#shadow orientations

[pt: 4 new-ish shadow- terms end pt]

We've been using these for ourselves for a few weeks, but never formally made coining posts for them.

Introducing:

Shadowgai!

Shadowgai, also called shadowunstrayt, is an orientation where one experiences gay attraction in a uniquely non-binary way. However, while one technically is non-binary, one does not identify as non-binary for any reason.

This flag is inspired by Tumblr user opalescentorbisian's gai flag.

[alt text: a rectangular flag with six equal-width horizontal stripes—from top to bottom, the stripe colors are black, periwinkle blue, bright mint green, sandy yellow, white, and dark lilac end alt text]

Shadowstrayt!

Shadowstrayt, also called shadowgain’t, is an orientation where one experiences straight attraction in a uniquely non-binary way. However, while one technically is non-binary, one does not identify as non-binary for any reason.

This flag is inspired by Tumblr user nblw-nonsense's strayt flag.

[alt text: a rectangular flag with six equal-width horizontal stripes—from top to bottom, the stripe colors are black, dark-ish cerulean blue, medium blue-violet, pinkish-purple, white, and bordeaux red end alt text]

Shadowgaistrayt!

Shadowgaistrayt is an orientation where one experiences both gay and straight attraction in a uniquely non-binary way. This can be simultaneous or not. However, while one technically is non-binary, one does not identify as non-binary for any reason. This flag is inspired by (what we think is) Tumblr user a1ly's gai-strayt flag. Unfortunately, that flag's coining post no longer exists. It was not archived.

[alt text: a rectangular flag with six equal-width horizontal stripes—from top to bottom, the stripe colors are black, solid plum, mountbatten pink, daffodil yellow, white, and sunglow yellow end alt text]

Shadowsgait!

Shadowsgait is an orientation where one simultaneously experiences both gay and straight attraction in a uniquely non-binary way. However, while one technically is non-binary, one does not identify as non-binary for any reason.

This flag inspired by Tumblr user Beyond-MOGAI-Pride-Flags's sgait flag.

[alt text: a rectangular flag with six equal-width horizontal stripes—from top to bottom, the stripe colors are black, indigo blue, periwinkle blue, candle flame yellow, white, and brimstone yellow end alt text]

Possible reasons why someone might use these terms:

being multigender, where one or more of the genders one experiences is/are binary

being genderfluid, genderflux, or genderfluix and sometimes being a binary gender

one’s gender is almost binary to the point where one does not feel non-binary

one feels dysphoric about being called non-binary

having a binary gender, but having a non-binary gender alignment (e.g. being male and xingender)

being mid-binary

being cassgender or gender apathetic

feeling partially or fully disconnected from one’s gender

fluid/fluctuating label preferences

Shadowsapphic (left), Shadowdiamoric (middle), Shadowachillean (right)

In a similar vein to my other shadow terms, these terms are to denote identifying as Sapphic, Diamoric, or Achillean under certain circumstances or conditions. For reference one can look at the other Shadow terms such as Shadowgay [link] or Shadowenbian [link].

These terms have already been coined by @/thepokedexisgay via this post [link] however I wanted to make it in the general Shadow format that's kinda only in my head. First stripe black, second to last white. Never really mentioned that lol.

Official Flag (left), Original Flag (right)

An orientation term where your lesbian identity is affected by the fact:

One is transmasculine, a trans man, transneutral, nonbinary, or just not a woman (includes multigender and genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux individuals), as one is either too dysphoric about being called a woman, experience a disconnection from traditional womanhood, and/or simply doesn’t identify as a woman or with womanhood. They may describe their attraction as any of the following: MLW; MLNB; MLX; NBLW; NBLNB; NBLX, etc – but they don’t identify their labels as WLW; WLNB; or WLX due to reasons listed above. With a multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux identity, one feels not straight when with a woman and/or has a fluctuating level of dysphoria when they sometimes view their attraction as sapphic/lesbian in nature, or as WLW; WLNB; WLX. To express that disconnection, the prefix shadow- is used.

This term also includes those whose orientation is fluid and/or flux, who may not 100% identify with the label of lesbian; due to barely ever experiencing attraction to women (or attraction period), having an attraction to women that feels lesbian but also not, having an attraction to women that’s fluid between being queer and queern’t, and/or experiencing attractions under a lesbian/sapphic lens.

In simpler terms, a shadowlesbian may be defined as the following:

Being multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux but never WLW, yet feeling like their attraction to women is gai/queer.

Being m-spec and not WLW, yet feeling a connection to the label.

Being too dysphoric about being called a woman/girl/being thought of as one, yet being either NBLW, MLW or XLW with a connection to the lesbian label.

Having a fluid/flux orientation where one’s not 100% a lesbian due to any reason, but retaining a connection to the lesbian label.

Simply feeling as if one’s lesbian, but also not.

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This term was originally reposted on June 27th, 2022.

So years (July 19th 2020) ago I coined the Shadow- terms on my original mogai blog. Since then I’ve deleted that blog and one-half of the Shadow- terms do not have rebloggable posts out there, so I decided I’d repost the terms.

A while after (February 27th 2021) another tumblr user (@/thepokedexisgay) decided to make simpler alternate flags to these terms. I’ll be posting a link to their flags at the bottom of these posts.

I made the original flags based off of my original all inclusive lesbian/gay/vincian/etc. flags, and since I’ve remade those and posted them, I figured I’d remake the Shadow- flags as well, simplifying them and following the color schemes of my new flags. So yeah, some “official” flags for these terms.

That being said, I made the new Shadowlesbian flag based off of my Flowerbed Lesbian flag, so along with that if you ID as Shadowsapphic/ShadowQ4W or whoever else I mentioned could use the Flowerbed Lesbian flag, you can also use this flag if you feel your orientation is Shadow-.

(I’d prefer people use these flags as the official versions versus the originals, however if u personally like the other flags whether it’s Alois’s (thepokedexisgay) or the original ones, or feel like making your own based on an alternate lesbian/veldian/enbian/etc. flag, feel free to go on ahead.)

Yes, most of the definition in this post is ripped directly from the LGBTA wiki, with some changes to it due to my current knowledge of labels.

Here is the link to the Shadowlesbian flag made by @/thepokedexisgay, and here is the [link] to the Shadowlesbian page on the LGBTA wiki.

Official Flag (left), Original Flag (right)

An orientation term where your straight identity is affected by the fact:

One is transmasculine, a trans man, transneutral, nonbinary, or just not a woman (includes multigender and genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux individuals), as one is either too dysphoric about being called a woman, experience a disconnection from traditional womanhood, and/or simply doesn’t identify as a woman or with womanhood. They may describe their attraction as any of the following: MLM; MLNB; MLX; NBLM; NBLNB; NBLX, etc – but they don’t identify their labels as WLM; WLNB; WLX due to reasons listed above. With a multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux identity, one feels straight when with a man and/or has a fluctuating level of dysphoria when they sometimes view their attraction as strayt/julietian in nature, or as WLM. To express that disconnection, the prefix shadow- is used.

One is transfeminine, a trans woman, transneutral, nonbinary, or just not a man (includes multigender and genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux individuals), as one is either too dysphoric about being called a man, experience a disconnection from traditional manhood, and/or simply doesn’t identify as a man or with manhood. They may describe their attraction as any of the following: WLW; WLNB; WLX; NBLM; NBLNB; NBLX, etc – but they don’t identify their labels as MLW; MLNB; MLX due to reasons listed above. With a multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux identity, one feels straight when with a woman and/or has a fluctuating level of dysphoria when they sometimes view their attraction as strayt/romeric in nature, or as MLW. To express that disconnection, the prefix shadow- is used.

This term also includes those whose orientation is fluid and/or flux, who may not 100% identify with the label of straight; due to barely ever experiencing attraction to men (or attraction period), having an attraction to men that feels straight but also not, having an attraction to men that’s fluid between being queer and queern’t, and/or experiencing attractions under a straight/queern’t lens.

This term also includes those whose orientation is fluid and/or flux, who may not 100% identify with the label of straight; due to barely ever experiencing attraction to women (or attraction period), having an attraction to women that feels straight but also not, having an attraction to women that’s fluid between being queer and queern’t, and/or experiencing attractions under a straight/queern’t lens.

In simpler terms, shadowstraight may be defined as the following:

Being multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux but never WLM, yet feeling like their attraction to men is straight/strayt/queern’t.

Being multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux but never MLW, yet feeling like their attraction to women is straight/strayt/queern’t.

Being m-spec and not WLM/MLW, yet feeling a connection to the label.

Being too dysphoric about being called a woman/girl/being thought of as one, yet being either NBLM, MLM or XLM with a connection to the straight label.

Being too dysphoric about being called a man/boy/being thought of as one, yet being either NBLW, WLW or XLW with a connection to the straight label.

Having a fluid/flux orientation where one’s not 100% straight due to any reason, but retaining a connection to the straight label.

Simply feeling as if one’s straight, but also not.

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This term was originally reposted on June 27th, 2022.

So years (August 26th 2020) ago I coined the Shadow- terms on my original mogai blog. Since then I’ve deleted that blog and one-half of the Shadow- terms do not have rebloggable posts out there, so I decided I’d repost the terms.

A while after (February 28th 2021) another tumblr user (@/thepokedexisgay) decided to make simpler alternate flags to these terms. I’ll be posting a link to their flags at the bottom of these posts.

I made the original flags based off of my original all inclusive lesbian/gay/vincian/etc. flags, and since I’ve remade those and posted them, I figured I’d remake the Shadow- flags as well, simplifying them and following the color schemes of my new flags. So yeah, some “official” flags for these terms.

That being said, I made the new Shadowstraight flag based off of my Canyon Queerhet flag, so along with that if you ID as Shadowstrayt/ShadowNQ4G or whoever else I mentioned could use the Canyon Queerhet flag, you can also use this flag if you feel your orientation is Shadow-.

(I’d prefer people use these flags as the official versions versus the originals, however if u personally like the other flags whether it’s Alois’s (thepokedexisgay) or the original ones, or feel like making your own based on an alternate lesbian/veldian/enbian/etc. flag, feel free to go on ahead.)

Yes, most of the definition in this post is ripped directly from the LGBTA wiki, with some changes to it due to my current knowledge of labels.

Here is the link to the Shadowstraight flag made by @/thepokedexisgay, and here is the [link] to the Shadowstraight page on the LGBTA wiki.

Official Flag (left), Original Flag (right)

An orientation term where your turian/veldian identity is affected by the fact:

One is transfeminine, a trans woman, transneutral, nonbinary, or just not a man (includes multigender and genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux individuals), as one is either too dysphoric about being called a man, experience a disconnection from traditional manhood, and/or simply doesn’t identify as a man or with manhood. They may describe their attraction as any of the following: WLM; WLNB; WLX; NBLM; NBLNB; NBLX, etc – but they don’t identify their labels as MLM; MLNB; or MLX due to reasons listed above. With a multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux identity, one feels not straight when with a man and/or has a fluctuating level of dysphoria when they sometimes view their attraction as veldian/achillean in nature, or as MLM; MLNB; MLX. To express that disconnection, the prefix shadow- is used.

This term also includes those whose orientation is fluid and/or flux, who may not 100% identify with the label of turian; due to barely ever experiencing attraction to men (or attraction period), having an attraction to men that feels turian but also not, having an attraction to men that’s fluid between being queer and queern’t, and/or experiencing attractions under a turian/achillean lens.

In simpler terms, a shadowturian may be defined as the following:

Being multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux but never MLM, yet feeling like their attraction to men is gai/queer.

Being m-spec and not MLM, yet feeling a connection to the label.

Being too dysphoric about being called a man/boy/being thought of as one, yet being either NBLM, MLM or XLM with a connection to the turian label.

Having a fluid/flux orientation where one’s not 100% a veldian due to any reason, but retaining a connection to the veldian label.

Simply feeling as if one’s veldian, but also not.

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This term was originally reposted on June 27th, 2022.

So years (July 19th 2020) ago I coined the Shadow- terms on my original mogai blog. Since then I’ve deleted that blog and one-half of the Shadow- terms do not have rebloggable posts out there, so I decided I’d repost the terms.

A while after (February 27th 2021) another tumblr user (@/thepokedexisgay) decided to make simpler alternate flags to these terms. I’ll be posting a link to their flags at the bottom of these posts.

I made the original flags based off of my original all inclusive lesbian/gay/vincian/etc. flags, and since I’ve remade those and posted them, I figured I’d remake the Shadow- flags as well, simplifying them and following the color schemes of my new flags. So yeah, some “official” flags for these terms.

That being said, I made the new Shadowturian flag based off of my March Vincian flag, so along with that if you ID as Shadowachillean/ShadowQ4M or whoever else I mentioned could use the Marsh Vincian flag, you can also use this flag if you feel your orientation is Shadow-.

(I’d prefer people use these flags as the official versions versus the originals, however if u personally like the other flags whether it’s Alois’s (thepokedexisgay) or the original ones, or feel like making your own based on an alternate lesbian/veldian/enbian/etc. flag, feel free to go on ahead.)

Yes, most of the definition in this post is ripped directly from the LGBTA wiki, with some changes to it due to my current knowledge of labels.

Here is the link to the Shadowturian flag made by @/thepokedexisgay, and here is the [link] to the Shadowturian page on the LGBTA wiki.

Official Flag (left), Original Flag (right)

Shadowgay is the umbrella term for shadowlesbian, shadowfloric, shadowenbian, and other shadow- labels that are queer.

Includes trans/nonbinary people who feels semi-connection to a certain label despite dysphoria or not being the gender the label usually pertains to. Being _LW; _LM; _LNB and/or _LX, etc, and feeling attraction to the same/similar gender as oneself but not necessarily being that gender or being dysphoric about being considered that gender.

It also includes those with fluid and/or flux orientations, who may not 100% identify with certain label due to either not being those labels often, or simply due to a disconnect. This could also include labels where your attraction feels both queer and non-queer, or fluid between the two.

This term was originally reposted on June 27th, 2022.

So years (July 19th 2020) ago I coined the Shadow- terms on my original mogai blog. Since then I’ve deleted that blog and one-half of the Shadow- terms do not have rebloggable posts out there, so I decided I’d repost the terms.

A while after (February 28th 2021) another tumblr user (@/thepokedexisgay) decided to make simpler alternate flags to these terms. I’ll be posting a link to their flags at the bottom of these posts.

I made the original flags based off of my original all inclusive lesbian/gay/vincian/etc. flags, and since I’ve remade those and posted them, I figured I’d remake the Shadow- flags as well, simplifying them and following the color schemes of my new flags. So yeah, some “official” flags for these terms.

That being said, I made the new Shadowgay flag based off of my Prairie Gay flag, so along with that if you ID as Shadowqueer/ShadowQ4G or whoever else I mentioned could use the Prairie Gay flag, you can also use this flag if you feel your orientation is Shadow-.

(I’d prefer people use these flags as the official versions versus the originals, however if u personally like the other flags whether it’s Alois’s (thepokedexisgay) or the original ones, or feel like making your own based on an alternate lesbian/veldian/enbian/etc. flag, feel free to go on ahead.)

Yes, most of the definition in this post was ripped directly from the LGBTA wiki, with some changes to it due to my current knowledge of labels. Here is a link to the alternative flag made by @/thepokedexisgay, and here is the [link] to the Shadowgay page on the LGBTA wiki.

Official Flag (left), Original Flag (right)

An orientation term where your enbian identity is affected by the fact:

One is transmasculine, transfeminine, a trans man, a trans woman, transneutral, or a binary gender (includes multigender and genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux individuals), as one is either too dysphoric about being called a nonbinary, experience a disconnection from traditional enbyhood, and/or simply doesn’t identify as nonbinary or with enbyhood. They may describe their attraction as any of the following: MLNB; WLNB; MLX; WLX, etc – but they don’t identify their labels as NBLNB; NBLX due to reasons listed above. With a multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux identity, one feels not straight when with a nonbinary individual and/or has a fluctuating level of dysphoria when they sometimes view their attraction as enbian/diamoric in nature, or as NBLNB; NBLX. To express that disconnection, the prefix shadow- is used.

This term also includes those whose orientation is fluid and/or flux, who may not 100% identify with the label of enbian; due to barely ever experiencing attraction to nonbinary individuals (or attraction period), having an attraction to nonbins that feels enbian but also not, having an attraction to enbies that’s fluid between being queer and queern’t, and/or experiencing attractions under a enbian/diamoric lens.

In simpler terms, a shadowenbian may be defined as the following:

Being multigender and/or genderfluid/genderflux/fluidflux but never NBLNB, yet feeling like their attraction to enbies is queer.

Being m-spec and not NBLNB, yet feeling a connection to the label.

Being too dysphoric about being called nonbinary/nonbin/enby/being thought of as one, yet being either MLNB; WLNB; XLNB with a connection to the enbian label.

Having a fluid/flux orientation where one’s not 100% a enbian due to any reason, but retaining a connection to the enbian label.

Simply feeling as if one’s enbian, but also not.

.

This term was originally reposted on June 27th, 2022.

So years (August 26th 2020) ago I coined the Shadow- terms on my original mogai blog. Since then I’ve deleted that blog and one-half of the Shadow- terms do not have rebloggable posts out there, so I decided I’d repost the terms.

A while after (February 27th 2021) another tumblr user (@/thepokedexisgay) decided to make simpler alternate flags to these terms. I’ll be posting their flags at the bottom of these posts as well.

I made the original flags based off of my original all inclusive lesbian/gay/vincian/etc. flags, and since I’ve remade those and posted them, I figured I’d remake the Shadow- flags as well, simplifying them and following the color schemes of my new flags. So yeah, some “official” flags for these terms.

That being said, I made the new Shadowenbian flag based off of my Desert Enbian flag, so along with that if you ID as Shadowdiamoric/ShadowQ4NB or whoever else I mentioned could use the Desert Enbian flag, you can also use this flag if you feel your orientation is Shadow-.

(I’d prefer people use these flags as the official versions versus the originals, however if u personally like the other flags whether it’s Alois’s (thepokedexisgay) or the original ones, or feel like making your own based on an alternate lesbian/veldian/enbian/etc. flag, feel free to go on ahead.)

Yes, most of the definition in this post is ripped directly from the LGBTA wiki, with some changes to it due to my current knowledge of labels.

Here is the link to the Shadowenbian flag made by @/thepokedexisgay, and here is the [link] to the Shadowenbian page on the LGBTA wiki.