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[[File:Uranian
[[File:Vincian flag (original).svg|thumb|The original gay man flag by ask-pride-color-schemes.]]
'''Uranian''' is a historical term for [[Gay Men|homosexual men]]. In its time, it was less frequently used to refer to "effeminate" men, and [[transfeminine]] individuals [[Mascic|attracted to men]]. [[Lesbian]]s and [[Gender Non-Conforming|GNC]] [[AFAB]] individuals have been classified as urningin.<ref>[https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Urningin Urningin - Nonbinary Wiki]</ref>
In the 21st century, it has made a resurgence as a term for [[gay]] men and men-[[Gender Alignment|aligned]]
It is generally used as a masculine equivalent of [[lesbian]]. The term is also sometimes used by [[neutral]]-aligned, [[abinary]], or unaligned [[Non-Binary|non-binary]]
==History ==
The term ''urning'', its etymological predecessor, was first used by German sexologist and activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in a series of five booklets collected under the title ''Forschungen über das
John Addington Symonds was the first
The term would define a movement of primarily gay male artists and philosophers in the English-speaking world interested in the study of classics and who dabbled in [[Pedophile|pederastic]] poetry from the 1870s to the 1930s, including Oscar Wilde. The writings of this group are now known as Uranian poetry.<ref>[http://www.self.gutenberg.org/articles/Uranian_poetry Gutenberg Institute article on Uranian poetry.]</ref>
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==Flag==
Queer activst Valentin Belyaev proposed a uranian flag on or before mid-2010s.<ref>https://vk.com/wall-146511780_2722</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/gay_men_flag Twitter account for the uranian flag.]</ref> The flag is an adjusted version of an alternate gay men's flag, the mirrored blue stripes representing male homosexuality and inter-male love and use of blue the heavenly depiction of uranian love by writers of the movement.<ref>[https://twitter.com/gay_men_flag/status/1272258252978425857 Twitter post explaining BelyaevValentin's connection with an alternate gay flag created in 2018.]</ref><ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+picture+of+Oscar+Wilde.-a0168654671 The Free Library entry on Oscar Wilde, including a quote regarding uranian love as heavenly.]</ref>
▲[[File:Uranian pride flag (gay men flag).png|thumb|The uranian flag by Valentin Belyaev.]]
▲Queer activst Valentin Belyaev proposed a uranian flag on or before mid-2010s.<ref>https://vk.com/wall-146511780_2722</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/gay_men_flag Twitter account for the uranian flag.]</ref> The flag is an adjusted version of an alternate gay men's flag, the mirrored blue stripes representing male homosexuality and inter-male love and use of blue the heavenly depiction of uranian love by writers of the movement.<ref>[https://twitter.com/gay_men_flag/status/1272258252978425857 Twitter post explaining BelyaevValentin's connection with an alternate gay flag created in 2018.]</ref><ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+picture+of+Oscar+Wilde.-a0168654671 The Free Library entry on Oscar Wilde, including a quote regarding uranian love as heavenly.]</ref>[[File:Uranian alternate.png|thumb|An alternate uranian flag.]]
An alternate uranian flag was created by Tumblr user beyond-mogai-pride-flags on February 19, 2021.<ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/643575632199106560/uranian-pride-flag Tumblr post announcing a uranian flag.]</ref>
▲[[File:Mlm (seven-stripe version).png|thumb|The uranian flag by Tumblr user "gayflagblog".]]
Later in 2019, the Tumblr Blog gayflagblog proposed a flag based off of the prior version that addressed the issues with the old one. This flag is most commonly sighted as the [[vincian]] flag.
==Etymology==
The word refers to a dialogue in Plato's ''Symposium'' on male ''eros'' or love. In the dialogue, Pausanias distinguishes between two types of love, symbolized by two different accounts of the birth of Aphrodite, the goddess of love:
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==References==
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