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  • ↑ "12 FAQs About Celibacy". Recognizing the "A" in LGBTQIA+ isn’t just about acronyms; it’s about acknowledging a shared struggle against heteronormative and allonormative expectations, and fostering a space where all forms of love and identity are celebrated and affirmed. "Anonymous asked:". It subtly suggests that without sexual desire, one cannot truly be gay, which is far from the truth and dismisses the rich spectrum of human experience.

    Introducing Romantic Attraction: A Separate Spectrum of Desire

    To truly understand the diversity within gay identity, we must differentiate between sexual attraction and romantic attraction.

    Reddit, 21 Jul. 2022, https://archive.ph/Tdznv.

  • ↑ Pride-Flags. Discussions may inadvertently center on aromantic or heteroromantic experiences, leaving gay aces feeling like their specific form of same-gender attraction isn’t fully seen. It means listening to lived experiences, respecting individual definitions of self, and understanding that what one person experiences as attraction or relationship may differ significantly from another’s.

    "Redesign of the acebleed and arobleed flags".

    Wearing a black ring on the middle finger, typically of the right hand, known as an ace ring, has become a way to subtly identify the wearer as being asexual. It challenges the assumption that sexual desire is a prerequisite for a gay identity, opening up space for individuals whose experiences might not fit traditional molds.

    This understanding enriches our collective definition of what it means to be gay, moving beyond a solely sexual framework to embrace the full scope of human connection, including deep, abiding romantic love that doesn’t necessarily involve sex.

    Queerplatonic Relationships (QPRs) are those relationships that are not romantic in nature but they involve very close emotional connections that are often deeper or more intense than what is traditionally considered a friendship.

    A common symbol is an ace playing card, due to the fact that asexual is often shortened to ace.

    gay and asexual

    The AVEN, 27 Aug, 2017, https://web.archive.org/web/20221229071021/http://wiki.asexuality.org/Black_ring.

  • ↑ demigray.
  • ↑ osteophage.
  • ↑Levens, Ali. "The SAM: Splitting the Difference Between Romantic and Sexual Orientations".
  • ↑ Tbc2021 / The Bigender Cosmonaut.. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.

    "Dragons?". "It's my ace spec flag design.". "Hello aspecs who aren’t strictly aro and/or ace!".