Queer Platonic Relationships

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₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ - Hi everyone! It's Azumi

       with this week's #takeover!

In this blog I'll be talking about :

𝗤ueer 𝗣latonic 𝗥elationships.

Let's get right into it !

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Queer platonic relationships can also

be called various other names, such as :

♡ Quasiplatonic relationship

♡ QPR

♡ Quirkyplatonic relationship

♡ Qplatonic relationship

What are they?

Queer Platonic Relationships are very close

but non-sexual and non-romantic

relationships that are also beyond just a

normal friendship. They consist of

emotional commitment, prioritization etc.

such as seen in romantic relationships.

They are an alternative to the assumption

that everyone wants a romantic and / or

sexual relationship. It involves more than

just simple friendship or romance, it's like

you found your soulmate.

People can enter QPR no matter the gender

or sexuality, but it's more common for a-spec

people. It can also be used by asexual and

aromantic people to describe their

relationships with their significant other

instead of using a word which implies

sexual or romantic connection.

How do they work?

For some people it's a way to fulfill a desire

for emotional intimacy without invalidating

their aromantic experiences by society.

Intimacy varies in every QPR and should

always be decided by the people involved.

Just because it's a platonic relationship, it

doesn't mean that no kind of intimacy is

allowed. They might share platonic intimacy

such as getting married, having a family,

living together and everything couples in

romantic relationships do.

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The term "Queerplatonic relationship" was

first used on December 24, 2010, from an

online thread named Kaz’s Scribblings.

During the year and especially 2011 it

started to gain more popularity among

other online s.

Then in the spring of 2014 another term

was made for people who didn't feel

comfortable with using with the word queer.

Which would be "Guasiplatonic relationship".

Flag:

This is the most commonly used queerplatonic

flag. It has a colour scheme of pink, yellow,

and grey with a yellow heart in the middle.

Pink: symbolises romantic attraction

Yellow: stands for platonic connections

Grey: symbolises everyone in the a-spectrum

Alternative Flag:

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Zucchini

Zucchini is a term used to describe your

significant other in a QPR. It started as a

joke in the a-spec community, saying you

could call each other anything, including "

zucchini" and it kinda just stuck for around.

Squish / Plush

Squish is defined as a platonic, or aromantic,

crush. It was developed by the a-spec

communities to create a term for non-romantic

and non-sexual feelings of attraction. It also

stands for the fact that love doesn't necessarily

have to be tied to romance or sexual attraction.

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There are many signs you might be in a queer

platonic relationship, here are some of them :

𖧷 You love spending time with them

You get very excited when you can spend

time with them and you are constantly

around each other without it being annoying.

𖧷 Deep understanding

You have an emotional bound like you've

never experienced with any other friend

before. It's like they get you and you can

talk for hours.

𖧷 You get butterflies

When they text or call you you smile and

it makes you happy, like when you're having

a crush on someone.

𖧷 They're your number one

They're the first person you inform about

major events happening in your life or just

things that you want to share with them

because they make you happy or remind

you of them.

𖧷 Strong attraction

Your attraction is too strong to be just

friends, maybe it's something you can't

explain with other people and you can't

believe it exists.

𖧷 You get jealous

Maybe you can feel a bit jealous when

someone else is involved when you spend

time together or they spend time with

another person alone. It's like you want

them all for yourself.

𖧷 Everyone thinks you're a couple

Everyone assumes there is something

going on between you two, maybe that

you're secretly dating or crushing on

each other.

𖧷 You feel like you found your soulmate

Meeting your partner in a QPR is often

described with meeting your soulmate.

Like you're complete with them around you.

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