The ASPEC Umbrella embraces many ways of expressing one’s sexual and romantic orientation (micro-labels or micro-identities).
These labels/identities are primarily used to describe specific experiences that people feel/have, to validate and support people’s experiences, and can be as nuanced and complicated as people generally are!
Labels on the Ace-Spectrum are always changing/growing. Some of these terms are very new and are not widely used in the ASPEC community even though they have been use by ASPEC identifying people as labels, these terms are market with a # sign. The following definitions were sourced from different available resources.
Someone whose sexuality is fluid and changes often.
Someone whose sexual orientation fluctuates between different levels of asexuality (experiences no sexual attraction) and allo/zedsexuality (experiences sexual attraction).
Aceflux people might also choose to define themselves as someone whose sexual attraction fluctuates but is always on the asexual spectrum.
Someone who doesn't usually feel sexual attraction but occasionally feels intense sexual feelings for a brief amount of time.
Someone who experiences a disconnection between themselves and the object of their sexual attraction and/or fantasy.
Aegosexuals might experience arousal and sexual interest due to content that would arouse any allosexual person (like porn) and even enjoy masturbation, but they have no actual desire to engage in sexual activities with another person.
Someone who may experience sexual attraction, but doesn't want that attraction to be reciprocated.
Akoi/Lithsexuals may lose sexual attraction/interest if reciprocated.
Someone who is asexual (does not experience sexual attraction) and is also sex repulsed.
Someone who doesn't experience sexual attraction but desires sexual attraction and/or a sexual relationship.
Someone who experiences sexual attraction only after a strong emotional bond has been formed. Demisexual people may feel romantically attracted to someone, but they do not experience sexual attraction unless they form a strong bond with the person first.
Demisexuals generally do not experience, primary attraction (attraction based on sight, touch, smell, etc.), and may only feel sexual attraction a few times or towards only one person in their lifetime.
Someone who feels sexual attraction only towards people they do not know/are not connected to. This attraction fades/disappears once they get to know the person better.
Fraysexualuty is often considered to be the opposite of Demisexuality.
Someone who 1)rarely feels sexual attraction, 2)feels sexual attraction in very low intensities, 3)feels sexual attraction only under certain circumstances, or 4)experiences sexual attraction only toward specific people.
Gray-Asexuals identify as asexuals while still able to experience, or have experienced sexual attraction and are considered to exist in between the asexual and allosexual experiences.
Someone who experiences sexual attraction and any other type of attraction (platonic, aesthetic, etc.) similarly and is unable to distinguish between them.
Idemsexuals tend to categorize relationships and feelings based on factors other than the presence or lack of sexual attraction.
The opposite of Placiosexual, Iamvanosexual is someone who has no desire to perform sexual acts on another person but does have the desire to receive them.
Someone whose sexuality cannot be explained with words. Novisexuals feel that their sexuality is too complicated to fit into any label.
Someone who doesn't have the desire to receive sexual acts, but has the desire to perform them on someone else.
Someone who doesn't know if they experience sexual attraction or are confused about the kind of attraction they experience.
Someone who doesn't experience sexual attraction unless/until they know that the other person feels sexually attracted to them.
Labels on the Ace-Spectrum are always changing/growing. Some of these terms are very new and are not widely used in the ASPEC community even though they have been use by ASPEC identifying people as labels, these terms are market with a # sign. The following definitions were sourced from different available resources.
Someone who experiences a fluid or rapidly changing romantic attraction to people of different gender expressions.
Someone who enjoys the idea of romance, but does not wish to be a participant in romantic activities.
Someone who does not experience any romantic attraction, in any shape or form, and is romance repulsed.
Someone whose romantic orientation fluctuates but always and only within the aromantic spectrum.
Someone whose romantic orientation changes very quickly; developing a sudden intense attraction to someone, and then quickly losing that attraction.
Someone who is interested in conventionally romantic actions but does not actually desire a romantic relationship with anyone.
Someone who doesn't experience romantic attraction but still wants to have a romantic relationship.
Someone who only experiences romantic attraction after developing an emotional connection with another person.
Like demisexuals, demiromantics do not experience primary attraction (love at first sight, crush, etc.) but instead may develop romantic feelings and experience romantic attraction after forming a deep, emotional connection with another person.
Someone who does not experience romantic attraction in the sense that they experience liking someone instead of loving someone.
Someone who only experiences romantic attraction towards strangers and people they are unfamiliar / less familiar with. This attraction fades away once they get to know the person better/more.
Someone who feels romantic attraction very rarely, with less intensity, toward only specific people, or gains/loses attraction in unusual or unknown circumstances.
Grayromantic / Gray-Aromantic is considered to be in between alloromantic (feel romantic attraction) and aromantic (feel no romantic attraction), and is in itself an umbrella for aromantics on the aro-spectrum who identify with labels other than aromantic.
Someone who feels little to no desire to be the giver of romantic gestures but expresses interest/desire in receiving them from another person.
Someone who does not experience romantic and platonic attraction differently. They distinguish between romantic and platonic based on other factors, personality, compatibility, etc.
Someone who can feel romantic attraction and enjoys romantic relationships in theory, but does not need that attraction/affection to be reciprocated, or desire to be in a relationship with the person they are attracted to.
A lithromantic person may stop feeling romantic attraction once they are in a relationship.
Someone who has no interest/desire to receive romantic gestures from anyone, but does express interest/desire to perform them on someone else.
Someone who doesn't understand romance, romantic attraction, or romantic orientation; someone who is unable to identify platonic and romantic attraction in their own personal experiences, and are therefore unsure if they experience it.
Someone who only experiences romantic attraction if the other person is romantically attracted to them first.
ASPEC individuals often use terms like favorable, neutral, etc to describe and define their attitudes towards sex and romance. The list below has been sourced from a variety of resources.
Someone, who may seek out romantic relationships or choose to engage in romantic activities with friends, even if they are not romantically attracted to the other person.
Someone, who may have sex because they enjoy it, whether or not they are sexually attracted to the other person or people involved.
Generally, romance-neutral people are neither interested in nor opposed to romantic activities. Similarly, sex-neutral people are also neither interested in nor opposed to sexual activities.
They may participate in the activities, whether romantic or sexual, for a number of reasons (for eg. fulfilling a partner's wish) but do not actively seek them out.
Someone who may not want to engage in any romantic relationships and may be uncomfortable with people pursuing them romantically in any circumstance.
Romance-repulsed individuals not only do not want to engage in romantic relationships but actually might find them disgusting/repulsive.
Someone who has mixed feelings towards either romantic or sexual activities, and can sometimes present as a mix of -favorable, -neutral, -averse/repulsed.
Someone who may have a hard line against sex and avoid any relationship where sex might be a necessary factor.
A sex-repulsed person not only does not want to engage in sexual activity but actually might find them disgusting/repulsive.