Dd11 told me (in secret) she is Omnisexual

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Just that, 11 year old daughter has revealed she is Omnisexual.

However, rather embarrassingly, I did not know what this is. So I asked her to tell me what that meant and she said she is attracted to both boys, girls and non-genders.

Told her I didn't care who she is attracted too (truly don't), that it makes no difference about my love or pride for her (truly doesn't) and thanked her for telling me (confirmed I was not to talk to anyone, which I haven't)

Having looked it up on Google since, i am still not 100% sure i understand (though I now know Pansexual is often the used term).

I genuinely don't care who or what she is - but I would like to understand more so that I can offer support. Anyone help me out/make it clearer for me?

Also, any pan/Omnisexual people out there, what age did you know? How can i support her best? What do you wish your parents had known but didn't?

TIA.

Isn't it normal for an 11 yo to be attracted to both sexes? Because most of them don't have clear sexual feelings at all, they just like boys and girls .

I know that some childr n are aware of a stong sexual attraction to some children but I think that's a small minority.

As for gender, my teens think it's weird how so many adults are confused between sex and gender. However, the older ones are very aware that that gender is a big and fashionable ideology and they will be bullied and ostracised if they ever speak out against it. So they tend to keep quiet.

But at home they laugh about it and enjoy finding silly new labels online. One found a new one the other day ( I think on buzz feed ) which means they are attracted to geeky kids. So that's what they are this week.

I wager she's confused and this "omnisexual" nonsense is her way of telling you that she's into androgynous boys. Who might identify as
any gender, so she wants to have that covered.
She might actually be bisexual, but statistically, it is more likely she's hetero. Those gender labels aren't about biological sex, they're about identities, so her identifying as omnisexual doesn't have to mean she's actually attracted to both sexes.

Not making it a big thing is a good way of dealing with it.

Hadn't even thought about sleepovers - still trying to understand what it actually is and if it is something I need to consider!

I'd not worry about sleepovers if she has them with other (actually, really, biologically) female children.
What you are worried about in terms of your daughter being alone with boys is not that she might do something unchaste (I assume, because you sound reasonable) but that she might end up pregnant.
So, doesn't really matter whether she's bi, for that.

You may, however, want to give her a talk about contraception. Including a talk about how to have safe lesbian sex. (Talking about actual genitals might also give you a clue as to whether she's actually bi or just hetero and confused)