Bambi-Sexuality

Bambi-sexuality is a preference for physical interaction centered around touching, kissing, and other sensual acts over sex. The term is often used by asexuals, but anyone--asexual or not--may use it, and not all asexuals identify with bambi-sexuality. The most well-known form of bambi-sexuality is bambi lesbians.

Alternate Names

 * Bambisexual

Etymology
Likely based on the Disney character Bambi, a young deer.

Pronunciation
/baam-bee-seck-shoo-ah-lit-ee/

Definitions

 * Physical interaction centered more about touching, kissing, and caressing than around genital sexuality. - The Alyson Almanac, 1990

History
Bambi-sexuality's first recorded mention is in the second edition of The Alyson Almanac, a publication documenting queer community terms. However, it was almost definitely circulating in the gay and lesbian community prior to this publication. It is unclear when and if it was combined with other sexuality terms.

Bambi-sexuality was re-popularized around 2018 following a Tumblr post by user nonbinarysapphic alleging the existence of bambi lesbians in the 1980s lesbian community. While this couldn't be verified as an 80s identity, bambi-sexuality could, and it is likely that bambi lesbians did exist to some degree. Bambi-sexuality labels for other identities have since been developed, such as bambi gay.

Mellow-oriented, a term often considered to be a form of bambi-sexuality, was coined December 2018.

Subsets

 * Bambi lesbian
 * Bambi gay
 * Squirrel bi