The range of negative attitudes, intolerance and resentment of asexual individuals and/or individuals on the asexual spectrum. This results in the erasure and invisibility of asexuals (asexual erasure). Acephobia is unfortunately not restricted to the heterosexual community, as asexuals have, and continue to face, opposition from members of the Queer community; particularly, but not restricted […]

the wide variety of identities that can be loosely defined as being either asexual or aromantic; the spectrum in which these identities are placed upon in relation to one another.

Aromantic is an identity within the asexual umbrella. It describes an individual who experiences little or no romantic attraction. An aromantic person, may, or may not also be asexual. An individual who is both aromantic and asexual is often known as aroace. Otherwise, aromantic people who experience sexual attraction may also identify with a sexual […]

an individual who experiences no or little romantic attraction until a strong attachment of some sort is formed, such as an emotional attachment (or perhaps sexual connection) is formed. May be compounded to form gender orientations, e.g. demi-homoromantic.

an abbreviation of aromantic.

Within Queer identities, it is used to denote those that lack, or are with no or little connection to the suffix (what comes after the ‘a’) – such as aromantic (those who experience no or little romantic attraction), asexual (those who experience little or no sexual attraction), and agender (those who identify without gender, those who lack […]