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</ref> The material and exact design of the ring are not important as long as it is primarily black. |
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Cake has been an informal symbol of asexuality since 2004, originating from the AVEN forums cake emote and the joke that asexuals "prefer eating cake to having sex".<ref>[http://wiki.asexuality.org/Cake AVENwiki: Cake]</ref> Dragons have also been used to symbolize asexuality, stemming from a joke that "asexual individuals are way more interested in dragons than in sex" it is also a reference to Charlie Weasley from ''Harry Potter'', who was described as being "...more interested in dragons than relationships and all that stuff" causing |
Cake has been an informal symbol of asexuality since 2004, originating from the AVEN forums cake emote and the joke that asexuals "prefer eating cake to having sex".<ref>[http://wiki.asexuality.org/Cake AVENwiki: Cake]</ref> Dragons have also been used to symbolize asexuality, stemming from a joke that "asexual individuals are way more interested in dragons than in sex" it is also a reference to Charlie Weasley from ''Harry Potter'', who was described as being "...more interested in dragons than relationships and all that stuff" causing many individuals to headcanon him as asexual.<ref>[https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/182214-dragons/?tab=comments#comment-1063215480 The Asexual Network: Dragons?]</ref> Asexuals are also associated with plants, since certain plants have the ability to reproduce asexually through mitosis. |
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An older asexual symbol is the AVEN triangle, which used a black-to-white gradient to represent the asexual spectrum, with white representing allosexuality and black representing asexuality.<ref>[http://wiki.asexuality.org/AVEN_Triangle AVEN Triangle]</ref> This gradient is what inspired the white, grey, and black stripes of the asexual flag. |
An older asexual symbol is the AVEN triangle, which used a black-to-white gradient to represent the asexual spectrum, with white representing allosexuality and black representing asexuality.<ref>[http://wiki.asexuality.org/AVEN_Triangle AVEN Triangle]</ref> This gradient is what inspired the white, grey, and black stripes of the asexual flag. |
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