Inactromantic

a flag with seven stripes. From top to bottom, they are: pink, light pink, light grey, grey, light grey, light pink, pink. A large grey ‘x’ is centered on the flag — The inact- flag.

a flag with five stripes. From top to bottom, they are: green, purple, green, purple, green. A white star is centered on the flag — The initiaromantic flag.

Inactromantic (also called inactoromantic or initiaromantic) is an orientation in which someone experiences romantic attraction and desires a romantic relationship despite not wanting or being repulsed by actions associated with that type of attraction. It is considered the opposite of bellusromantic.

The sexual counterpart is inactsexual.

History

The term was coined by Tumblr user nepkrisprite on or before August 22, 2015.^[1]^[2]

Flag

The inact- flag was created by Tumblr user pastelroswell on or before August 24, 2015.^[3]^[4]

The alternate inact- flag was created by Tumblr user rayne-ninjaunicorn on or before August 22, 2015.^[3]^[5] It was edited by DeviantArt user Pride-Flags that same day.^[3]^[6]

Another alternate flag was created by an unknown user on or before August 15, 2017.^[7]

References

[1] Earliest known usage

[2] Inactromantic coining

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Flag creators

[4] Earliest flag use

[5] Alternate flag use

[6] Flag edit

[7] Alternate flag

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