Pomosexual

Pomosexual is an emerging term.

Pomosexual is a term that has recently emerged. Although the term may be growing in usage, and is significant and well-sourced enough to warrant inclusion on this wiki, it may still be relatively unknown outside of the platform or community where it originated. The exact definition and name may not have stabilized, and may change significantly as more people identify with it.

Pomosexual
The Pomosexual flag
Classification	Sexual orientation
Specifics
Gender	Any
Attracted to	Any (or none)
Attraction type	sexual
Related terms
Associated romanticism	Pomoromantic
Different from	Pansexual

Pomosexuality is defined as refusing, avoiding, or not fitting any sexual orientation label in terms of conventional labels or classifications, such as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or labels on the Asexual or Aromantic spectrums. It challenges categorizations in favor of largely unmapped possibility and the intense charge that comes with transgression. Some Pomosexual people may be Queer or Questioning, and others may not be.

The romantic equivalent of a Pomosexual is Pomoromantic.

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Etymology

"Pomo" is short for postmodern.

Community

Pomosexuality challenges assumptions held within and about the LGBT+ community, as well as assumptions about what it means to be queer. It is intended to react against these assumptions in the same way that in the art world postmodernism was a reaction against modernism.

History

Pomosexuality was coined in 1997 by writers, Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel in their book PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality. This book draws on similarities to the postmodernism art movement in its exploration of the emergence of Pomosexuality. It suggests that the beauty of postmodernism – and of Pomosexuality – can't be appreciated without looking at its roots in modernism.

Flag

Pomosexual flag

The Pomosexual flag was created in July 2016 by Tumblr user pride-color-schemes. Shades of pretty pink and white are what define the Pomosexual pride flag.

Media

Public figures

• Patruni Chidananda Sastry

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