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My family would typically expect me to be into women. Some people, maybe men. But I really feel nothing for any gender at all. I like the idea of being in love and having a love interest, but the closest I could feel is what I thought was “love” due to feeling pressure around me. Or maybe to concepts or non-gendered people/entities, I don’t know how to describe it.

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[-] dingus@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Have you heard of asexuality? Not the scientific concept, but the sexual orientation.

[-] anthony@lemmings.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Yep, it's the flag on my profile picture! Demiboy and asexual.

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

That's unfortunate, profile avatars are not displayed on my app - Voyager for Lemmy.

[-] anthony@lemmings.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Aww, I'm sorry. It's half demiboy on the left and half asexual on the right

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm glad you've found the words to describe how you feel.

What does it mean to be demiboy? That's a new term for me.

[-] anthony@lemmings.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's like when you feel partially like a boy, but not quite. For me, I feel partially like I know I'm a guy, but a part of me feels like it has no gender at all.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh lol yeah same boat! I couldn't see it!

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