Definitions of Select Terms

The meanings of selected search terms. Chosen by the highly scientific method of asking my father what words he didn’t know.

Aromantic: “a person who experiences little or no romantic attraction to others” (AVEN Wiki)

Demisexual: “someone who does not experience sexual attraction to another person unless or until they have formed an emotional connection with that person” (AVEN Wiki)

Intersex: “a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male” (Intersex Society of North America)

MLM: “Men Loving Men.” Used here as an umbrella term for all men romantically and/or sexually attracted to other men.

Trans Feminine: Used here to represent trans women and girls

Trans Masculine: Used here to represent trans men and boys

Queerplatonic: “Queerplatonic relationship or queerplatonic partnership are umbrella terms to indicate that a relationship defies the divide between romantic partnership and ‘just’ friends.” (AVEN Wiki)