I'm a polysexual, meaning I'm attracted to most, but not all, genders with some preferences. But I can hardly ever find anyone that's the same way... Is anyone else here a polysexual? I feel rather alone about it.

Hello there.
I'm not polysexual, but I'm interested in understanding more about it. I've only spoken to two people who have identified as polysexual so far, and they both had different ideas of what polysexualism involved for them. What is polysexualism to you? :)

I'm sorry, but what's the difference between a polysexual and a bisexual orientation?

So from the two people I've spoken to:
Person A:
Prefers to be known as polysexual because 'bisexual' acknowledges only 2 genders, but polysexuals wish to acknowledge gender as a continuum, with people being able to be anyone in between, and polysexuals love either anyone on any part of the continuum or a wide range within the continuum.
They may dislike the word 'bisexual' because it draws a line between two overly distinct genders and possibly ignores other gender identities.

Person B:
This person's idea of polysexualism was pretty much pansexualism. Sexual attraction to all sorts of people and things.

Another name for what I've heard be called "polysexual" is "multisexual," which makes more sense, I suppose. :) As Saika said, polysexualism and pansexualism are EXTREMELY alike- both acknowledge more genders than just female and male. Personally, the genders I prefer are female, male, and trans*, making me multi. ^^

Ahhkay, that makes more sense, thanks.

why is there more than just a male and a female all of a sudden and another thing ive seen things like this before and it always seems like it just some person trying to be different by making up something to individualize them self's by saying things common and making up a reason why there discriminated about it even though there common with in humans im not saying it to say this is fake but i just wanted to say whats on my mind and not get targeted for it if you disagrees post and give an actual reason why and don't waste every ones time

Remember when grammar was a thing? Obviously not.

Although there is a large tendency towards idiots self diagnosing themselves with obscure orientations and disorders, you still can't undermine the legitimacy of the condition (for lack of a better word) itself. When it comes to things like polysexuality, depression, bipolar disorder, bisexuality etc., the best thing you can do is treat them innocent until proven guilty. If you can see that they are obviously making it up, call them out on it. However, if you have little or not evidence, it's best to assume legitimacy and treat them as so. If you don't do that, you might end up offending a lot of people.

>>7
We've all seen cases like the one you specified, but Gabby has not been talking about any discrimination of any sort or trying to shove her/his individualism in our face.
I think it's a bit rude of you to go off on an accusatory tangent like that.
That said, the concept of gender as a continuum isn't a modern thing. It has been around since humans first started thinking about their own gender identity.

>>5
Alright, I feel like you subscribe more to the first person's definition. Pansexualism means your interests are unlimited. Tables? Totally sexy. That elephant you saw on national geographic? Turned you on.
Anyway, I wanted to address your concerns on feeling alone.
Personally, my sexuality has always been a private thing, and I haven't ever felt the need to congregate with other people and say 'woo, we're all sexually inclined in the same direction, how cool'. I can understand it when minorities (i.e. only attracted to trans homosexual or something) feel the need to find others - because their field of interest is so small they need to do some active fishing to find someone that suits their needs, but from what you said, you can cast your net fairly wide.
This makes it hard for me to understand why you feel alone in not knowing any other polysexuals.
Do you feel the need to validate that your sexuality is real?
That said, there are many communities online for what you are looking for. dollars-bbs might not be the greatest place to start looking. Try tumblr and possibly online forums for lgbtx communities.

>>8 This.

>>8 Amen.
>>9 Saika for president.

are you a girl?