#multi spectrum

[neopronouns]

flag id: a flag with 6 stripes, which are very light purple, light purple, medium dark indigo, indigo, light indigo, and bluish-white. end id.

banner id: a 1600x200 teal banner with the words ‘please read my dni before interacting. those on my / dni may still use my terms, so do not recoin them.’ in large white text in the center. the text takes up two lines, split at the slash. end id.

champaro-: an orientation that is both chameleo- and paro-; describes one who is attracted to multiple genders, experiences different forms of the same type of attraction towards those different genders, and either desires to perform or receive acts of that type of attraction based on the gender of their partner

[pt: champaro-: an orientation that is both chameleo- and paro-; describes one who is attracted to multiple genders, experiences different forms of the same type of attraction towards those different genders, and either desires to perform or receive acts of that type of attraction based on the gender of their partner. end pt]

chameleo- + paro- term for anon! i based the flag on the general paro- flag (the five-stripe one on that page) and the colors shared between the chameleosexual and chameleoromantic flags.

tags: @radiomogai, @liom-archive, @macchiane, @genderstarbucks, @orientation-archive

tags cont: @p-rtyboy, @dragonpride17

dni link

[en8y]

[IMAGE ID: four rectangular flags with six evenly-sized stripes each. the first flag's stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: medium blue, bright purple, hot pink, light orange, light yellow, and bright green. the second flag's stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: bright purple, light yellow, light orange, bright cool pink, bright green, and medium blue. the third flag's stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: bright purple, hot pink, bright yellow, bright blue, bright green, and light orange. the fourth flag's stripes, from top to bottom, are as follows: light yellow, warm light pink, bright pink, dark purple, medium blue, and light teal. END ID.]

bispec / bi-spectrum, plyspec / poly-spectrum, panspec / pan-spectrum, and omnispec / omni-spectrum flags! anon asked for bispec and i wanted to see if i could come up with some more :3

can be used in a similar way to aspec, to refer to bi-/ply-/pan-/omni- identities as a whole, or as their own identities!

used this mspec flag as a base!

@radiomogai @liom-archive @obscurian @orientation-archive

[paw-pride]

Could you possibly do Neptinic, Uranic, and Saturnic?

Neptunic, uranic, and saturnic paws!

[polygamousfistingchaos]

Multiflux Gay flag redesigns

multiflux | biflux | panflux | polyflux | omniflux | abroflux

[im-just-a-random-trashcan]

Been looking around and after seeing a more in depth definition for this I feel like biflexible fits me, but the one problem is ngl I really don't like how that flag looks. based on what OP said though, I was thinking to request if anyone sees this if they could make a version of that flag with the gay flag in the middle bit and the regular bi flag in the middle or this alternate biromantic specific one or both? Thank you if anyone does this

even if it ends up not fitting later it'd still be nice to have

Biflexible (biflexibility): identifying as predominantly bi, but being flexible in this identity.

Flag using biphilic and panflux pride flags, but other flags would apply in the middle and the biphilia repurposed by another bi- flag.

[shk0lstun-flagz]

Mono + Mspec Flags

Mono-

Monosexual / Monoromantic / Mono Oriented

Describes all orientations where one is exclusively attracted to one gender (and possibly other specific genders similar to that one gender)

Mono orientations are commonly already seen as exclusive attractions but “mono” could optionally be used as a prefix to specify that : Examples : Mono-gay, Mono-Lesbian, Mono-Straight

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Mspec-

Multisexual / Multiromantic / Multi Oriented

Describes all orientations where one attracted to multiple genders (with or without preferences) Such as : bi, pan, omni, etc..

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MspecMono / MonoMspec-

Describes all orientations where one is both mono and mspec, due to a variety of reasons

— examples : Being Abrosexual, Having a strong almost exclusive preference(s), Unique attachment to both mono and mspec experiences or being in the grey area between the two, Using the split attraction model (SAM), or other specific reasonings —

Orientation examples : Mspec-gay, Mspec-Lesbian, Mspec-Straight, Bi-gay, Pan-lesbian, Omni-Straight, etc…

[jon-snows-man-bun]

Hi! Can you share your five favourite ACOTAR fics?

1. The Dreamers in the Daylight @dreamersinthedaylightinspo

Elain is completely fine and has her powers totally under control. She is not even upset about Azriel avoiding her, or Lucien's existence, which she cannot make herself forget no matter how much she wants to. Her mission to live a quiet, boring eternity in the Night Court is upended rather suddenly when - on a push to help Elain in the way they (sort of) helped Nesta - Rhysand and Feyre offer her an official position as their Court Seer.

At her very first appearance as an official member of the Night Court, a Day Court scholar appears to surprise Prythian with her announcement of a formal criminal tribunal against the Night Court.

Elain will have to decide where, and to whom, she belongs. Once the truth is told, there will be no going back.

2. A Court of Embers and Sunlight @olenvasynyt

A Lucien backstory fic.

It has been eighty years since the end of the Human War, and a delicate, tenuous peace has grown in Prythian. But as an ancient rivalry between two High families suddenly arises, the consequences of the War are pondered, and painful memories are stirred up for members of the Vanserra family, including Eris Vanserra and the Lady of Autumn.
But being sixty and the youngest of seven brothers, Lucien Vanserra is eager to avoid a lot of things. Including the consequences of the War. Haunted by secrets and keen to avoid the Forest House, Lucien allows his errancy to lead him to Prythian’s Summer beaches, Winter lakes, and Spring fields until he finds himself stumbling down a path to a female he never expected. One who lights up his dark, rotting world like dappled sunlight through the leaves.

3. In the Withered Garden @fortheloveofbanksy

Underneath the darkness of Night, a vision prompts Lucien to whisk away Elain.

4. AU where we pretend ACOSF didn’t happen @theladyofbloodshed

An alternative story to ACOSF that takes places after the Solstice in ACOFAS - but Nesta and Cassian have both reluctantly admitted to themselves that they are mates. Giving Nesta the story she deserves.

5. Cave Canem @bxriles

Long before Amarantha came to Prythian, an eldest daughter from the Court of Nightmares entered into a marriage with Rhysand, the future High Lord of Night. It was a political arrangement and not a particularly happy union, but it was necessary to prevent unrest in the Hewn City. Unfortunately, centuries pass and Amarantha's reign leaves scars all across the land. Prythian's stability is questioned. The Bride of Spring is stolen. And the Lady of Night mysteriously ends up dead after discovering that Rhysand has found his mate.

When news of her death arrives, the Hewn City is pushed to its breaking point. A rebellion sparks and the flames are fanned by centuries of abuse and mistreatment. Rhysand may not believe there are any dreamers left in the Court of Nightmares, but he's wrong--and those dreamers vow to be his downfall.

(AKA the one where the Court of Nightmares gets fed up with Rhysand's treatment and they rebel against him.)

[isabellascarlett1]

Women can experience Queer attraction towards men.

Men can experience Queer attraction towards women.

Bi/Pan/Mspec folks' experiences matter.

[mlpmi6]

Again beautiful flags

Bisexual Deerkin Pride Flag

Bisexual: Sexual attraction to two or more genders

Deerkin: Identifying partially or entirely as a deer

[neopronouns]

flag id: two flags with 6 stripes. the left flag's stripes are medium dark sky blue, green, light grey, faded orange, faded red, and dark pink. the right flag's stripes are medium dark purple, pink, light grey, faded green, faded sky blue, and dark faded indigo. in the center of each flag is a light red-pink, circle with a thick black outline, making it as tall as 3 of the flags' stripes. end id.

banner id: a 1600x200 teal banner with the words ‘please read my dni before interacting. those on my / dni may still use my terms, so do not recoin them.’ in large white text in the center. the text takes up two lines, split at the slash. end id.

multifictobian | multifictodian

multifictobian: someone who is multi-/mspec with regards to fictional characters, but a lesbian when it comes to real people

multifictodian/multifictorian: someone who is multi-/mspec with regards to fictional characters, but a veldian/turian/gay man when it comes to real people

[pt: multifictobian: someone who is multi-/mspec with regards to fictional characters, but a lesbian when it comes to real people

multifictodian/multifictorian: someone who is multi-/mspec with regards to fictional characters, but a veldian/turian/gay man when it comes to real people. end pt]

anon asked for the first term and i figured i'd also coin the second! the flags and names are a combination of multificto, lesbian, and veldian.

tags: @radiomogai, @liom-archive, @macchiane, @genderstarbucks, @sugar-and-vice-mogai

tags cont: @prettypinknarc, @skrimbliest, @orientation-archive

dni link

[bloomshroomz]

I want to talk a little bit about the use of the word "preference" in bisexual (and broader m-spec) spaces. I think that the word is used in a lot of different ways to mean a lot of different things, and sometimes it unintentionally conveys the wrong thing.

Plenty of people who identify as bisexual, or omnisexual, or polysexual, etc. are attracted to certain genders more frequently or more intensely than others. They might also be attracted to different genders in different ways.

For example, if someone is attracted to many types of women, but only very specific types of men, they're attracted to men and women differently. This difference also probably results in them finding women attractive more often than they find men attractive.

A lot of people would describe this as a "preference" for women, but as a bisexual/omnisexual person who experiences attraction in this way, I don't thinks that's necessarily the right word for this. It might be for some people, but while my attraction trends towards women, I wouldn't say that I prefer my partners be women.

Because that's all it is for me: a trend in my attraction. Not a preference. It's much easier for me to find an attractive woman than an attractive man (according to my own tastes, of course), but at the end of the day, if I find you attractive, I find you attractive, regardless of your gender.

I wouldn't prefer that the men I'm attracted be women instead, because I don't prefer women; they just tend to be more attractive to me than men are. But there are some seriously cute guys out there, and my predominant attraction to women doesn't erase that, nor does it make my attraction to men feel less important than my attraction to women. It's just less frequent.

I noticed this problem with the word "preference" after I started dating my boyfriend, when he said "I'm not what you prefer."

It made me realize that... No, I don't have a "preference" for women. I wouldn't prefer that he be a woman, and I wouldn't prefer to date a woman over him. I'm attracted to women more frequently than men, but my attraction to him is not trumped or lessened by my general trend of attraction to women. I find him so fucking attractive.

You can also have a preference which goes in a different direction than the trends of your attraction. For some time, despite my attraction trending towards women, I preferred to date men. That's where my boyfriend is currently at as well. So, clearly, there is a distinction between the trends in one's attraction and the preferences one may hold.

Are there any other bi/m-spec people who feel this way about the use of "preference" in discussions of attraction?

[theizzizzy]

I’m officially coming out as Autistic/Aspergers because it’s pretty obvious that my mind works differently, and I’m proud of that.

^ How I feel ^

[radiomogai]

[PT: New m-spec/multi flag. end PT]

New m-spec/multi flag

(This is a mirror from my Pillowfort post here, that can also be boosted on the Fediverse here.)

[Image description: A flag divided in four quadrants of the same size. The upper left quadrant is pink, the upper right quadrant is white, the bottom left quadrant is yellow and the bottom right quadrant is purple. End of image description.]

M-spec is short for “multi spectrum”. The spectrum thing is just for emphasis, since both multi and m-spec are umbrella terms for people who are attracted to more than one gender/multiple genders.

The labels multi and m-spec have existed for a while. Their purpose is to decenter bi or bi+ as umbrella terms, because even if bi ranges from “weak attraction to one gender and strong attraction to another gender” to “attraction to all genders”, a lot of pan, ply (polysexual/polyromantic/etc.), toren, trixen, penulti, omni and other people don’t feel represented by bi. Even so, there are experiences and struggles common to all multiply-attracted people, so having an umbrella term is useful.

This term and flag includes m-spec people who are a-spec, who don’t want to use labels, who use labels that don’t specify which/how many genders one’s attracted to, who use -flexible labels or who otherwise feel more attraction towards certain genders than others, whose attraction is fluid, who use many labels, who only use bi or pan as labels, who use labels that are typically seen as not m-spec and so on, as long as they are able to be attracted to more than one gender.

This flag is for all multi/m-spec people, not just multisexual/multiromantic. Multiqueerplatonic, multialterous, etc. are included.

There are already other flags for this, but most of them are not widely recognized or liked, and the most popular one is the combination of bi, ply and pan flags, which helps people recognize it for what it is, but doesn’t help people who feel alienated by those labels.

The design of this flag is meant to be different from most pride flags so it’s easier to recognize for colorblind people among other common pride flags, while still being easy to reproduce with fabric or while drawing, since there are no complicated symbols or shapes.

Color meanings:

Pink: Represents attraction in general, as well as passion. It’s about m-spec people being united because of their attraction to more than one gender. Can also represent people who feel like they are just “attracted by (some) people” or who don’t specify how their attraction works.

Pink is, after all, a color widely used for sexuality and love.

White: Represents the possibility of being able to be attracted to all genders. Also the possibility of having an attraction to multiple genders that isn’t fluid; for instance, just because someone dates a nonbinary person and later a woman doesn’t mean that their attraction changed.

White is the combination of all colors of light (so, all genders), and is also achromatic; you can’t change the hue of pure white.

Light orange: Represents the diversity of m-spec people. For instance: a lot of trans people, especially nonbinary people, are m-spec; a lot of a-spec people are m-spec; a lot of non-monogamous people are m-spec; there are lots of different possibilities of labels when you are m-spec; but you don’t need to be those things or use other labels to be m-spec.

Yellow and certain shades of orange remind me of the Sun. The Sun is strong and basically impossible to ignore; diversity makes a community strong, and the diversity of the m-spec community is hard to ignore.

Purple: Represents the possibility of not being able to be attracted to all genders (while still being attracted to more than one), and the possibility of having fluid attraction.

Purple is the color of change. It’s also used in flags such as toren and trixen (both m-spec orientations that don’t include attraction to all genders), and its meaning in other flags is sometimes both binary genders/a combination of them (so: more than one gender, but just a few) or nonbinary people (so: a large group of genders, but not all).

I know that maybe not all nuances of m-spec identity are represented here, and they don’t all have their own color, but I wanted to have something broader and more meaningful than “attraction to X, to Y and to Z”, while still easy to memorize/draw/produce.

This flag was made by me (Aster), with input from other m-spec people at a Discord server.

A full version of this flag is here, and a more saturated version of it (for physical flags/merchandise, for instance) can be found here.

Feel free to spread it around!

[polygamousfistingchaos]

M-spec Straight flags

m-spec | bi | pan | poly | omni | abro

fetrah fucks don't touch

[multisexualpolls]

*This includes anyone who experiences attraction to multiple genders, even if you don't necessarily identify with the multisexual label specifically.

**Polysexual is commonly used as a specific term for people who are attracted to multiple genders, but distinctly not all genders. However, it still sees some use as an umbrella term for all people attracted to multiple genders, regardless of how many.

***BOP stands for bisexual, omnisexual, polysexual/pansexual. A plus (+) may be used to indicate inclusion of other identities involving attraction to multiple genders, beyond these four labels.

[pansexual-pied-piper]

M-spec men. You agree. Reblog.