Ace/Aro Spectrum Masterlist of , identities, etc.

Asexuality

A sexual orientation in which an individual does not experience sexual attraction

Aromanticism

A romantic orientation in which an individual doesn’t experience romantic attraction

Gray-Ace/Gray-Aro

A term used to describe an invidividual that experiences sexual or romantic attraction but only under specific circumstances or at fleeting or negligible degrees

Demisexual/Demiromantic

A term used to describe someone who experiences sexual or romantic attraction but only after a strong emotional bond is formed.

Fraysexual/Frayromantic

A term used to describe someone who experiences sexual or romantic attraction to those they don’t have a close bond with, but after forming said bond the attraction fades or “frays” away.

This is sometimes considered the opposite of ‘Demisexual’.

Cupiosexual/Cupioromantic

A term used to describe someone who is asexual/aromantic but desired a sexual/romantic relationship with someone. This can be paired with any form of attraction descriptor (i.e. pan, bi, homo, hetero, etc.)

Aceflux/Aroflux

A term to describe someone whose sexual or romantic orientation fluctuates within the asexual spectrum. Someone who is aceflux might feel more asexual one day and more demisexual the next. Some individuals might also feel allosexual at times. This can be paired with any form of attraction descriptor (i.e. pan, bi, homo, hetero, etc.)

note: there are multiple variations of the flag used for these identities

Acespike/Arospike

A term used to describe an individual who usually doesn’t feel sexual or romantic attraction, but occasionally will have a sudden and intense spike in attraction, before returning to a state of having none. This can be paired with other identifiers (i.e. pan, bi, homo, hetero, etc.)

note: there are multiple variations of flags that can be used for these identities.

Triple-A

A term used to describe someone who is asexual, aromantic, and agender.

note: there are multiple flags used for this identity

Card Suits

Used as an extra identifier for ace-spectrum identities. One for each suit of cards.

Ace of Hearts:

Romantic Asexuals

Ace of Spades:

Aromantic Asexuals

Ace of Clubs:

Gray-Ace/Gray-Aro

Ace of Diamonds:

Demisexual/Demiromantics

Types of Attraction

There are many different types of attraction. These are defined below as follows:

Sexual attraction:

The want or desire to have sexual with another person; the desire to share sexuality

Romantic attraction:

The want or desire to have romantic with another person; the desire to share romanticism

Sensual attraction:

The desire to have non-sexual with someone (I.e. cuddling, holding hands, etc.)

The definition of non-sexual varies from person to person

Aesthetic attraction:

Attraction to someone’s appearance without it being sexual or romantic in nature.

Resources

Campus Pride

AVEN