The word homiesexual gained notoriety on social media. You may be homiesexual if you feel comfortable touching, kissing, hugging, cuddling, connecting in sexual ways with your homies. That said, the term which may be viewed as pejorative by some. In fact, many ads now showcase dream relationships between homies. Nah, we are not here to tell you it is not a valid identity. Hey, go ahead and claim the term homiesexual. If you feel connected to other boy friends, are able to show feelings for your bro, are not afraid to sound gay, feel comfortable posting about your love your homie on a website. Always share your pronouns in conversation and ask a homiesexual person about their preferred pronouns. Remember to never assume someone’s gender based on their sexual or romantic orientation as well as gender expression. That said, there may be cisgender, transgender, non-binary homisexual people who use a variety of pronouns like she/her, they/them, xe/xim, ze/zir, and so on. Homiesexual people are generally cisgender males who use he/him pronouns. The homiesexual flag features pink which represents attraction to women, yellow which stands for attraction to non-binary people, white represents the link between friendship and attraction, red represents love, and blue stands for attraction to your homie. There is only one version of the homiesexual flag available online which features five stripes. There are many ads, compilations, merchandise as well as memes stating “Nah, it aint gay. In 2021 alone a search of #homiesexual gets more than 40 million results on TikTok. For many Gen Z social media users homosexual behavior is not a taboo. To them, being able to develop a close relationship with a friend is not an association of gayness. Young men who are straight no longer feel offended by the term gay. Many link the rise of homiesexual with Gen Z and social media. However, the term was reclaimed and is now actively used in ads on social media. Some used it as a troll term to mock the LGBTQ+ community. It was originally meant as an offensive measure. The term homiesexual originated on Reddit and Discord.
Some homiesexual people may also be heteroflexible. However, they will publicly hug, kiss, or express love in other non sexual ways.Īccording to Urban Dictionary homiesexuality is a sexuality where we homies but it ain't gay cause we’re just homies.Ī New York Times article titled “Everyone Is Gay On TikTok” defines homisexual as a “term to describe straight men who go beyond bromance and display nonsexual signs of physical affection”. Homiesexual men are not generally in sexual relationships with one another or dream of having a sexual encounter with their homie. Homiesexual often refers to young men who can openly show love for a male friend or their homie. A homiesexual person may display gayness in public, even show elements of a relationship with boys, display some elements of behavior that is not typically heteronormative.
Homiesexual often refers to a heterosexual friendship with homosexual erotic elements. The word derived from homie meaning a close friend and sexual referring to sexuality.