[Ads-l] heteroflexible (May 1999)

[Emily Gordon]

I searched my own Gmail inbox for the word, curious if it had appeared
anywhere earlier in my many newsletter and magazine subscriptions, but
didn’t see anything earlier than 2005 (the year I signed up for Gmail). I
did land on this post from the online LGBTQ+ magazine “Them” that I think
is worth sharing.

What Does It Mean to Be Heteroflexible?
We asked dating experts and actual heteroflexible people to explain what
the term means to them.
https://www.them.us/story/what-does-it-mean-to-be-heteroflexible


On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 9:05 AM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

>
> Not in the OED.
>
> Rook. “Jumped the Gun re: Cancel Watch.” Usenet: soc.bi, 16 May 1999. [
> https://groups.google.com/g/soc.bi/c/edDWC6b_wIY/m/1u-bmRUN2yMJ ](
> https://groups.google.com/g/soc.bi/c/edDWC6b_wIY/m/1u-bmRUN2yMJ )
>
> "Yes, it's a disgusting state of affairs, and the female bisexuality that
> het society is open too is largely fantasy and has little to do with any bi
> folk. The bi male, by comparison, is simply a traitor to both the het
> patriarchy and the gay patriarchy. Consider media portrayals of
> bisexuality—there are far more portrayals of bi or heteroflexible females
> than bi males, and bi female characters are far more likely to be presented
> sympathetically than bi male characters are."
>
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> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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