Asexual
(also: ace)
Table of Contents
General Information
Somoene who is asexual experiences little to no sexual attraction to other people.
Asexual Flag
The black stripe in the asexual flag represents asexuality.
The grey stripe in the asexual flag represents graysexuality.
The white stripe in the asexual flag represents demisexuality.
The purple stripe in the asexual flag represents the importance of community and solidarity among asexual people.
Demisexual
Someone who is demisexual only experiences sexual attraction to somoene after first experiencing strong emotional connection and/or romantic or platonic attraction (or at least getting to know them first in a positive way).
Demisexual Flag
The black triangle on demisexual flag represents the asexual community and the asexual spectrum.
The white stripe in the demisexual flag represents sexuality.
The purple stripe in the demisexual flag represents community.
The gray stripe in the demisexual flag represents gray asexuality and the gray-ace community.
Graysexual
Experiencing sexual attraction very rarely and/or with low intensity.
External Links
The following links have been provided for entertainment, education, or further reading to encourage seeking out additional information. None of these links are sponsored, nor endorsed. The inclusion of an article/video/etc is not complete approval for its contents. The thoughts/views/opinions/etc of everything included below do not inherently represent those of The Transgender Dictionary.
Demisexual Resources
- Asexual Agenda: queenieofaces: 01/24/2013: Visualizing demisexuality (https://asexualagenda.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/visualizing-demisexuality/)
- Cleveland Clinic: 04/11/2022: Demisexuality (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22678-demisexuality)
- Critique of Popular Reason: 05/08/2013: The development of gray asexuality and demisexuality as identity terms (https://pianycist.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/the-development-of-gray-asexuality-and-demisexuality-as-identity-terms/)
- demisexuality.org (https://demisexuality.org/)
- Demisexuality.org - What is demisexuality? (https://demisexuality.org/articles/what-is-demisexuality/)
- Dictionary - Demisexual (https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/demisexual/)
- Entity Mag: Elena Ender: 06/21/2017: What the Demisexual Flag Really Represents (https://www.entitymag.com/demisexual-flag-meaning/)
- Good Good Good: Kamrin Baker: 01/04/2024: What Is the Demisexual Pride Flag & What Does It Mean? (https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/demisexual-pride-flag)
- Good Men Project: Olivia Davis: 08/08/2012: In Defense of Demisexuality (https://goodmenproject.com/gender-fight/in-defense-of-demisexuality/)
- Healthline: E. Mimi Arquilla, DO & Sian Ferguson: 12/19/2023: What Is Demisexuality? (https://www.healthline.com/health/demisexual)
- LGBTQIA - Fandom - Wiki - Demisexual (https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Demisexual)
- LGBTQIA - Wiki - Demiromantic (https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Demiromantic)
- LGBTQ Nation: 06/30/2022: All about the demisexual flag (https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/all-about-the-demisexual-flag/)
- Next Step: Cake: Sennkestra: 05/10/2014: Categories are Complicated, or: What Tomatoes have to tell us about Demisexuality (https://nextstepcake.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/categories-are-complicate-or-what-tomatoes-have-to-tell-us-about-demisexuality/) - essay/article regarding how demisexual can be considered more of a descriptor for the nature of sexual attraction rather than a sexuality on its own
- Orientation - Fandom - Wiki - Demisexual (https://orientation.fandom.com/wiki/Demisexual)
- Queer Books for Teens - Demisexual (https://queerbooksforteens.com/find-books/?fwp_orientation=demisexual) - list of books with demisexual characters
- Queerdom - Fandom - Wiki - Demisexual (https://queerdom.fandom.com/wiki/Demisexual)
- Trans Language Primer - Demisexual (https://translanguageprimer.com/demisexual/)
- VeryWellMind: Wendy Rose Gould & Ivy Kwong, LMFT: 12/03/2023: How to Know If You're Demisexual (https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-demisexual-5082519)
- VeryWellHealth: Elizabeth Boskey, PhD & Lauren Schlanger, MD: 08/23/2024: Understanding What Demisexual Means (https://www.verywellhealth.com/demisexual-5077647)
- Wayback Machine: Bitch Magazine: Hanna White: 06/12/2013: Why Do People Keep Calling my Sexuality "Noble"? (https://web.archive.org/web/20150304084157/http://bitchmagazine.org/post/an-outsiders-perspective-on-sex-and-morality-in-hollywood)
- Wikipedia - Demisexuality (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demisexuality)
Asexual Resources
- Asexual Agenda (https://asexualagenda.wordpress.com/)
- Asexuality Archive (https://www.asexualityarchive.com/)
- Asexuality Archive: A Brief Introduction (https://www.asexualityarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/AsexualityABriefIntroduction.pdf)
- Asexuality Archive: 12/11/2022: …And Then What? (https://www.asexualityarchive.com/and-then-what/)
- Asexuality.org (https://www.asexuality.org/en/)
- Asexuality Unabashed: 03/13/2011: The “R” Word (https://audaciousace.blogspot.com/2011/03/r-word.html)
- Asexuality Unabashed: 11/30/2011: Carnival of Aces - December: Attraction (https://audaciousace.blogspot.com/2011/11/carnival-of-aces-december-attraction.html)
- Asexuality Wiki (https://wiki.asexuality.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page)
- Black Dog Musings: 11/24/2011: Attraction (https://blackdogmusings.blogspot.com/2011/11/attraction_24.html)
- Good Good Good: Kamrin Baker: 01/04/2024: What Is the Asexual Pride Flag & What Does It Mean? (https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/asexual-pride-flag)
- LGBTQIA - Fandom - Wiki - Asexual (https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Asexual)
- Merriam Webster - Asexual (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asexual)
- Orientation - Fandom - Wiki - Asexual (https://orientation.fandom.com/wiki/Asexual)
- Queer Books for Teens - Asexual (https://queerbooksforteens.com/find-books/?fwp_orientation=asexual) - list of books with asexual characters
- Queerdom - Fandom - Wiki - Asexual (https://queerdom.fandom.com/wiki/Asexual)
- Queer in the World: Cecilia Miller: 10/14/2023: What Exactly Is The Asexual Pride Flag, And What Does It Mean? (https://queerintheworld.com/asexual-pride-flag/)
- Skeptics Play: 11/14/2011: Attraction is like wine (https://skepticsplay.blogspot.com/2011/11/attraction-is-like-wine.html)
- Time: Julie Sondra Decker: 06/18/2014: How to Tell If You Are Asexual (https://time.com/2889469/asexual-orientation/)
- The Thinking Asexual: Aesthetic Attraction (https://thethinkingasexual.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/aesthetic-attraction/)
- Trans Language Primer - Asexual (https://translanguageprimer.com/asexual/)
- Wikipedia - Asexual Flag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexual_flag)
- Wikipedia - Asexuality (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality)
- Writing from Factor X: 04/02/2011: If You Can See The Invisible Elephant, Please Describe It (https://writingfromfactorx.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/if-you-can-see-the-invisible-elephant-please-describe-it/)
- Wayback Machine: tumblr: anagnori: 01/18/2015: What to do when someone tells you they’re asexual (https://web.archive.org/web/20151006060929/https://anagnori.tumblr.com/post/73776356187/what-to-do-when-someone-tells-you-theyre-asexual)
Graysexual Resources
- Asexuality Archive: 06/16/2012: Under the Ace Umbrella: Demisexuality and Gray-asexuality (https://www.asexualityarchive.com/under-the-ace-umbrella/)
- Prismatic Entanglements: Elizabeth: 12/01/2011: Nothing Gray About This: Re-evaluating Attraction (https://prismaticentanglements.com/2011/12/01/nothing-gray-about-this-re-evaluating-attraction/)
- Queer Books for Teens - Gray-Asexual (https://queerbooksforteens.com/find-books/?fwp_orientation=gray-asexual) - list of books with graysexual characters
- Trans Language Primer - Grey Asexual (https://translanguageprimer.com/grey-asexual/)
- Wayback Machine: DemiGray.org (https://web.archive.org/web/20180320205145/https://www.demigray.org/)
- Wayback Machine: Tumblr: anagnori: 12/15/2014: When I see people making snide comments about gray-asexual and demisexual people, they always seem to miss the point of why those terms exist. (https://web.archive.org/web/20180402225953/https://anagnori.tumblr.com/post/70136820083/when-i-see-people-making-snide-comments-about)
- Wikipedia - Gray Asexuality (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_asexuality)
