Keeping up with the latest trends in identity and sexual orientation can feel like a full-time job. Just when you think you understand the landscape, a new term emerges—one that highlights just how diverse and fluid human attraction really is.
Enter almondsexuality—a relatively new microlabel designed to help people define their experiences of attraction more precisely. While it might sound unusual at first, it’s gaining attention as more individuals discover a label that truly fits their feelings.
So, what does almondsexuality mean? According to Wikipedia, people who identify as almondsexual experience primary attraction to male-aligned and androgynous-aligned genders, while having only occasional or minor attraction to female-aligned genders. In other words, it’s less about a strict yes-or-no and more about patterns and intensity of attraction.
Almondsexuality falls under the broader multisexual umbrella, alongside identities like bisexuality, pansexuality, and graysexuality. What makes it unique is its specificity: individuals feel consistent attraction to masculine and neutral-presenting people, but attraction to feminine-presenting individuals is rarer or less intense. For some, existing labels like bisexual or pansexual don’t fully capture this pattern—almondsexuality fills that gap.
The term was coined in 2023 by a Tumblr user known as genderstarbucks, showing how online communities continue to shape and expand the language we use to describe attraction. Its “inverse,” called berrisexuality, describes primary attraction to feminine and androgynous genders instead.
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