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Acrisexual is an a-spec identity to describe an experience where one feels sexual attraction, but it feels wrong or unnatural to be feeling it, like it should not happen to them. There are also other variations for different types of attraction.
Its -romantic counterpart is acriromantic.
Neuroacrisexual
Neuroacrisexual is a term to describe one who feels sexual attraction, but feels wrong or unnatural to be feeling it, like it should not happen to them; this discomfort is due to neurodivergence.
History
Acrisexual was coined by Tumblr user pastelmemer sometime on or before November 14th, 2018.[1]
Flags
The acrisexual flag was made by Tumblr user mogaiheaven, along with variations for acriromantic, acrisensual, acrialterous, acriaesthetic, acriqueerplatonic and acriplatonic attraction, November 14th, 2018.
The neuroacrisexual flag was created by Tumblr user genderplaylist, along with variations for neuroacriromantic, neuroacrisensual, neuroacrialterous, neuroacriaesthetic, neuroacriqueerplatonic and neuroacriplatonic, November 15th, 2018.[2]
An alternate acrisexual flag was created by Tumblr user lgbtqa-pride-icons, along with variations for acriromantic, acrisensual, acrialterous, acriaesthetic, acriqueerplatonic and acriplatonic attraction and their neuro- counterparts, September 5th, 2019. The outer stripes represent the type of attraction and the inner grey stripes represent the unnatural feeling of the attraction.[3]
Etymology
The prefix "acri-" is Latin for "bitter", "sharp", "sour", or "stinging."[4]
Gallery
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The acrisensual flag.
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The acrialterous flag.
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The acriaesthetic flag.
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The acriqueerplatonic flag.
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The acriplatonic flag.
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The neuroacrisensual flag.
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The neuroacrialterous flag.
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The neuroacriaesthetic flag.
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The neuroacriqueerplatonic flag.
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The neuroacriplatonic flag.
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Alternate acrisensual flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate acrialterous flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate acriaesthetic flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate acriqueerplatonic flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate acriplatonic flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate neuroacrisensual flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate neuroacrialterous flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate neuroacriaesthetic flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate neuroacriqueerplatonic flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
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Alternate neuroacriplatonic flag by lgbtqa-pride-icons.
Resources
- ↑ https://archive.today/2019.04.14-184855/https://mogaiheaven.tumblr.com/post/180105028061/acrisexual-when-you-feel-sexual-attraction-but
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-074922/https://genderplaylist.tumblr.com/post/180138488841/neuroacrisexual-when-you-feel-sexual-attraction
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-074932/https://lgbtqa-pride-icons.tumblr.com/post/187522531245/a-new-flag-redesign-i-really-relate-to-the-acri
- ↑ https://archive.today/2022.02.15-074454/https://wordinfo.info/unit/12