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'''Virescin''' is a term for all [[Vincian|gay men]], [[gay]] [[man]]-[[Gender Alignment|aligned]] people, and [[Abinary|non-aligned]] people who are [[gay]] for [[men]], meaning [[Achillean|men-loving men]] and [[Toric|non-binary-loving-men]]. It can be a stand-alone identity, but it also brings together all people who are gay for men.

The general consensus is that the term is no longer in use.<ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/186879384905/i-always-question-myself-the-same-since-gay-in Tumblr post mentioning the discontinued use of virescin.]</ref>

Virescin comes from the word ''virescent'', meaning greenish. It is based off green carnations, a symbol associated with gay men in the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras in England and with Oscar Wilde in particular.<ref>[https://www.oscarwildetours.com/our-symbol-the-green-carnation/ Blog post on green carnations by the Oscar Wilde Tours organizers.]</ref>

Virescin was created on a Discord server that hosted the former mods of the virescin Tumblr account on November 29, 2017.<ref name=":0">[https://krillfingers.tumblr.com/post/168023218383/virescin Tumblr post on virescin.]</ref> On December 1, 2017, one of the mods requested that people stop using the term.<ref>[https://hyacean.tumblr.com/post/168081658227/i-wasnt-one-of-the-mods-on-this-blog-at-any-point Tumblr post requesting that people stop using the term. Content warning for discussion of pedophilia.]</ref> The original post was deleted, and the blog was abandoned.