Saturnic
Attraction to nonbinary people only.
Saturnic describes attraction exclusively to nonbinary people. It is the third word in the set with neptunic and uranic, completing a grouping that treats nonbinary people as a category rather than an addition.
It is the least used of the three, partly because exclusive attraction to nonbinary people is less common than the other two patterns, and partly because the set as a whole is recent.
Like the others it is used by people of any gender, since it describes the direction of attraction rather than the person feeling it.
Saturnic is an orientation, not a preference for a category
Exclusive attraction to nonbinary people is sometimes read as treating them as a type rather than as people, which is a fair concern about behaviour and not about the word.
The word names where attraction goes. What it does not license is treating anyone as an instance of a category, which is a separate failing with its own name.
Saying it well
Say this
- I am saturnic.
- Nonbinary people, and not men or women.
- Saturnic, the third one in that set.
- Neptunic, uranic, saturnic.
Not this
- So you fetishise nonbinary people
- That cannot be a real orientation
- Too specific to be useful
- Just say queer
Questions people actually ask
What does saturnic mean?
Attraction exclusively to nonbinary people.
What are the other two words in the set?
Neptunic, attraction to women and nonbinary people, and uranic, attraction to men and nonbinary people.
Who can be saturnic?
Anyone of any gender, since it describes the direction of attraction.