#neostr8

[imoga-pride]

would it be alright to use gai and strayt if one is basically nonbinary but prefers to use genderqueer as a label? not sure if that's a generally ok thing to do or if it'd be better to find genderqueer-specific terms or make alternatives using the same definition but with "genderqueer" in place of "nonbinary". Asking because I found that terms through your blog btw

that would be fine for me (but I'm not the coiner). originally, it's defined as "feeling gay/straight in a nonbinary way". in my opinion, anyone can feel they're gay and/or straight "in a nonbinary way", that doesn't specify you're nonbinary. even binary people could feel that way, don't you agree?

many places you can find them being used as "nonbinary version of gay/straight". for example, there's a wiki using strayt as interchangeable synonym of enbyhet. I see there's an overlap between being a straight nonbinary person and being strayt. while some use them in identical ways, nonbinary/binaryn't people can feel their straight attraction in a binary way. or simply being "regular" hetero whose gender is nonbinary.

if a binary het or binary gay said to me they experience their gayness/straightness "in unconventional ways" and feel that strayt/gai resonate with them, I wouldn't worry about it.

but in lack of specific terms, there I would suggest coining something prefixed with neo- (like neopronouns, neoAGAB, neogender, neomale, neofeminine, neocis (neocisgender), etc.). for example, using "neogay", "neogai", "neogae", "neostraight", "neostrayt", "neohetero"/"neohet" would mean being a new type of gay/gai/gae or straight/strayt/het(ero). but that would only be useful if you prefer these instead of simply gai/strayt or gay/str8. quasi- is an alternative

genderqueer is often described as "noncisnormative" gender/identity. so if we use "nonbinary way" as the same thing as "noncisnormative way", that would allow you to be strayt/gai. but that's what I think and could be wrong. I'm just commenting and showing my perspectives/points of view.

also, if you think about "contradictory labels" (lesboy, turigirl, saphboy, mspec lesbian, lesbian trans man, etc), it depends on you if you are open to/accepting of these experiences.