In today’s dynamic environment, it can be challenging to stay on top of trends. When you feel like you’ve got everything under control, something else happens to confirm that you’re aging too quickly.
This can be particularly true when it comes to sexual identity and orientation, since people are constantly coming up with new phrases to explain their experiences of attraction.
Although we have previously written about “Abrosexual” and “Graysexual” people, we have never discussed “Almondsexuality.” Does that sound strange? Apparently, it’s a new microlabel that helps people better identify what attracts them.
Almondsexuality, as defined by Wikipedia, is the experience of having a primary attraction to male- and androgynous-aligned genders, with sporadic or slight attraction to female-aligned genders.
The orientation falls within the more general category of multisexuality, which also include identities like pansexuality and bisexuality that may be more familiar.
What distinguishes almondsexuality from the more well-known orientations, then? It has to do with the pattern and strength of attraction, as Fandom explains.
It has been noted that almondsexuals exhibit a clear preference structure, with less frequent or less powerful attraction to feminine presentations and persistent attraction to masculine and neutral presentations.
Some people may decide to identify as pansexual or bisexual, while others believe that almondsexuality more accurately describes their experience of attraction.
You’re probably not alone if you’ve never heard of the word “almondsexual.” Genderstarbucks, a Tumblr user, first used the phrase in the broader public in 2023.
Conversely, the term “berrisexual” refers to a primary attraction to androgynous and feminine genders.
