- Pomosexual
Pomosexual, or undefined sexual orientation [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6483/is_/ai_n25780965 BNET: Hot buttons election] ] [ [http://www.familyaction.org/print.php?filename=Articles/issues/family/marriage/05-06-06-armbruster%20letter.htm Canadian Family action] ] [ [http://www.mtsusidelines.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticleComments&ustory_id=44657f55-0664-4c65-8060-16190e3f6f27 SIDELINES: Metro should ignore protests; pass law] ] [ [http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/gravelqueen.html Review of AfterEllen: "Gravel Queen" by Tea Benduhn] ] , is a
neologism used to describe a person who shunssexual orientation labels (such as heterosexual and homosexual), and in turn chooses not to label oneself with a sexual orientation. [ [http://www.wordspy.com/words/pomosexual.asp Word Spy: Pomosexual] ]Etymology
Pomosexuality is formed by adding the prefix "pomo-" (shorthand for "postmodern") to the adjective "-sexual", and is used in reference to oneself as a protest against such labels.cite web|last=Mallik|first=Chetan|title=Now, say hello to the pomosexual!|publisher=
The Times of India |date=2004-01-24 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/442642.cms|accessdate = 2007-04-13]Origin
Sex-positive activist writers and editorsCarol Queen andLawrence Schimel popularized the term by using it as the title of ananthology ofessay s published in 1997. In it, they describe pomosexuality as the "erotic reality beyond the boundaries ofgender ,separatism , and essentialist notions of sexual orientation." In the introduction, they state,ee also
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Bisexuality
*Non-heterosexual
*Pansexuality
*Metrosexual References
* Preface by
Kate Bornstein .*cite journal |last =Ailles |first =Jennifer L. |title =Pomosexual Play: Going Beyond the Binaristic Limits of Gender? |journal=
Journal of Bisexuality |volume=23 |issue =3/4 |pages = 71–86 |date=2004 |publisher=Haworth Press (Binghamton, New York)|url=http://www.haworthpress.com/store/toc/J159v03n03_TOC.pdf?sid=6D90SDTJXR3Q8H62X824Q1Q593V25T35& |accessdate = 2008-04-20*cite web |url=http://www.utne.com/1998-09-01/pomosexual-pioneer.aspx |title=PoMosexual Pioneer |publisher=
Utne Reader |first=Katherine |last=Raymond |date=1998 |accessdate = 2008-04-20 Issue: September/October 1998*cite news |url=http://ubyssey.bc.ca/2008/02/08/pride-and-pomosexuality/ |title=Pride and Pomosexuality |publisher=The Ubyssey |first= |last= |date=2008 |accessdate = 2008-04-20 Issue: 8 February 2008. University of British Columbia student newspaper.
External links
* [http://www.wordspy.com/words/pomosexual.asp Word Spy entry for "pomosexual"]
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* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-111718141.html The Independent]
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* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1232407,prtpage-1.cms Times of India]
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