epochryphal

Not Everyone…

[so incredibly in progress; this is just a first draft; input welcome]

Not everyone has a sexual orientation, and there’s far more than hetero-, homo-, bi-, pan-, queer, a-, demi-, grey-a-, grey-, semi-, hypo-, sapio-, …

Not everyone has a romantic orientation, and there’s far more than hetero-, homo-, bi-, pan-, queer, a-, demi-, grey-a, grey-, wtf-, lith-, …

Not everyone has a gender identity, much less a binary one, and there’s far more than man, woman, genderqueer, non-binary, gender-fluid, androgyne, bigender, pangender, omnigender, third gender, agender, neutrois, genderless, two spirit (which is a specifically cultural and intricate identity and should not be claimed lightly), …

Not everyone’s gender identity aligns with their body/sex identity, post-/pre-/non-op or -ho are not always useful terms, and there are far more identities than male-bodied, female-bodied, intersex (which is based on a certain lived experience and should not be claimed lightly), neutrois, androgynous, FTX, MTWTF, …

Not everyone’s body has all the parts you think it might!  There are many possible configurations, with or without medical intervention, and many possible namings.

Not everyone has a gender presentation, and there’s far more than masculine, feminine, butch, femme, androgynous, neutral, soft butch, high femme, soft, …

Not everyone has a preferred pronoun, some people have more than one, some may find certain ones triggering; and there’s far more than he/him/his/his/himself, she/her/hers/hers/herself, they/them/their/theirs/themself, ze/zir/zirs/zirs/zirself, xie/hir/hir/hirs/hirself, ve/vim/vir/virs/virself, ne/nim/nir/nirs/nirself, co/co/cos/cos/coself, en/en/ens/ens/enself, yo/yo/yos/yos/yoself, ey/em/eir/eirs/eirself, it/it/its/its/itself, …

(LGBTQQIAA, GSM, and QUILT BA(N)GPIPE each are still incomplete and have their own issues)

Not everyone has a relationship orientation, and there’s far more than monogamous, non-monogamous, polyamorous, open, relationship anarchist, …

(Risk-Aware Consensual Kink is the best guideline for kinkiness, and fantasy != reality so non-con kinks are also okay, not all kink is about powerplay or about pain or the BDSM letters, not all kink is sexual, …)

Not everyone identifies as human; see otherkin, therian, fictionkin, …

Not everyone identifies as one person, and it can be far more complicated than that; see multiples, medians, plurality in general, …

Not everyone has a religion or theology or spirituality; horoscopes and energies and such are okay too; and there’s far more (with many internal variations) than Christianity (Catholicism, Protestantism, Mormonism, …), Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Shintoism, Baha’i, Paganism, Unitarian Universalism, Atheism, Agnosticism, …

Not everyone is able-bodied, nor is that a holistic description as there are many axes, some of them visible or not, including visual or hearing or mobility impairment, colorblindness, chronic illness, dyslexia or dyscalculia, …

Not everyone is a citizen or documented, or belongs to one and only one country, …

Not everyone is a native English speaker, or fluent in English, …

Not everyone is of only one ethnicity, mixed folks exist, …