Nemosexual

Nemosexual, also known as nemo(s), clownfish, clowners, nemoace(s) and anemone, is a micro-label for people on the asexual spectrum who have never experienced sexual attraction. This rests under the umbrella term Black Stripe Asexual. This asexual may experience sexual attraction in the future, and may have confusion over what sexual attraction is/if they have felt it.

The opposite of nemosexual is praetersexual. The aro-spec equivalent of nemosexual is nemoromantic.

Nemosexual is similar to suptiliasexual, except that nemosexuals may experience sexual attraction in the future. Nemosexual is an identity that is entirely temporal and based in the present, as once a person experiences sexual attraction, they cease being nemosexual.

Nemosexuals often use other prefixes and suffixes to specify their identity, for example:


 * heteronemoace (to represent a nemosexual who orients towards heterosexual attractions)
 * nemoaroace (to represent someone who has never felt romantic or sexual attraction)
 * aegonemo (in reference to aegosexual nemosexuals)

Flag
The Nemosexual flag is four-striped and based on the Asexual flag. The black represents asexuality, the purple represents community, the white represents how nemosexuals intersect with other spectrums of identity (e.g. the trans and/or non binary spectrums), and the orange represents nemosexuality and relates to the famous fish from Finding Nemo.

History
This term originated from AVEN (The Asexual Visibility and Education Network) on July 12th 2021 by User SleuthArt in a brainstorming thread for a label for what is now known as Black Stripe Asexual. User SleuthArt, upon losing in the site-wide polls , decided to alter the meaning of the term to be a micro-label under the Black Stripe Asexual umbrella. (SleuthArt, 20th of July 2021, 12:13PM ) "Nemosexual is a micro-label under the Black Stripe Asexual umbrella that describes BSAs who have never (to the best of their knowledge) experienced sexual attraction(...)."

Etymology
Nemosexual uses the latin prefix nemo- meaning 'none.'