of being one orientation, yet also experiencing another type of orientation at times.

There are many ways this can manifest, such as a straight man who is attracted to only hyper-feminine men, or a non-binary person who is typically attracted to other non-binary people, but sometimes finds themselves attracted to binary individuals.

Another example is a bisexual woman who has had traumatic experiences in relationships with men, who may identify as homoflexible due to her hetero attraction being more circumstantial and cautious. It can also be a way of describing differing attraction types without the Split Attraction Model: Someone who may be homoromantic bisexual could identify instead as homoflexible.

Flexibility is a different label than bi-orientation (& multispec) and abro-orientation, but they aren't mutually exclusive. It is, however, inappropriate to imply someone who identifies with flexibility that they should identify as bi or abro instead. Even if you, in their situation, would consider yourself bi or abro, that doesn't mean they want to.

Flexibility is typically considered amative (describing how one's attraction manifests), but may also be affinitive (describing what one is attracted to).

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