u/InteractionSalty8422

Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia!

I’m a cisgender woman in my 40s. I have identified as omnisexual for a little over one month. In such a short time, LGBTQIA+ community has become a very important support for me. However, I have noticed that there is an unreasonable amount of judgement inside the community.

I would like to remind people to watch each and everyone inside the community with love, empathy and understanding.

We are all individuals and no one sees inside another’s soul. For example, people have only a limited view of sexual, emotional or romantic orientations outside of their own. Even the ’same’ orientation may feel very different depending on the person. Same goes with gender identities. We are a very heterogeneous group.

Remember, we all deserve to be respected and loved. Love you all. 🩷

I have identified as omnisexual for a little over one month. I’m a cisgender woman. At first I felt relieved that I finally knew who I was. That feeling, however, disappeared quickly. Now I feel that my sexual, emotional and romantic orientation is seen ’wrong’ by many people.

I thought that being open to any gender, even with some preferences, would be respected, just like any orientation. I didn’t care about body parts or whether the person was a CIS person, a trans person or for example a non-binary person. The personality, the human being, was the key.

I only had some traits and gender expressions (for example masculinity or feminity) that I found attractive based on gender. I acknowledged and respected the gender, but didn’t find it crucial in attraction. I only felt the attraction a little differently based on gender. That all is often a part of omnisexuality.

It was a surprise and a shock for me that many people thought that I fetishize people because I had some preferences. That is really not the case.

I have cried because of this everyday.