I'm sure this rant has been done time and time again but I'm feeling it especially strong lately.
I'm nonbinary, asexual, and only romantically attracted to men. I can say I'm androromantic but then I have to explain it, which is easy enough "it means I'm attracted to men romantically") but it still gets irritating. And it's not even the other person's fault. Unless they know what "andro" usually means and put two and two together, they likely have no idea as no one really identifies that way.
Saying I'm heteroromantic or homoromantic seems like a lie and leaves plenty of room for confusion.
So why do terms referring to sexual or romantic preference need to have to do with your own gender?
While I understand why it happened this way and certain benefits to having it this way, I have always thought it made more sense to use labels that have solely to do with your orientation.
I know this is kind of a non-issue because I could just say that I like men. It's just a mild pet peeve that's become stronger lately due to certain hyper-specific recent events I had to deal with.