heteroflexible

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adjective

Primarily heterosexual, but open to taking part in a limited amount of homosexual activity.

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Meanings

adjectiveheteroflexible (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrimarily heterosexual, but open to taking part in a limited amount of homosexual activity.

    Let me start by saying that yes, people can be heteroflexible, homoflexible and bisexual.

    2014 August 1, Joe Kort, “Are "heteroflexible" and "homoflexible" shades of bisexual?”, in San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
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    We are living at a time when youthful attitudes toward casual sexual encounters and pliable sexual boundaries have spawned a whole new vocabulary of sexuality ("pansexual," "ambisexual," "polysexual," and "heteroflexible," according to a

    2000, United Synagogue Review, Volumes 53-59, page 17

    It is a rejection of bisexuality since the inevitable question that comes up in bisexuality is one of preference, and the preference of the heteroflexible is quite clear. Here postmodern heterosexuals can envision indulging in homosexual sex.

    2002, Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up, page 232

    A “boi” describes a boyish gay guy or abiological female with a male presentation; and “heteroflexible” refers to a straight person with a queer mindset

    2003, The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today, page 31

    Dery describes Bowie as "a reverse-drag queen: a heteroflexible straight man playing an exquisitely androgynous gay."

    2013 June 5, Richard Metzger, “Growing Up Bowie: Mark Dery's "All The Young Dudes: Why Glam Rock Matters”, in Boing Boing

    If you know me, you might know I've bounced around a lot with my sexual orientation — from straight to heteroflexible to queer to "I'm not going to label myself as anything, and I’ll just take things as they come" — pun intended.

    2014 September 25, Robyn Smith, “Bisexuality is real, not just indecision”, in The Independent Florida Alligator

    Synonyms: Kinsey 1, bi-curious, open-minded · Antonyms: homoflexible

nounheteroflexible (plural heteroflexibles)

plural heteroflexibles

  1. Someone who is heteroflexible.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePrimarily heterosexual, but open to taking part in a limited amount of homosexual activity.

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Origin

From hetero- + flexible, probably for the near-rhyme with heterosexual.

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