#polisexual

[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

[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:

[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!

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

Erranboric Pride Flag

Erranboric: an umbrella term for those who are not attracted to non-binary people anymore; a label in which one's enboric attraction has partially or fully vanished.

This includes, for example: pluralians with latent or dormant attraction towards enbies; binsexual disexual folk who used to be attracted to nby people but realized they are strictly boric/noenboric after all; erraspec people; binians (BLB), nibians (NBLB/NLB), trixamorics (XLBW), and toramorics (XLBM) who were enboric in the past.

[genderveld]

Multifluid Pride Flag

Since the end of Bisexual Visibility Month is quickly approaching I wanted to make sure this coining post came out on time! So here it is!

Multifluid - a orientation in which one is fluid between different mspec orientations (ex. someone who is fluid between bi and pan or fluid between bi, pan and omni). People who are multifluid may not necessarily be fluid exclusively between mspec orientations but identify as such to put emphasis on their mspec identity. It can be considered a form of abrosexuality that always encompasses more than one mspec orientation. 

This is an opt-in label for those who find the distinction useful, and shouldn't be applied to abros prescriptively without their permission. Always respect the self-identification of other people over what definitions they might fall into.

[ID: The multifluid flag. A pride flag consisting of 5 horizontal stripes. The stripes from top to bottom are wine purple, cornflower blue, spring green, lemon yellow and hot pink. 

ID end.]

Design Concept

The bottom four stripes are two sets of complimentary colors 60 degrees apart in hue to symbolize shifting between different orientations. The top stripe is the same hue as the bottom stripe but darker to connect the top and bottom of the design.

[spacialrending]

CHARACTER RECOLORS: Pride Mimikyus Part 4 (Pokemon)

Requested by anon!

Dionyfluid | Lilaen | Violaen

Omnisexual | Polisexual | Abrosexual

Aroace | T4T | Maverique

* Likes and reblogs are appreciated. Credit is required if using.

[transmasculine]

“this alter is poly” “this alter is ply” “this alter is poli”

“this user is poly” “this user is ply” “this user is poli”

[genderstarbucks]

Is there a sexuality where someone Masculine aligned is romantically attracted to Women , Non-binaries, Fem aligned Non-binaries, Masc aligned women, masc aligned non-binaries, feminine women?

Polysexual, also spelled plysexual or polisexual, sometimes shortened to ply, is the sexual attraction to many, but not necessarily all, genders.

Nomasexual (also known as Nobrosexual or Freyic) is the attraction to all genders except binary men. Genders attracted to includes women, non-binary individuals, masculine aligned non-binary individuals, feminine aligned non-binary individuals, unaligned non-binary individuals, agender individuals, etc. The term was made with non-binary individuals in mind but binary individuals can use it.

Freyic is for individuals who experience attraction to everyone but binary men. This label can be used by anyone who fits this definiton or even people who simply chose to not date binary men.

[cyberduckpartywinner]

Trying out the colorful hashtags

[yelek-galleries]

Alv voy a dibujar a mis Oc's con los colores de su colectivo (representación LGBT)

Así que compermiso,vuelvo en un rato

[oh-my-im-ply]

Polysexual culture is being tired of explaining what it means, because everyone thinks it's the same thing as polyamory or polyerosy...

Polysexual culture is being tired of explaining what it means, because everyone thinks it's the same thing as polyamory or polyerosy...

- Anonymous

[i-give-u--stuff]

polisexual

to all my polisexual besties

[mariasabanahabanabana]

el amor siempre será el concepto más bello que podrá eggsistir, no hay ni debería haber necesidad de ocultarlo o sufrir por demostrarlo...

AMEN Y RESPETEN

♥️🧡💛💚💙💜💖

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o amor sempre será o conceito mais bonito que pode existir, não há necessidade de escondê-lo ou sofrer para mostrá-lo...

AMÉM E RESPEITO

♥️🧡💛💚💙💜💖

Eng

love will always be the most beautiful concept that can exist, there's no need to hide it or suffer to show it...

AMEN AND RESPECT

♥️🧡💛💚💙💜💖

[bimdraws]

Una Wiki LGBTQIA+

Quiero introducirles una wiki LGBTQIA+ en español para todes les latines que buscan aprender y/o contribuir al conocimiento de la comunidad. Ya sea historia, traducciones, artículos sobre películas, series, libros, musicos y artistas LGBT+ o simplemente corregir errores de ortografía que los admins pudimos haber cometido.

Por favor abstenerse de escribir si no van a enlazar una fuente a la vez <3

[laurasinele]

Happy Pride