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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Discussions:

Not moved, 6 March 2024, to Sex roles in sex between men, see discussion.
Moved, 8 December 2024, from Gay sex roles to Top, bottom, and versatile, see discussion.

Requested move 8 December 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Uncontested RM (closed by non-admin page mover) ❯❯❯ Raydann ^(Talk) 18:53, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gay sex roles → Top, bottom, and versatile – This article was moved from Top, bottom and versatile in 2022 by another editor without discussion. As the previous RM has shown, the current title is not ideal, and the proposed title in that RM was also imprecise, since these roles can also apply to heterosexual or lesbian couples as per the sources in the article, so I suggest moving the article back to the original title. Alternatively a merge with Top, bottom, switch since a lot of the topic really has an overlap and I think could be explained in one article could also still be a viable option, which just needs to explain that sometimes the terms are used purely as a sexual position, and sometimes in more of a BDSM context, noting we do have Dominance and submission that goes into more detail about that as well already. Raladic (talk) 16:22, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Sexology and sexuality and WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies have been notified of this discussion. Raladic (talk) 16:27, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support because of the very obvious and careless omission of lesbians in this title. If it's only returning it to the status quo, that's still better than leaving it here. A merge can be discussed in a different discussion. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 19:07, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy rename per above. Or make at least add Oxford comma, based in Top, bottom, switch. LIrala (talk) 00:12, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the old title was better and the move was undiscussed. I also support adding an Oxford comma. Crossroads ^-talk- 22:03, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Amended move request adding the Oxford comma based on your and @LIrala's suggestion. Raladic (talk) 22:15, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support there are pansexuals, bisexuals, heteroflexible and hetereosexuals engaging in these roles --Beneutral100 (talk) 12:14, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Oral

Bottoming refers to anal sex only HJKSI (talk) 20:50, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]