{"id":1435194,"date":"2025-06-02T21:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T20:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/?p=1435194"},"modified":"2025-06-02T23:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:51:57","slug":"label-fluid-abrosexual-hinge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaytimes.com\/love-sex\/label-fluid-abrosexual-hinge\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s official: New data shows energy and vibes are making most of us a little abrosexual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gay Times delves into the new Hinge D.A.T.E. report and what it tells us about the state of modern swiping…<\/p>\n

WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE<\/strong>
\nHEADER VIA HINGE D.A.T.E REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The people have spoken. Well, 14,000 LGBTQIA+ and heterosexual identifying <\/span>Hinge<\/span><\/a> daters have spoken. And they’ve revealed <\/span>feelings of frustration<\/span><\/a> when it comes to defining who they are in fixed terms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Label fatigue, <\/span>as defined in the report<\/span><\/a>, disproportionately impacts LGBTQIA+ respondents, and is causing an increase in daters exploring a more fluid approach to identity; one that “allows for evolution, curiosity, and connection that doesn\u2019t require a perfect definition first.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What shines through the report is an innate desire to be perceived beyond the limited parameters that labels afford us. To be authentic in their self-expression and do away with performances to attract other people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Notably, 50% of those surveyed (both LGBTQIA+ and heterosexual) felt immense pressure to present as more ‘masc’ or ‘femme’ to attract someone, with 29% of that same group regretting their decisions of not staying true to themselves afterwards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s more, daters are plagued by self-doubt when it comes to dating someone outside the gender expression they’re usually attracted to, and are hesitant to explore the uncharted waters of queer dating.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But as author Charlie Craggs tells Hinge, “…you just might find that breaking those rules by dating someone outside of your usual preference is the best thing you\u2019ve ever done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So there is hope for the overthinkers yet, especially as among all Hinge daters surveyed, 80% of those who experienced unexpected attraction to someone outside their usual gender, or gender expression preferences, were sparked by a person’s energy and vibe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Could all this mean most of us are less rigid in our identities than we realise\u2014and, if so, what is preventing us from exploring our vibe-y desires? Could more of us align with abrosexuality than we realise?<\/span><\/p>\n

What is abrosexuality?<\/span><\/h2>\n

An <\/span>abrosexual person’s sexuality<\/span><\/a> is in a constant state of flux. They may experience bisexuality, then align more with lesbianism, for example, differentiating themselves from pansexual and bisexual identities, which are defined differently again. <\/span><\/p>\n

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