The «heteroflexibility«emerged as one of the most relevant sexuality options on platforms and apps de citas. The term describes people who define themselves as heterosexual, but who admit a potential attraction towards people of his same gender.
The concept functions as a «sister» term to the «homoflexibility«. In that case, the person has a main attraction towards their own sex, although they maintain an openness towards the opposite sex in specific circumstances.
The dating app Feeld did not reveal the number of registered users on its platform, but assured that during 2025 there was a 200 percent increase of people who identified themselves as «homoflexible.»
«Heteroflexibility» emerged as one of the most relevant sexuality options on dating platforms and apps. Illustrative photo: Shutterstock.Of the heteroflexible, two thirds are «Millennials»that is, people born between the early 1980s and 1996, and on 18 percent are from the «Generation Z«, people born between 1997 and 2012).
«The explosive growth of heteroflexibility suggests that curiosity is becoming culturally acceptableespecially among younger users,» said Dr. Luke Brunning, a professor at the University of Leeds specializing in the philosophy of love, sex and relationships.
The range of this identity is wide and varied. It ranges from people who do not rule out an occasional encounter with someone of the same sex, to those who have an orientation whose closeness to bisexuality It’s obvious.
The term describes people who define themselves as heterosexual, but who admit a potential attraction to people of the same gender. Illustrative photo: Pexels.The user community reports various reasons for choosing this classification. Some users are comfortable with same-sex encounters if they occur in a group contextbut they do not want to explore them individually.
Other users use the label to express a sexual interest in the same gender that lacks a romantic component. There is also a group that uses the term to describe their attraction to non-binary peoplewithout this changing its heterosexual base.
The phenomenon of «heteroflexibility»: a growing trend?
The change towards this identity is notable among the men within the applications. Last year, the rate of men who transitioned from «straight» to «heteroflexible» was a 17 percenta figure that exceeded the 9 percent recorded in women under the same change.
It ranges from people who do not rule out an occasional encounter with someone of the same sex, to those who have an orientation whose proximity to bisexuality is evident. Illustrative photo: Shutterstock.The choice of this term may arise from fear of biphobia or prejudice against bisexuality. Many cisgender men avoid the label bisexual due to the social stigma or discrimination that persists in today’s society.
«For some, any flexibility is a deviation from the heterosexual standard and will be judged negatively; especially for men who experience extensive erasure of bisexuality,» Dr. Brunning explained.
The debate about the validity of this trend is intense in the community LGBTQ. Some critics see heteroflexibility as a form of «bisexual erasure,» while others see it as an honest way to not own one’s bisexual identity if the attraction is only situational.
