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Omnisexual people are also attracted to all genders, much like pansexuals, but omnisexuals tend to feel a difference between genders. This can manifest itself as a preference for certain gender(s) (though omnisexuals do not have to have a preference). Omnisexual people may also feel as those the act of being attracted to certain gender(s) feels different from being attracted to other gender(s). They might also find certain traits only attractive on certain genders.
==History==
The word omnisexuality appears as early at the 1959 beat poet [[wikipedia:Lawrence Lipton|Lawrence Lipton]]'s ''The Holy Barbarians'',<ref>https://archive.org/stream/holybarbarians001288mbp/holybarbarians001288mbp_djvu.txt</ref>
The term spread even further in the early
Omnisexual was a common message board term in the
Some fictional characters, such as Jack Harkness from
▲Some fictional characters, such as Jack Harkness from ''Doctor Who, ''the ''Marvel'' character Deadpool, and Kevin Crawford from ''Paradise P.D.'' have has been canonically confirmed as omnisexual.
==Etymology ==
The prefix omni- comes from the Latin word ''omnis'', meaning 'all'. Pan-, which the term pansexual comes from, also means ’''all’'', and is a Greek prefix.
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