Attraction to more than one sex or gender
Plurisexuality or multisexuality is a term used to describe individuals who are attracted to multiple genders .[ 1] This includes certain sexual identities such as pansexuality , bisexuality , omnisexuality , and polysexuality , falling under the umbrella of non-monosexuality , which encompasses all sexualities that are not exclusively heterosexual or homosexual .[ 2] It's also referred to as multiple-gender attraction (MGA).[ 3] Plurisexual individuals may experience sexual attraction to people of different genders, which can include but is not limited to men , women , non-binary , genderqueer , and other gender identities . Plurisexuality can be fluid and may vary from person to person.[ 4] [ 5] Abrosexual , for example, can be used to describe when one's experience changes in their attractions over time.[ 6]
Multisexual was also used to describe multicultural sexual diversity ,[ 7] among other things.[ 8] [ 9]
Some plurisexual people may feel represented by the bisexual umbrella ,[ 10] however not every plurisexual identifies as bisexual.[ 11] [ 12] While more specific and less known plurisexual identities exist, bisexuality and pansexuality are more established and understood concepts within the LGBT community and among the general public,[ 13] [ 14] but they may experience monosexism , erasure , and heteronormativity .[ 15] [ 16]
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^ Coston, Bethany M. (January 2021). "Power and Inequality: Intimate Partner Violence Against Bisexual and Non-Monosexual Women in the United States" . Journal of Interpersonal Violence . 36 (1– 2): 381– 405. doi :10.1177/0886260517726415 . ISSN 0886-2605 . PMID 29294898 .
^ Robinson Rhodes, Martha (2021). "Bisexuality, Multiple-Gender-Attraction, and Gay Liberation Politics in the 1970s" . Twentieth Century British History . 32 (1): 119– 142. doi :10.1093/tcbh/hwaa018 . PMID 39478238 . Retrieved 2024-04-14 .
^ McNamee, Clara Marie (March 2023). Conceptualizations of Identities in Bisexual, Pansexual, and Plurisexual Communities (Thesis thesis).
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^ Doughton, Eleanor (2022-01-01). " "I've never met another person with this identity": The Experiences of Abrosexual Individuals on TikTok" . Capstone Showcase .
^ Pallotta-Chiarolli, M. (1999). "Diary entries from the "teachers' professional development playground": multiculturalism meets multisexualities in Australian education" . Journal of Homosexuality . 36 (3– 4): 183– 205. doi :10.1300/J082v36n03_12 . ISSN 0091-8369 . PMID 10197554 .
^ Bonissone, Stefano R.; Subbu, Raj (2002-12-06). Bosacchi, Bruno; Fogel, David B.; Bezdek, James C. (eds.). "Exploring the Pareto frontier using multisexual evolutionary algorithms: an application to a flexible manufacturing problem" . Applications and Science of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, and Evolutionary Computation V . 4787 . SPIE: 10– 22. Bibcode :2002SPIE.4787...10B . doi :10.1117/12.455866 .
^ Atkinson, Elizabeth (July 2002). "Education for Diversity in a Multisexual Society: Negotiating the contradictions of contemporary discourse" . Sex Education . 2 (2): 119– 132. doi :10.1080/14681810220144873 . ISSN 1468-1811 .
^ "Quit Censoring My (And Others') Bi Identities" . Bi.org . Retrieved 2023-11-03 .
^ Cipriano, Allison E.; Nguyen, Daniel; Holland, Kathryn J. (2022-10-02). " "Bisexuality Isn't Exclusionary": A Qualitative Examination of Bisexual Definitions and Gender Inclusivity Concerns among Plurisexual Women" . Journal of Bisexuality . 22 (4): 557– 579. doi :10.1080/15299716.2022.2060892 . ISSN 1529-9716 .
^ Mitchell, Renae C.; Davis, Kyle S.; Galupo, M. Paz (2015-07-03). "Comparing perceived experiences of prejudice among self-identified plurisexual individuals" . Psychology & Sexuality . 6 (3): 245– 257. doi :10.1080/19419899.2014.940372 . ISSN 1941-9899 .
^ Zane, Zachary (2018-06-29). "What's the Real Difference between Bi- and Pansexual?" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2023-11-03 .
^ Galupo, M. Paz (2018), Swan, D. Joye; Habibi, Shani (eds.), "4 Plurisexual Identity Labels and the Marking of Bisexual Desire" , Bisexuality: Theories, Research, and Recommendations for the Invisible Sexuality , Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 61– 75, doi :10.1007/978-3-319-71535-3_4 , ISBN 978-3-319-71535-3 , retrieved 2023-11-03
^ Chan, Randolph C. H.; Leung, Janice Sin Yu (2023). "Monosexism as an Additional Dimension of Minority Stress Affecting Mental Health among Bisexual and Pansexual Individuals in Hong Kong: The Role of Gender and Sexual Identity Integration" . Journal of Sex Research . 60 (5): 704– 717. doi :10.1080/00224499.2022.2119546 . ISSN 1559-8519 . PMID 36121683 .
^ Klein, Jessica. "Why pansexuality is so often misunderstood" . www.bbc.com . Retrieved 2023-11-03 .