Pomosexual

Pomosexual

Pomosexual, or undefined sexual orientation [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6483/is_/ai_n25780965 BNET: Hot buttons election] ] [ [http://www.familyaction.org/print.php?filename=Articles/issues/family/marriage/05-06-06-armbruster%20letter.htm Canadian Family action] ] [ [http://www.mtsusidelines.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticleComments&ustory_id=44657f55-0664-4c65-8060-16190e3f6f27 SIDELINES: Metro should ignore protests; pass law] ] [ [http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/gravelqueen.html Review of AfterEllen: "Gravel Queen" by Tea Benduhn] ] , is a neologism used to describe a person who shuns sexual orientation labels (such as heterosexual and homosexual), and in turn chooses not to label oneself with a sexual orientation. [ [http://www.wordspy.com/words/pomosexual.asp Word Spy: Pomosexual] ]

Etymology

Pomosexuality is formed by adding the prefix "pomo-" (shorthand for "postmodern") to the adjective "-sexual", and is used in reference to oneself as a protest against such labels.cite web|last=Mallik|first=Chetan|title=Now, say hello to the pomosexual!|publisher=The Times of India|date=2004-01-24|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/442642.cms|accessdate = 2007-04-13]

Origin

Sex-positive activist writers and editors Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel popularized the term by using it as the title of an anthology of essays published in 1997. In it, they describe pomosexuality as the "erotic reality beyond the boundaries of gender, separatism, and essentialist notions of sexual orientation." In the introduction, they state,

ee also

* Bisexuality
* Non-heterosexual
* Pansexuality
* Metrosexual

References

* Preface by Kate Bornstein.

*cite journal |last =Ailles |first =Jennifer L. |title =Pomosexual Play: Going Beyond the Binaristic Limits of Gender? |journal=Journal of Bisexuality |volume=23 |issue =3/4 |pages = 71–86 |date=2004 |publisher=Haworth Press (Binghamton, New York)|url=http://www.haworthpress.com/store/toc/J159v03n03_TOC.pdf?sid=6D90SDTJXR3Q8H62X824Q1Q593V25T35& |accessdate = 2008-04-20

*cite web |url=http://www.utne.com/1998-09-01/pomosexual-pioneer.aspx |title=PoMosexual Pioneer |publisher=Utne Reader |first=Katherine |last=Raymond |date=1998 |accessdate = 2008-04-20 Issue: September/October 1998

*cite news |url=http://ubyssey.bc.ca/2008/02/08/pride-and-pomosexuality/ |title=Pride and Pomosexuality |publisher=The Ubyssey |first= |last= |date=2008 |accessdate = 2008-04-20 Issue: 8 February 2008. University of British Columbia student newspaper.

External links

* [http://www.wordspy.com/words/pomosexual.asp Word Spy entry for "pomosexual"]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/fashion/22METR.html?ex=1371614400&en=7f4a595e0f27dd6d&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND NY Times]
* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-111718141.html The Independent]
* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20108709_ITM Asia Africa Intellegience Wire]
* [http://archivio.panorama.it/societa/articolo/idA020001033740.art Panoram (Italian)]
* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0D684293DFB73&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Sacramento Bee]
* [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/220475/1/.html Channel News Asia]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1232407,prtpage-1.cms Times of India]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E6DF1E38F937A35754C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon= NY Times]


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