consanguinamory
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Etymology edit
From Latin consanguinitas (“blood-relationship”) + amor (“love”) + -y, coined by activist Cristina Shy.
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Noun edit
consanguinamory (uncountable)
- (neologism, euphemistic) Romantic and/or sexual love between family members; consensual adult incest.
- 2012 September 11, “Hollywood director places incest alongside gay marriage”, in San Diego LGBT Weekly:
- Most US states still have laws against consensual incest (consanguinamory), and in most of them, people do continue to be prosecuted for simply loving each other. Laws against gay sex have been struck down by the Supreme Court. So, gay sex is legal nationwide, consanguinamory isn't.
- 2015 August 17, Endrik Wilhelm, “Lawyer: 'Legalize incest!'”, in Deutsche Welle:
- Consanguinamory (consensual adult incest) is not a crime in the US states of New Jersey and Rhode Island and there has been no problem as a result.
- 2016 August 18, James B., “Mother Willing to go to Jail in Fight For Sexual Relationship With Son”, in The Christian Post:
- "Consanguinamory," is Shy's term for incestuous relationships, which she says should be legalized and recognized as "marriage."
- 2022, Finding Normal: Sex, Love, and Taboo in Our Hyperconnected World, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN:
- Their founders call themselves advocates and use the word "consanguinamory" to name what they argue is a sexual orientation. They're very up-front about their goal. They want to normalize what they call "consensual" incest and even speak as if their plight were the same as that of other groups who have historically been marginalized for their sexual identity. One day they'll have a float at Pride, or at least they deserve one. They write as if they were sexual minorities who need law and culture changes to protect their marginalized desire, and in forums members adapt language from LGBTQ activism: think "consang-positive," "love is love," and "equal rights".
- 2022 February 4, “Incest and Pedophilia Comin’ to Town”, in Family Institute lIlinois:
- Still in the dark fringy margins are the other two groups who, like polyamorists, have their own spanking new euphemistic names. Those who are in sexual relationships with close relatives have renamed incest "consanguinamory."