flexisexualとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌflɛk.sɪˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌflɛk.sɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/, /flɛksə-/
• 韻: -ɛkʃuəl, -ɛkʃuːəl
• ハイフネーション: flex‧i‧sex‧ual

形容詞

flexisexual (not comparable)

1. (of a person) Having a fluid sexual orientation or pattern of sexual expression.
   • 1998, Linda Handel, Now That You're Out of the Closet, What About the Rest of the House?, Pilgrim Press, →ISBN, page 147:

     He resembles a Maine logger, full beard and all, but inside he feels like he's a lesbian. His love IS a lesbian. What is he? What is she? Bisexual? Ambisexual? Flexisexual?

   • 2011, Jaclyn Friedman, What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety‎, Seal Press, →ISBN:

     Personally, I identify as “flexisexual,” a word I invented because I'm attracted to more than just men and women, and because my patterns of attraction have changed over time.

   • 2014 April 8, Andrea Park, “Hit lesbian dating app Dattch launches in the U.S.”, in Metro:

     Sixty percent of our user base identifies as lesbian and the other 40 percent identifies as other, which includes bisexual, curious, pansexual, flexisexual … anyone who doesn’t identify as fully gay.

参考

• bicurious
• heteroflexible
• homoflexible