Societal pressure and other factors sometimes compel asexual people to have sex despite their usual disinterest in it. Also, how asexual people feel (their attraction) may sometimes differ from what they do (their actions). In fact, one list identified nearly 150 different types of asexuality on the asexual spectrum.Īs GLAAD explains, the asexual spectrum is perhaps best described using the Split Attraction Model (SAM), a two-sided description which “splits sexual and romantic attraction into two separate” columns - when joined together, these terms help explain who you’re attracted to and how you’re attracted to them.Ĭontrary to popular misconception, asexual people feel different degrees of sexual and romantic attraction ranging from completely asexual and aromantic (“nonexistent”) to more sexual and romantic under certain circumstances. The questions “What does asexual mean?” and “What does it mean to be asexual?” can start to feel complicated once you learn that asexual people can self-identify in numerous ways on the asexual spectrum (or “a-spec” as it’s sometimes called). The asexual spectrum & types of asexuality When it comes to describing different types of asexuals, it’s helpful to remember: There are many types of asexuality on the asexual spectrum - just as there are many different types of gay, lesbian, bisexual and other queer people on the sexual spectrum. While some asexuals are aromantic asexual, asexual dating still exists: An aromantic asexual or other types of asexuals can get into relationships or experience pleasure and/or arousal from physical contact and mutual nudity. Some asexual people don’t feel romantic attractions at all this type of person is called an aromantic asexual. So it’s entirely possible that you’ve met asexual people and just not realized it.ĭespite their disinterest in sex, asexual people can feel romantically, intellectually or emotionally attracted to people of one or more genders. That may sound like a small percentage, but that’s roughly 77,000,000 people - just over the entire population of Canada and Poland combined. It’s estimated that 1% of the world population is asexual (or “ace” as it’s also called). The asexual flag sometimes flies at LGBTQ community centers and queer bars too. You may have seen the asexual flag at Pride events.
Sources say the black stripe in the asexual flag epresents asexuality, the grey represents the grey-area between sexuality & asexuality, the white represents sexuality or non-asexual allies, and the purple represents the community.
The asexual flag was developed around 2009 and has four stripes.
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