Keeping up with trends can be challenging in a world that changes as quickly as today’s. Just when it feels like you finally understand what’s current, something new pops up and reinforces that uneasy sense that you might be aging faster than you’d like.
That feeling can be especially common when it comes to sexual identity and orientation, where new terms and labels are constantly emerging as people search for more accurate ways to describe how they experience attraction.
We’ve previously discussed identities such as “abrosexual” and “graysexual,” but one term that hasn’t been explored until now is “almondsexuality.” It may sound unusual, but it’s described as a newer microlabel intended to help people better define the specific patterns of who they’re attracted to.
According to Wikipedia, almondsexuality refers to experiencing primary attraction to male-aligned and androgynous-aligned genders, with only occasional or minor attraction to female-aligned genders.
It falls under the broader multisexual umbrella, which also includes more widely recognized identities such as bisexuality and pansexuality.
So what makes almondsexuality different from the more familiar labels? As Fandom explains, the distinction comes down to the pattern and intensity of attraction.
People who identify as almondsexual are said to have a clear preference structure: they feel consistent attraction toward masculine and neutral gender presentations, while attraction to feminine presentations occurs less often or with less intensity.
Some people may still prefer broader terms like bisexual or pansexual, while others feel almondsexual more precisely reflects their personal experience of attraction.
If you’ve never heard of almondsexuality, you’re likely not alone. The term has only entered wider online use since 2023, when it was coined by a Tumblr user known as genderstarbucks.
An inverse label also exists: “berrisexual,” which is used to describe primary attraction to feminine and androgynous genders.
Had you heard the term almondsexual before? Share your thoughts in the comments.
