I used to consider myself biromantic but after a bunch of bad romantic experiences with girls, I haven’t had a crush on any girls since and I am uncomfortable thinking about being romantic with them. I feel like I’d be lying if I said I’m homoromantic, can you think of any alternative terms I could use for myself?
While you’re still welcome to use homoromantic if you are now only romantically attracted to the same gender as yourself, some other options are:
Aco-/Acor-: Experiencing attraction that one wants to act on, but at the same time having a strong aversion to engaging in it due to bad experiences, apprehension, or other misgivings about being involved in romantic relationships or sexual activity, etc.
Caed-/Caedo-: A feeling that one was previously able to experience a particular kind of attraction, but that ability was lost due to trauma or other negative events
Requies-: An orientation for someone who feels little or no attraction of a certain kind due to being drained of energy/emotional exhaustion for any variety of reasons.
Klape-: When you feel as though your ability (or potential) to experience attraction has been taken away from you due to abuse, trauma, neurodiverigency, illness, or any other similar factor, including any combination of them.
