Talk:Ceterosexuality/@comment-37611621-20190723153600/@comment-45142442-20200707215351

imma repost this and i know its late but

"Hi! I know your comment was made quite a while ago, but I figured since nobody replied, I might as well :)

It is controversial because the prefix "scoli-" means "crooked." Another example of a word using this prefix is "scoliosis," which is an abnormal curvature of the spine.

The word "skoliosexual" suggests that non-binary people are "crooked." It roughly translates to "sexual attraction towards crooked people." As a non-binary person, I hate this word, and I think it's ridiculous that anyone every coined it.

"Ceterosexual," on the other hand, is much less offensive. The prefix "ceter-" means "other." In this case, "other" is referring to genders and sexes outside the binary-- "other than male or female." The idea of us being "other" isn't entirely ideal either, but it's much less offensive, and I don't personally have much issue with people using this term."