Unisexual?

[calgaryshyguy34]

It seems there's so many "labels" that get attached to sexuality. I don't really like to label anyone or myself for that matter. But for interest sake. I'd like to hear opinions on what kind of label I would have based on my sexual preferences.
I like genetic ladies. I LOVE Transexual ladies. I like sex with guys. I pretty much will have sex with any "type" of person.
So what do you folks think? Would I be labeled as a Unisexual or what would be the proper term for someone with my sexual preferences?

[iriasky]

Maybe multisexual? I think uni means one, if I'm not mistaken.

[calgaryshyguy34]

Originally Posted by iriasky

Maybe multisexual? I think uni means one, if I'm not mistaken.

That makes sense.
Is there anyone else here that shares my sexual preferences? What would you label yourself as?

[The Conquistador]

The term that you are probably thinking of is "pansexual"...

[oskar]

I don`t agree with iriasky.

I would call you bisexual, because there exist only two types of sex, female and male. A Transsexual belongs either to the one or the other concerning the sexual characteristics but mentally to the opposite. So there isn`t a third kind of sex.
I love sex with genetic women as well as with TS. I too like femboys but I can`t imagine having sex with men.

[smc]

Originally Posted by calgaryshyguy34

It seems there's so many "labels" that get attached to sexuality. I don't really like to label anyone or myself for that matter. But for interest sake. I'd like to hear opinions on what kind of label I would have based on my sexual preferences.
I like genetic ladies. I LOVE Transexual ladies. I like sex with guys. I pretty much will have sex with any "type" of person.
So what do you folks think? Would I be labeled as a Unisexual or what would be the proper term for someone with my sexual preferences?

I really would like to know: if you "don't really like to label anyone" or yourself, what is the interest in knowing what kind of label others would give you?

Unisexual, pansexual, bisexual, omnisexual, homosexual, asexual, heterosexual ... even the labels that seem the broadest, that seem to encompass the most, are limiting, because they provide ourselves and others with an excuse not to explore the genuine meaning of our sexuality.

So, I ask again, with genuine interest: why do you care what label someone else would give to you?

[franalexes]

Just don't call me late for dinner.

[smc]

Originally Posted by franalexes

Just don't call me late for dinner.

Well, while I might be busy over-intellectualizing, Fran always cuts right to the core. That's a big part of why she's so special.

[agedwards63]

Oh there are too many labels in the community anyway, why add another?

[shadows]

Originally Posted by franalexes

Just don't call me late for dinner.

What would you like to have for dinner?

After having been a member of this forum for several months, I can only come to one conclusion: we seem to be quite a diverse community that defies labeling of any kind! Maybe one day society will drop this silly “requirement” that everything neatly “fit” into one category or another. I know how much I hate being “categorized” in any way! Reading this thread, there have been several terms put forth that are interesting and worth considering--perhaps most intriguing is the Angry Postman’s suggestion of “Pansexual.” I must admit, I don’t really know what the term means but I would like to explore it further. Of course, anything that helps to promote greater acceptance of the LGBT community is something I am for. Anything that helps to educate and promote understanding is progress.

One issue I have not seen discussed is the American Psychological Association’s DSM-IV classification of “Gender Identity Disorder.” As many of you know this is the “manual” used by Psychologists and Psychiatrists to make a clinical diagnosis. It was last updated in the mid-1990’s (again in 2000) and is undergoing “revision” to DSM-V with an expected final publication date of 2014. There are those that think that “GID” should either be dropped from DSM-V entirely, or those that think that it should be retained but with significant changes--focusing on the distress of the individual, NOT gender orientation. The following comes from www.psychiatryonline.org:

Darryl Hill, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychology at Concordia University in Montreal, cited the lack of any scientific reliability or validity studies supporting the GID diagnostic criteria listed in DSM-IV as part of his argument for removing the diagnosis from the manual of mental disorders.

In fact, he insisted, GID is not a mental disorder at all. More than anything else, the criteria described reflect “the distress often experienced by parents” who have become “preoccupied with the negative aspects” of their son’s or daughter’s behavior as the child struggles to make sense of gender-related feelings, Hill maintained.

“Parents may inadvertently create” a problem in their children, he said, because they cannot come to grips with a child who does not easily fit into society’s approved gender roles and expectations.

“Psychoeducational approaches” directed at parents would do their children much more good than bringing them to therapy for a phantom disorder, Hill stressed. He urged a “parent-centered approach” to psychoeducation that encourages parents to accept their children “just the way they are,” even if the parents’ inclination is to try to have the children’s feelings and behaviors somehow shifted back to the mainstream. Educational programs need to concentrate on teaching parents ways to help them and in turn their children understand that children may be comfortable in “nonstereotypical” gender roles, but they are not “sick.”

Katherine Wilson, Ph.D., a founder of the San Diego-based organization GID Reform Advocates and former outreach director of the Gender Identity Center of Colorado, disagrees with Hill on the value of a diagnosis based on gender identity. She insisted that it should remain in DSM, but not as a disorder.

Wilson believes that to reduce stigma, what’s now labeled GID should be replaced with a diagnosis “unambiguously defined by distress” rather than by “gender nonconformity.” She took issue with the notion inherent in a psychiatric diagnosis of GID that cross-gender identity itself is not a legitimate mental and behavioral framework for some individuals, but rather a “perversion or defective development.”

Wilson said that DSM fails to acknowledge that “many healthy, well-adjusted transsexual people exist” or to distinguish between such individuals and those who would benefit from a medical treatment.

She would like to see GID replaced with a term such as gender dysphoria, which would describe someone who is persistently distressed with his or her physical sex characteristics or with the limiting gender-based roles that society often imposes on men and women.

The current diagnosis, Wilson said, “poorly serves transgender and especially transitioning individuals,” because it “contradicts the treatment goals for transsexuals who require sex-reassignment procedures.”

A diagnosis based on dysphoria rather than evidence of “strong and persistent cross-gender identification” would be an important element in the long process leading up to sex-reassignment surgery, she added. It should also “exclude consequences of societal prejudice or intolerance” that are labeled as “symptomatic of mental illness,” Wilson stated.

“Just as DSM reform reduced stigma surrounding same-sex orientation 30 years ago, reform of the gender identity disorder diagnosis holds similar promise today.” she said.

There are still those in the medical community who oppose removal or revision, most notably Dr. Robert Spitzer who chaired the DSM-III workgroup and Dr. Julian Fink, former APA president. Last May there was an organized protest in San Francisco as the APA met to consider determine how transgender people will be categorized in the next version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Metal Disorder (DSM-V). Here is a link to the site.

Disclaimer: I’m not a “real” doctor but I play one on TV… LOL! I have however discussed this issue with some of my colleagues in our Psych department and the consensus is that “GID” should be dropped entirely or significantly revised--a position I am in agreement with.

[CCC]

Well logically there are GG's--MM's--and TS's--any others??

So if you like all three then you must be TRI-SEXUAL.
Now if you only like GG's and TS's-then you are BI-SEXUAL -- aren't you?
So how come only GG's are referred to as BI-SEXUAL?
I like GG's and love TS's and have done one MM so does that make me TR-SEXUAL or BI-SEXUAL or just a horny dirty old man??

[shadows]

Who am I? What can I be called?

My name is Tom and I am a guy that loves women. Period. Nothing else matters, really.

[CCC]

Originally Posted by shadows

Who am I? What can I be called?

My name is Tom and I am a guy that loves women. Period. Nothing else matters, really.

BORING ????

Loosen up-spread the love LOL

[shadows]

Originally Posted by CCC

BORING ????

Loosen up-spread the love LOL

I don't think of myself as boring, and I really don't need to loosen up. It was just my opinion, as we all have.

[merelypink]

pansexual is the term!!

[CCC]

From a Yahoo site 3 years ago:

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters
Bisexuals are attracted to both males and females. Pansexuals are attracted to males, females, genderqueers, transsexuals, transgendered people, drag queens, drag kings, all of the above and everything in between. Gender is the very last thing we see when looking for a partner.


3 years ago

Can you think of anything that isn't covered????

I'll stay with Bi-Sexual--2=BI-females and T-gurls and not in that order.

[ZincDink]

"Unisexual" means that you can get yourself pregnant/reproduce. Gary?

Im a Universal Multisexual! I love sex with pretty much every type of person

[Kylieam1]

Hey calgary i am into everything like yourself i consider my self pansexual

[connie]

Like yourself, I find so many things and so many people sexually arousing, that I don't think people have a name for it. I have always just covered it with the umbrella of sexual. When people ask if I am gay, or bi, or just confused, or in extreme case, perverted, I tell them I am just sexual, I like sex, I am oriented on sex. This probably did not help, but there are a lot of us out here, so at least take heart in that.

[jimnaseum]

For me, Wendy O. Williams had some real Balls and should rate an honorary place here, in my humble opinion.