Cupio-

Cupio/Cupio-, previously known as Kalos is an orientation for those who desire, want, or seek out relationships without experiencing the attraction typically "necessary" for it.

Cupio may also be used by people who feel attraction but desire a relationship even without that attraction. For example, a Demi person who dates someone on the assumption that they will develop attraction later on, a Fray person who dates someone after they lose their attraction, or a Straight person who date someone that are the same gender as them (Cupiohex).

It is an orientation that can be used on its own or as an umbrella term (Cupiospec). Cupio can be described as “the opposite of Orchid”.

Etymology
The prefix comes from the Latin word cupio, meaning "to desire" or "to long for".

History
Kalossexual/Kalosromantic was coined by tumblr user Acelyssie on or before June 11, 2014. Cupio was created when the problem with the word Kalos arised, the earliest definition of the term possibly by the now deactivated tumblr user Cupiosexual-Cupioromantic (possibly formerly Kalossexual-Kalosromantic).

The creator of Kalos Acelyssie and tumblr user Cupiosexual-Cupioromantic/Kalossexual-Kalosromantic may all have been the same person, seen as a tag Cupiosexual-Cupioromantic uses is "lyssie reblogs" and Cupiosexual-Cupioromantic as the renamed Kalossexual-Kalosromantic following the term change.

Orientation

 * Cupiosexual
 * Cupioromantic
 * Cupiohex
 * Cupiogex
 * Cupioalterous
 * Cupioqueerplatonic

For a more comprehensive list, see Category:Cupiospec.

Flags
The main flag was created sometime around June-July of 2014. The flag was made by tumblr user Primadolly (now deactivated) and color-adjusted as the now most well-known flag by tumblr user Aro-Ace-Wonderwoman (deactivated, also possibly Acelyssie).

Before that, there was the Kalos flag with bolder and darker colors than the main Cupio flag. Unknown when and who created it but it was made sometime before or around June 2014.