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Anthrosexual refers to someone who is attracted to humans and alterhumans regardless of their gender identity/expression. The term avoids referencing a particular sexual orientation or predilection towards a particular gender.^[1]

Anthrosexual and pansexual might be used interchangeably. The prefix pan- means "all" and anthro- means "humanoid," so the word anthrosexual might be considered easier to understand for individuals who don't know either term.

Another use of anthrosexual could come from someone having a fictosexual or fictoromantic identity as well (eg. anthrosexual cartosexual, the attraction to cartoon characters so long as they’re human/alterhuman). So although anthrosexual alone means attraction to humans and alterhumans regardless of gender, anthrosexual combined with a fictosexual identity may not include all genders (eg. lesbian anthrosexual-animatesexual).

Flag

The anthrosexual flag was created by DeviantArt user SaffronMasalathekiwi on February 20, 2018.^[2] The three stripes represent the following: blue/green for being attracted to the same gender, purple for being attracted to the opposite gender, and white for being attracted to other genders.

Etymology

Anthro- is an alternative form of anthropo- which comes from Greek and means "human," "humanoid," and "human-like."

References

↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/05/word-of-gay-anthrosexual.html Word of the Gay: "Anthrosexual" - Queers United ]
↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.deviantart.com/saffronmasalathekiwi/art/Anthrosexual-Flag-731845728 Anthrosexual Flag by SaffronMasalathekiwi ]

Anthrosexual (ficto-definition) feminine-attraction flag.
Anthrosexual (ficto-definition) masculine-attraction flag.
Anthrosexual (ficto-definition) androgynous/neutral-attraction flag.
Anthrosexual (ficto-definition) agender/genderless-attraction flag.
Anthrosexual (ficto-definition) xenic/outherine-attraction flag.
Anthrosexual (ficto-definition) multigender-attraction flag.
Anthrosexual (ficto-definition) multisexual flag.

[1] [https://web.archive.org/web/http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/05/word-of-gay-anthrosexual.html Word of the Gay: "Anthrosexual" - Queers United ]

[2] [https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.deviantart.com/saffronmasalathekiwi/art/Anthrosexual-Flag-731845728 Anthrosexual Flag by SaffronMasalathekiwi ]

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 [[File:Anthrosexual flag.jpg|thumb|220x220px|The anthrosexual flag.]]
-'''Anthrosexual''' refers to someone who is attracted to humans and [[alterhuman:Alterhuman|alterhumans]] regardless of their gender identity/expression. The term avoids referencing a particular sexual orientation or predilection towards a particular gender.<ref>[{{Archive|Site=web|URL=http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/05/word-of-gay-anthrosexual.html Word of the Gay: "Anthrosexual" - Queers United}}]
+'''Anthrosexual''' refers to someone who is [[attracted]] to humans and [[alterhuman:Alterhuman|alterhumans]] regardless of their [[gender identity]]/[[Gender expression|expression]]. The term avoids referencing a particular [[sexual orientation]] or predilection towards a particular [[gender]].<ref>[{{Archive|Site=web|URL=http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/05/word-of-gay-anthrosexual.html Word of the Gay: "Anthrosexual" - Queers United}}]
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