Trixic
A nonbinary person attracted to women.
Trixic describes a nonbinary person who is attracted to women and feminine people. It exists because lesbian and sapphic both carry an assumption about the speaker's own gender that a nonbinary person may not want to make.
It belongs to a small set of words built for exactly this problem: toric for nonbinary people attracted to men, diamoric for attraction between nonbinary people.
It is not a replacement for lesbian. Plenty of nonbinary people use lesbian and mean it; trixic is for those who do not want the word to carry a claim about their own gender.
The word is also spelled with an x deliberately, marking it as part of this newer set rather than a variation on an older one.
Trixic does not replace lesbian
It is sometimes presented as a correction, as though nonbinary people ought to stop using lesbian. Many nonbinary lesbians would disagree, firmly.
It is an option for people who want to name the direction of attraction without making a claim about their own gender in the same word.
Saying it well
Say this
- I am trixic.
- Nonbinary, attracted to women.
- Trixic rather than lesbian, because of what lesbian assumes.
- Trixic and toric both, as it happens.
Not this
- So you are a lesbian
- Why not just say lesbian
- That is a made-up word
- Nonbinary people cannot be lesbians
Questions people actually ask
What does trixic mean?
A nonbinary person attracted to women and feminine people.
Is trixic the same as lesbian?
No. Lesbian usually carries an assumption about the speaker's gender; trixic does not.
Can nonbinary people be lesbians?
Yes, and many are. Trixic is an option, not a correction.
What is the counterpart of trixic?
Toric, for nonbinary people attracted to men.