#plysexual

[genderstarbucks]

[dragonpride17]

blinkies for my personal labels pt. 2!

[ID: 15 blinkies of different pride flags, with the name of the label in pixel letters. In order, they are lesbian (with the aurora lesbian flag), musigender, genderbit, stargender, pinkgender, xenogender, plysexual, queer, non-binary girl, aroallo, azurgirl, synthroin, girlthing, fimingirl, & finingirl. /end ID]

[yourfavismspechomohet]

Hi! Sorry to be annoying but can you explain what m-spec straight means? I don’t quite understand. Thank you!

Hello! Not annoying at all! An Mspec Straight could be:

Someone who is romantically attracted to multiple genders, but only sexually attracted to the opposite gender.

Someone who is only romantically attracted to the opposite gender, but sexually attracted to multiple genders.

Someone who fits under a Mspec definition, but labels themselves as Straight.

Someone who is Abroromantic/Abrosexual whose identity constantly switches back and forth between being Mspec and being Straight.

Don’t ever be afraid to ask me anything you don’t understand! <3

I hope this helps! 💜🩷💛💚💙

[oh-my-im-ply]

Ply lesbian flag

(+ more multi-spec lesbian flags below!)

I'm a ply lesbian, so I decided to make a flag, just for fun! Also known as polysbian or poly-lesbian. It's based on the polysexual flag and the five stripe/community lesbian flag. There are already a few ply lesbian flags that exist, but I felt like trying to make one myself. Additionally, while the flag is polyam-inclusive, it doesn't represent polyamory. Ply and polyam are not the same thing.

Also, while this account is ply-centric, I decided to make some other multi-spec flags as well, in solidarity with other multi-spec lesbians. You're free to use them if you want to ^^

Dajenyan/bi lesbian | Omni lesbian | Pan lesbian

[tobify-art]

Some sexuality profile pics

Swirl addition

Gay | lesbian | bisexual

Pansexual | polysexual | omnisexual

asexual | aromantic | multisexual

[respirgender]

orbital in sides pride flags!

all colours taken directly from orbitals album ‘in sides’!

no need to credit me. feel free to suggest flags with this palette, ill do any!

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5

[bloompawz]

I redesigned the polysexual flag.

I would love it if this got shared around!

Use it in art! Use it in merch! Use it on your pronouns.page! It's public domain! No credit needed!

Reasons for the redesign, flag meanings, additional flags, templates, silly stuff, and emojis below the cut.

As a polysexual person, I have mixed feelings about the original polysexual flag. The simplicity of the flag is good; it has three stripes and three colors. I also like the color choices in concept: pink for attraction to women, green for attraction to enbies, and blue for attraction to men. The contrast between the stripes is pretty good too, though the contrast between green and blue could use some improvement.

However, the hot pink clashes with the green, which can be displeasing to the eye, or even painful. This clashing isn't as bad on physical merch most of the time. I have some pins and bracelets where it looks just fine. But I think that it's important for the flag to be accessible online too, especially since many polysexual people can't show pride outside of online spaces.

There's also a problem with its similarity to the bisexual and pansexual flags. I know that this was done on purpose to show the identities being related, and I think that this is sorta fine. But...

It can be misleading, as I find that polysexuality is often fundamentally very different from the other "big four" multi-spec orientations, i.e. bi, pan, and omni. Polysexual people are not attracted to all genders, while bisexual people often are, and pansexual/omnisexual people always are. The lack of separation between the polysexual stripes implies that we're attracted to all genders as well, when we aren't.

It also makes it harder for us to stand out on our own. Polysexuality rarely gets its own spotlight independent from other identities. Most often, we just get a passing mention in a post about the broader multi-spec community, or get our flag shown in a post alongside several other flags, if we even get that at all. Our flag being so indistinct only furthers this invisibility.

Polysexuality, as a result, doesn't really get to be its own thing. We're just another tag, another flag, another passing mention of validity to tack onto a post that isn't really about us. This can feel really isolating, especially as many of us don't even strongly relate to the other identities that we're often grouped with.

I don't identify as bisexual, not even as an umbrella term, because I don't relate to common bisexual experiences. I am not attracted to binary men, and I'm not attracted to all genders. But "polysexual representation" is almost exclusively about common bisexual experiences, and it isn't ply-focused. The flag adds insult to injury.

So, I wanted to try to redesign the flag.

I like the colors that are already associated with polysexuality: pink, green, and blue. I want to keep these colors, and I'm also keeping their original meanings. The ply pride colors aren't changing if I have anything to say about it! As obscure as polysexuality is, this color combination is very recognizable and well established in our community, and if applied well, they look really nice together.

However, I've also added two thin white stripes to the flag. These stripes serve three purposes:

1. Visual appeal.

The white stripes prevent clashing between the pink and green, and also add some more contrast between the green and blue.

2. Separation between stripes.

The white stripes allow the colorful stripes to exist separately, since polysexual people are not attracted to all genders. For example, I am represented by pink and green, but not by blue, because I am not attracted to binary men. Another polysexual person might be represented only by green and blue, only by green, etc.

3. Distinction from other flags.

The white stripes create distinction from other m-spec flags. This flag distinction can represent the disconnect from m-spec spaces that some polysexuals experience, since m-spec spaces tend to revolve around attraction towards all genders, which is inapplicable to polysexual people unless varioriented or fluid. M-spec spaces also often revolve around attraction towards at least both binary genders, and many polysexual people, including myself, lack attraction towards at least one binary gender.

This flag distinction also calls attention to polysexuality as its own identity, which does not always need to be dependent on other terms, and can shine on its own. We are not just a tag, or just a flag, or just a label to put in posts that aren't about us. We are a community! We are individuals! We are people! We are experiences!

The flag is still somewhat similar to other m-spec flags in its color choices, so the solidarity with our m-spec siblings is still there! But now we get to have something that feels more like it's for us.

I hope that the difference in stripe size makes the flag more accessible to colorblind people as well, because I don't see many flags with a 2:1:2:1:2 stripe ratio, whereas there are a lot of flags with three evenly sized horizontal stripes.

This flag can be used by all ply people! Whether polysexual, polyromantic, polysensual, polyalterous, varioriented, fluid, questioning, etc... This is for all of us!

Additional flags, templates, silly stuff, and emojis:

[pronoun-laboratory]

Some House of Ashes headcanon identities. Why not? (~・ω・)~

[palatteflags]

Day 14 of pride month: Baroque Polysexual~

Want a moodboard? send an ask!! -mod Jay

[callistoisgay]

Hello, I Made An Updated Version Of The Polysexual Flag!

the pink stripes represent:

queer love

arospec and acespec and polyamorous polysexuals

attraction to many, but not all genders

the white stripe represents:

transgender, genderqueer, nonbinary, and otherwise cisn't polysexuals

and the dusty lavender stripes represent:

defiance against heteronormativity, allonormativity, cisnormativity

defiance against monosexism

solidarity with other multisexuals

lavender and pink were chosen as the primary colors because of their significant history in the queer community and how it represents love respectively; I specifically chose that shade of pink as it was the first stripe of the OG polysexual flag

my reasoning for making a replacement was to make a polysexual flag that is more accessible and has more meaning for our community, as I felt the OG polysexual lacked both of these things as the flags meaning isn't all to different than the pansexual flag + it's design causes many people including myself eyestrain

I hope you all like it!

[genderstarbucks]

Mspec Fag(got) + Mspec Dyke Flags!!

Bi Fag(got) | Bi Dyke

Poly/ply Fag(got) | Poly/ply Dyke

Pan Fag(got) | Pan Dyke

Omni Fag(got) | Omni Dyke

Abro Fag(got) | Abro Dyke

[flag-mashups]

Demiromantic + Ply + Apothisexual + Genderfae + Ambiamorous + ADHD =

(Please read pinned post before interacting! <3)

Demiromantic - Someone who needs to form a deep emotional connection to someone before developing romantic attraction towards the person.

Ply - Someone who experiences attraction to multiple but not all genders.

Apothisexual - Someone who is sex-repulsed or someone who is averse to engaging in sex but are fine with sexual activity that does not involve them.

Genderfae - A form of Genderfluidity that does not encompass masc-aligned genders.

Ambiamorous - Someone who is okay with being in either a Polyamorous or a Monogamous relationship.

ADHD - Someone with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors (may act without thinking about what the result will be), or be overly active.

[yourfavismspechomohet]

Lyra Heartstrings from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a Ply Lesbian!

[eparchclass]

Polysexual / Polyromantic [v1 and v2] O5 council + ethics committee logos

[yumysodaposting]

Bi-oriented, Pan-oriented, Ply-oriented, Omni-oriented, Abro-oriented, Gyne-oriented, and Andro-oriented flags

Made these a while back, when I first learned about the SAM; these flags are for people who feel the need to specify they experience both sexual and romantic attraction towards... well, that depends on the prefix!

Example: I am bi-oriented, both bisexual and biromantic. (I am neither, this is just an example)

I made these for fun and because I got frustrated once cuz lots of my characters have different sexual and romantic orientations and I wanted to specify. In the files, these are classed as: "bilovic, panlovic, plylovic, omnilovic, abrolovic, gynolovic, and androlovic."

[gnotknormal]

I am no longer (regrettebly) identifying as pan. I love the flag, though. I just am not interested in every gender. So I'm still identifying as bi! And I'm trying out ply/poly. Anyone else around who identifies as ply/poly(sexual/romantic)? 💙💚💖