What is an androgynosexual? This year’s fastest-growing sexuality explained
What is an androgynosexual? This year’s fastest-growing sexuality explained
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When a Reddit user asked the members of r/bisexual whether anyone else was ‘ridiculously attracted to’ androgynous people, they received a huge flurry of responses. ‘I just had a serious AH-HA! moment,’ wrote one commenter. ‘This is exactly what I’m into and I never realised.’.
![[Androgynous woman with express yourself written on back]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1330023371.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Another added: ‘Dude yes. So much… You’re definitely not alone there.’. Over the years, numerous posts have cropped up from people wondering what to call this specific orientation — with many finding that androgynosexual is the term they most closely relate to.
![[beauty portrait of androgynous woman with abstract projection screen on her face]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1401632660.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
And according to a new report by dating app Feeld, it was the fastest-growing sexuality of 2024, with use of the label up by over 250%. So what is androgynosexuality, and why is it seemingly on the rise?. The LGBTQIA+ Wiki defines an androgynosexual (which may also be spelled androgynesexual) as ‘a person who has sexual attraction exclusively towards androgynous individuals or androgynes.’.
Like linsexual, it can also refer to ‘someone who is attracted to both men and women, particularly those with an androgynous appearance.’. With thousands of members from all over the world, our vibrant LGBTQ+ WhatsApp channel is a hub for all the latest news and important issues that face the LGBTQ+ community.
Simply click on this link, select ‘Join Chat’ and you’re in! Don't forget to turn on notifications!. Androgyny – a combination of the Ancient Greek ‘andro’, meaning man, and ‘gyne’, meaning woman – describes the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics.
