People who are 'abrosexual' explain exactly what their sexuality means

People who are 'abrosexual' have explained exactly what their sexuality means.

Social media users have been taking to the likes of TikTok and Reddit to explain what it means to abrosexual, with one person explaining it had taken her years to realise.

What does 'abrosexual' mean?

According to Medical News Today, abrosexuality refers to a person whose sexuality is fluid and changes.

Essentially, it means that sexuality can differ over the course of a month, week or even within a period as short as a day or an hour.

Recognising that sexuality is a spectrum, they explain: "With abrosexuality, a person can identify with various sexualities over different periods.

"This means the group they experience either romantic or sexual attraction to can change from one timeframe to the next.

"An abrosexual person’s sexuality may change frequently over the course of hours, days, months, or years. Abrosexuality is also unique to each individual."

Meanwhile, Healthline explains that it's not simply about 'changing your mind' or 'using a different label to describe your orientation' but means 'your actual experience changes over time'.

What's it like being abrosexual?

Abrosexual writer Emma Flint described her sexuality in a piece for Metro, writing: "One day I felt like I was a lesbian, yet days or weeks later, I’d feel more aligned with bisexuality. My sexuality was fluid.

"Before learning about abrosexuality, I felt lost, as if out at sea. I also felt like a fraud because of how much I changed my identity when chatting with loved ones."

Emma explained it took her 30 years to figure out she was abrosexual, explaining: "I didn’t learn about abrosexuality until two years ago, when I was 30. Up until that point, I’d struggled to identify what my sexuality was because it fluctuated so rapidly.

"There were times that I too scoffed, chastising myself for being so uncertain of who I was. It wasn’t that I couldn’t make my mind up, but rather my identity shifted."

Meanwhile, over on TikTok, @zoebriskey explained the meaning further.

"Abrosexuality is sexuality that's fluid," they said.

"It's not pansexuality, though an abrosexual individual may identify as pansexual at some point in their lifetime.

"The term abrosexual comes from the beautiful Greek word 'abro' which means 'delicate' or 'graceful'.

"To refer to the fluid or changing state an abrosexual individual experiences in their sexuality."

While another person shared their experience on Reddit, writing: "Your sexuality changes from time to time. Some people change between only two sexualities, some between many. Example, from lesbian to bisexual to straight to asexual.

"I personally go back and forth between being attracted to generally only men, and also being attracted to women."

Though the term isn't new, awareness about abrosexuality has gained momentum recently, with RuPaul's Drag Race judge Michelle Visage posting the flag for abrosexuality on her Instagram in 2021.

The flag consists of five colors; dark green, light green, white, light pink and dark pink and was reportedly shared by an unknown designer onto Tumblr in 2013, The Standard states.