Min (orientation)

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Minsexual

Orientation: Any

Genders: Any
Attracted To: Masculine individuals
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Minsexual is the attraction to those who are masculine-in-nature (MIN). It refers to those who are attracted to individuals with a masculine gender identity or gender presentation.

Related Terms

Term Relationship Description Difference
Androsexual Similar An individual who is exclusively attracted to those who are men or masculine-in-nature. Minsexual doesn’t necessarily include men.
Uranic Similar An individual who is attracted men, masculine/masculine-aligned and neutral/neutral-aligned non-binary individuals. Minsexual doesn’t necessarily include men.
Finsexual Counterpart An individual who is attracted to those who are feminine-in-nature (FIN). Finsexual is the feminine equivalent of Minsexual.
Mingender Counterpart An individual whose gender is masculine-in-nature. Mingender is the gender equivalent to Minsexual.
Ninsexual Counterpart An individual who is attracted to those who are neutral-in-nature (NIN) Ninsexual is the neutral equivalent of Minsexual.
Nominsexual Opposite An individual who is attracted to all genders but those who are masculine-in-nature. Minsexual refers to one who is attracted to masculine-in-nature individuals whilst Nominsexual is for those who aren't.

Sub-Terms

Term Description Flag Creator
Minflexible An individual who usually identifies as minsexual, but whose identity/attraction is flexible. Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags[1]
Minromantic Romantic attraction to those who are masculine in nature (MIN), in their gender and/or their presentation. Pride-Flags[2]

Pride-Color-Schemes[3]

Minsexual Romantic attraction to those who are masculine in nature (MIN), in their gender and/or their presentation. Pride-Color-Schemes[3]

Pride-flags-for-us[4]

History

It is unclear who coined the term minsexual but it appeared via Pride-flags-for-us, the individual who mentioned the term was user Pleurocarpous on July 20, 2014.[5]

The flag was created by Tumblr users Pastelmemer and mutezeppeli on or before August 23, 2015 and was published on the Tumblr blog pride-flags-for-us.[6][4]

Resources

  1. ↑ Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags. "FMN -flexible Flags". Tumblr, 09 Feb. 2020, https://archive.ph/IvqeJ. Archived on 14 May. 2020.
  2. ↑ Pride Flags. "Minromantic Pride Flag (1)". Deviantart, 10 May. 2016, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Minromantic-Pride-Flag-1-607943912.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pride-Color-Schemes. "Min-". Tumblr, 01 Jul. 2016, https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/146780120595/min.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pride-flags-for-us. "fin-, min-, and nin- flags!". Tumblr, 13 Feb. 2016, https://archive.is/D8pWb. Archived on 20 Feb. 2020.
  5. ↑ Pride-flags-for-us. Tumblr, https://web.archive.org/web/20150324190159/pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/tagged/androsexual. Accessed on 12 Jan. 2025. Archived on 24 Mar. 2015.
  6. ↑ Pride-Flags. "Min- (1)". Deviantart, 23 Aug. 2015, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Min-1-555756252.