Heteroflexible Is The Highest Growing Orientation On Feeld. It's Not Without Its Critics.

"People aren’t forcing themselves into boxes that don’t quite work anymore."

Lifestyle Reporter, HuffPost

If you asked dating app and content creator Terry Rhea what his sexual orientation is, he’d say he’s “heteroflexible”.

If you responded quizzically – what’s that? – he’d gladly go into detail about what the word means to him.

“To me, heteroflexible means that under the right circumstances – the right place, time, person and environment – I would potentially have fun with someone of the same sex,” Rhea told HuffPost.

“I view sex as something pleasurable, intimate and connecting. It’s supposed to be fun,” he said. “As long as everyone has been tested, boundaries are established, and all parties are consenting adults, I see no issue with that.”

The “mostly straight” messaging of “heteroflexible” works for him in a way that “bisexual” doesn’t.

“Bisexual, to me, means you are romantically attracted to and would date or marry either sex,” he said. “Heteroflexible means you are primarily attracted to the opposite sex, but under the right conditions, you’d be open to same-sex experiences – for me, it’s strictly for fun, nothing more.”

He’s not alone in embracing the label. In its recent annual data deep dive, Feeld – a dating app that brands itself “for open-minded individuals” – found that heteroflexible is the fastest-growing sexuality on the platform. The number of people choosing the label increased by 193% over the past year.

Rhea isn’t the least surprised.

“We have more nuanced terminology to describe the full spectrum of sexual identity these days,” he said. “People aren’t forcing themselves into boxes that don’t quite work anymore.”

But how does “heteroflexible” differ from all the other terms that are already out there: bi-curious, bisexual and........

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