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[[File:Uranian pride flag (gay men flag).png|thumb|The proposed uranian flag.]] |
[[File:Uranian pride flag (gay men flag).png|thumb|The proposed uranian flag.]] |
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[[File:Uranian alternate.png|thumb|An alternate uranian flag.]] |
[[File:Uranian alternate.png|thumb|An alternate uranian flag.]] |
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'''Uranian''' is a term originally used in the 19th and early 20th centuries referring primarily to |
'''Uranian''' is a term originally used in the 19th and early 20th centuries referring primarily to [[gay]] men, as well as "[[Feminine|effeminate]]" men and [[transfeminine]] people were attracted to men. It was occasionally expanded to refer to gay people of any gender. In the 21st century, it has made a resurgence as a term for [[gay]] men and men-[[Gender Alignment|aligned]] people and is now one of multiple terms used to describe gay men such as [[vincian]] and [[turian]]. |
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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]] people who are attracted to men, men-aligned people, masculine-aligned people, and other non-binary people who self-identify as uranians. |
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]] people who are attracted to men, men-aligned people, masculine-aligned people, and other non-binary people who self-identify as uranians. |
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*Common birth, as the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Dionic Aphrodite is associated with a common love which "is apt to be of women as well as of youths, and is of the body rather than of the soul." After Dione, Ulrichs gave the name ''dioning'' to men who are sexually attracted to women. |
*Common birth, as the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Dionic Aphrodite is associated with a common love which "is apt to be of women as well as of youths, and is of the body rather than of the soul." After Dione, Ulrichs gave the name ''dioning'' to men who are sexually attracted to women. |
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Ulrichs interpreted Uranian love as leaving urnings with a "feminine soul."<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Riddle_of_man_manly_Love/KGCGAAAAIAAJ?hl=en ''The Riddle of "Man-Manly Love"'', Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, originally self-published in 1864, re-released by Prometheus Books in 1994.]</ref> |
Ulrichs interpreted Uranian love as leaving urnings with a "feminine soul."<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Riddle_of_man_manly_Love/KGCGAAAAIAAJ?hl=en ''The Riddle of "Man-Manly Love"'', Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, originally self-published in 1864, re-released by Prometheus Books in 1994.]</ref> |
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==Resources== |
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_social_movements#Emergence_of_LGBT_movement Wikipedia entry on the early LGBT movement.] |
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminine_essence_concept_of_transsexuality Wikipedia entry on the feminine essence concept of transfemininity.] |
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==References== |
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