Woma-

Woma- is the attraction to women, which may or may not be exclusive. It was created as an alternative to gynesexual and femsexual, and is most often used by nonbinary individuals, but anyone of any gender can identify as woma- attracted.

Alternate Names

 * Woman-

Etymology
Taken directly from "woman," the English word for an adult female person.

Pronunciation
/wuh-mah/

Definitions

 * Attraction to women. This is a term that’s useful to NB folks when they don’t like calling themselves straight or gay. Alternative term for Gyne-/Fem- - pastelmemer, 2016
 * a person who [possibly] is not a woman who is attracted to only women - Trans Teen Survival Guide, 2016

History
Womasexuality was mentioned and used by a number of blogs before the term and flags were officially coined. On April 23 2014, allthegendersallthesexualities posted a glossary of LGBTQ+ terms, mentioning womansexuality as an alternative to gynesexual. On June 14 2014, transgenderteensurvivalguide also mentioned the term as an alternative. It was frequently possed as an alternative to gynesexual, which fell out of popularity mainly due to widespread use by TERFs and concern about potential transphobia of the term.

The first findable coining of woma- was by Tumblr user pastelmemer through pride-color-schemes on July 1 2016. The first woma- term coined on pride-color-schemes was womaromantic, followed by womalterous on the same day and womasensual on April 16 2017. All terms were coined alongside their flags.

Womasexual
Sexual attraction to women, often primarily. Womasexual is the best known woma- term, though its creator is unknown.

Womaromantic
Romantic attraction to women, often primarily. Coiner unknown.

Womalterous
AKA Womaalterous (and womalaterous due to an apparent typo), experiencing alterous attraction to women, often primarily. Coined by pastelmemer.