Torstellic

Torstellic is a term from the stellate orientation system referring to an attraction to miaspec (male/man/boy, partially male/man/boy or male/man/boy-aligned) and/or mingender (masculine in nature) genders. This may also include fluid and fluctuating genders that sometimes align with these identities, or genders that partially align with these identities, such as some multigenders.

One may or may not experience torstellic attraction exclusively (one may or may not experience attraction to genders other than the ones the term refers to). It does not inherently indicate that one's orientation is static or involves any form of preference, and does not describe any information about one's own gender - simply that one experiences an attraction to miaspec and/or mingender genders in some form.

A similar term is teric. The only difference is that torstellic emphasises the attraction to any miaspec and/or mingender genders, whereas teric refers to the attraction to men and/or masculine-aligned individuals.

Usage
Torstellic may be used to refer to any type of attraction. This includes (but is not limited to): any split attractions, angled or oriented a-spec identities, and fluid or fluctuating attractions. It may be used as an adjective to describe an aspect of one's attraction, or as an identity - whether combined with other identities or used on its own. It may also be used as a general term, encompassing anyone who experiences, or any identities that involve, an attraction to miaspec and/or mingender genders.

Torstellic may be seen as a non-exclusive counterpart to terms such as minsexual, androsexual, solaric, masexual, mascusexual and mascsexual, and includes heterosexual women (identifying with terms from the stellate orientation system does not inherently make one LGBTQIA2+ or queer since - for example - heterosexual women, by definition, may experience non-queer attraction to miaspec and/or mingender people).

Miastellic
Miastellic is a subset of torstellic, referring to an attraction to miaspec (male/man/boy, partially male/man/boy or male/man/boy-aligned) genders. One may or may not also identify with torstellic, minstellic and/or other -stellic terms.

Minstellic
Minstellic is a subset of torstellic, referring to an attraction to mingender (masculine in nature) genders. One may or may not also identify with torstellic, miastellic and/or other -stellic terms.

History
The terms torstellic, miastellic and minstellic were coined by FANDOM user Contie, 21st June 2021 - 24th June 2021, along with the other terms in the stellate orientation system; the original source for these terms is the LGBTA wiki page: Stellate Orientation System.

Flags
The torstellic, miastellic and minstellic flags were created by FANDOM user Contie, 25th June 2021.


 * For the torstellic flag, blue represents miaspec genders, purple represents mingender genders, and yellow and green represent the wide range of non-binary genders that may be male or masculine-aligned in some form.
 * For the miastellic flag: blue represents miaspec genders, purple represents male/man/boy-aligned genders and white represents multigender, fluid and fluctuating identities that may include maleness in some form.
 * For the minstellic flag: purple and blue represent masculine and masculine-aligned genders, and white represents multigender, fluid and fluctuating identities that may include masculinity in some form.