PT: Erosian Name Addition? end PT.
Hey everyone! I'm a new account, but I've been lurking for a few months now on black LGBTQIA+ (GEOAY+) spaces. Here's my proposition:
What if we have an additional term to describe Erosian? For those unaware, Erosian is a term for black mlm and nblm individuals to describe themselves. I believe it's pronounced like "erosion," but if I'm wrong someone please correct me on that!
Here's some of the flags Erosian has!
[Image ID: The original erosian flag. Maker unknown, but "erosian" coined by .@52sozan on twitter. This is a 13-stripe flag. The first 3 stripes are bluish purple from pure to light tones, the next 7 are dark taupe from pure to light back to pure tones, and the last 3 are desturated rose from mid to lighter tones. /.End ID]
original flag (maker unknown, but "Erosian" term coined by .@52sozan on twitter)
[Image ID: The lavender cake erosian flag by .@afrokagi (@tankothinker ?) on twitter. This is a 6-stripe flag with (from top to bottom):
asphalt/hex130B00 meaning "Love and Community,"
dark ebony/hex402200 meaning "History and Solidarity,"
muddy waters/hexC08859 meaning "Femininity,"
blue chalk/hexF7E659 meaning "Trans, Nonbinary, and GNC mlm,"
light wisteria/hexC1A3E1 meaning "Masculinity,"
bluish purple/hex534372 meaning "Ace/Aro mlm."
lavender cake flag by .@afrokagi (@tankothinker ?) on twitter
And here are links to some useful cards about Erosian, all known GEOAY+ orientations, and other information!
PT: Links to websites for erosian (https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Erosian), oshian (https://oshianinfo.carrd.co/), mwarian (https://mwarian.carrd.co/), malisian (https://malisianinfo.carrd.co/#), black LGBTQ+ (https://blacklgbtflags.carrd.co/), and GEOAY+ (https://blacklgbtpride.carrd.co/) flags.
While there is an exclusionist past in "Erosian," I believe we can move forward with grace and vigilance. We are welcome to m-spec mlm/nblm folk, and all shades of Black mlm/nblm folk! If you don't agree with that, this may not be the space for you.
Anyway, so about that term I mentioned at the start of this post. It's...
Would be pronounced as follows: eh-LEH-bahn (as in the interjection, then the first syllable of leviosa with emphasis, then the name of that one guy from 7DS), though eh-LIH-bahn isn't too far off
PT: Would be pronounced as follows: eh-LEH-bahn (as in the interjection, then the first syllable of leviosa with emphasis, then the name of that one guy from 7DS), though eh-LIH-bahn isn't too far off end PT.
This term is one I personally came up with. First, I saw that the term for black wlw/nblw, Oshian (pronounced like "ocean"), was inspired by the Yoruba goddess known as Oshun/Ọṣun. She is the goddess of water, fertility, femininity, and love among other things. Then, I looked at the pantheon to find other gods (hopefully one who was male/nonbinary and queer). I stumbled around the paywalled research journals and other novels I couldn't see/didn't have what I was looking for, until I found this one blog article (here, by James Padilioni Jr) which is a great read!! TLDR: This deity known as Elegua/Èṣù-Ẹlẹ́gbára is a member of the Yoruba orisha (which Oshun is part of), and they are quite Gay™ to say the least.
Some things I like about my term are that it has the same number of syllables as Erosian (I think... and isn't too far away from it, letter-wise), and it shares the a-after-i phenomenon present in Oshian and Mwarian. Oh, and what's great about having a new term to describe Erosian is that those who also use "erosian" to denote a specific alter aren't overlooked!
I'll probably come up with an alternate flag to fit the 7-stripe theme that some of the other GEOAY+ orientations have going on at some point. Anyways, let me know what y'all think!
