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 {{Sexuality Info|title1=|image1=Omniflag.png|caption1=The omnisexual flag.|gender(s):=Any|gender(s)_attracted_to:=All}}
 [[File:Omni 3 stripe.png|thumb|3-stripe omnisexual flag]]
-[[File:Alternate omnisexual flag..webp|thumb|Alternate omnisexual flag by [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/User:Transgender_Cat Clear.Skyes].]]
-[[File:Alternate omnisexual flag...webp|thumb|An alternate omnisexual flag.]]
-[[File:Omnisexual alternate.png|thumb|Cryptocrew's omnisexual flag.]]
 [[File:Alt Omnisexual.png|thumb|Alt Omnisexual by TheNelsonSystem]]
-[[File:Omniflag alt by Annabanana181913.jpg|thumb|Alternate flag by Annabanana181913]]
 '''Omnisexuality''' (often shortened to '''omni''') is a [[multisexual]] orientation defined as the [[Sexual Attraction|sexual attraction]] to all genders, where gender often still plays a role in one's attraction. Some omnisexuals have a gender preference and some do not.
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 The most commonly cited difference is that omnisexuals factor gender into their attraction to a person, whereas pansexuals generally do not feel any internal difference between genders, or that any difference felt between genders is irrelevant, it does not factor into their attraction. This is what is meant when pansexuals are referred to as “gender blind”.
-Omnisexuals may also feel a difference in attraction between genders. This can manifest in having a preference for certain gender(s). It can also feel that attraction to a certain gender feels different to the attraction to another. (for example: they may feel like the act of being attracted to a woman feels different then being attracted to a man). Omnisexuals may be attracted to entirely different traits for different genders, or may find certain traits more attractive in some genders than in others.
+Omnisexuals may also feel a difference in attraction between genders. This can manifest in having a preference for certain gender(s). It can also feel that attraction to a certain gender feels different to the attraction to another. (for example: they may feel like the act of being attracted to a woman feels different then being attracted to a man). Omnisexuals may be attracted to entirely different traits for different genders, or may find certain traits more attractive in some genders than in others.[[File:Alternate omnisexual flag..webp|thumb|Alternate omnisexual flag by [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/User:Transgender_Cat Clear.Skyes].]]Some people may choose to identify with both terms simultaneously, while others may feel that one describes them more accurately than the other. As such the distinction between pansexual and omnisexual often comes down to personal preference.
-Some people may choose to identify with both terms simultaneously, while others may feel that one describes them more accurately than the other. As such the distinction between pansexual and omnisexual often comes down to personal preference.
 === Bisexuality ===
+Omnisexuality is also often compared to [[Bisexual|bisexuality]]. Some bisexuals are attracted to all genders, however not all bisexuals are.  [[File:Omniflag alt by Annabanana181913.jpg|thumb|Alternate flag by Annabanana181913]]Some people may identify as both bisexual and omnisexual, while others may prefer one term over the other. The choice to use one identity over the other usually comes down to individual preference. For instance: some may prefer to identify as omnisexual (in addition to or instead of bisexual) if they feel it provides a more accurate representation of their orientation, while others may prefer to use a broader term such as bisexual to describe themselves. [[File:Alternate omnisexual flag...webp|thumb|An alternate omnisexual flag.]]
-Omnisexuality is also often compared to [[Bisexual|bisexuality]]. Some bisexuals are attracted to all genders, however not all bisexuals are.
-Some people may identify as both bisexual and omnisexual, while others may prefer one term over the other. The choice to use one identity over the other usually comes down to individual preference. For instance: some may prefer to identify as omnisexual (in addition to or instead of bisexual) if they feel it provides a more accurate representation of their orientation, while others may prefer to use a broader term such as bisexual to describe themselves.
 ==History and Literature==
-The word omnisexuality appears as early at the 1959 beat poet Lawrence Lipton's ''The Holy Barbarians'',<ref>https://archive.org/stream/holybarbarians001288mbp/holybarbarians001288mbp_djvu.txt</ref> but the first time it was described in the context of the current definition was in a 1984 text titled simply ''Sexual Choices: An Introduction to Human Sexuality''.<ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Sexual_choices.html?id=xitHAAAAMAAJ</ref> This text described omnisexuality as "a state of attraction to all sexes", stating that some researchers believe that every individual is born omnisexual before developing their sexual attraction into the labels of homosexual, heterosexual, or other orientations.
+The word omnisexuality appears as early at the 1959 beat poet Lawrence Lipton's ''The Holy Barbarians'',<ref>https://archive.org/stream/holybarbarians001288mbp/holybarbarians001288mbp_djvu.txt</ref> but the first time it was described in the context of the current definition was in a 1984 text titled simply ''Sexual Choices: An Introduction to Human Sexuality''.<ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Sexual_choices.html?id=xitHAAAAMAAJ</ref> This text described omnisexuality as "a state of attraction to all sexes", stating that some researchers believe that every individual is born omnisexual before developing their sexual attraction into the labels of homosexual, heterosexual, or other orientations.[[File:Omnisexual alternate.png|thumb|Cryptocrew's omnisexual flag.]]The term spread even further in the early 1990s as M. Jimmie Killingsworth undertook an analysis of the poet Walt Whitman.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0895769X.1991.10542654?journalCode=vanq20</ref> In Killingsworth's study, he found that Whitman had a general omnisexual character throughout his work ''The Leaves of Grass''. In the 2010s, ''The Atlantic'' noted that his poetry expresses sexuality towards all genders, sometimes even the sea or the Earth.
-The term spread even further in the early 1990s as M. Jimmie Killingsworth undertook an analysis of the poet Walt Whitman.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0895769X.1991.10542654?journalCode=vanq20</ref> In Killingsworth's study, he found that Whitman had a general omnisexual character throughout his work ''The Leaves of Grass''. In the 2010s, ''The Atlantic'' noted that his poetry expresses sexuality towards all genders, sometimes even the sea or the Earth.
 Omnisexual was a common message board term in the 2000s. The knowledge of this term was boosted even further when several celebrities, such as Janelle Monáe and Brendon Urie, came out as pansexual. The media made several non-monosexual terms known in the mainstream as that took place. Many popular articles discussed omnisexuality alongside these celebrities' pansexuality.