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Greysexual

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Greysexual, Greyasexual, or Grey-Asexual and sometimes shortened as Grace or Grey-Ace (also spelled with Gray instead of Grey) is a sexual orientation for those who relate with Asexuality, yet feel that there are parts of their experience that aren't fully described by the word Asexual.

It is an orientation under the A-spec umbrella, specifically Ace-spec. In itself, Greysexual can be used as its own identity or as an umbrella term for Ace-spec orientations that are not strictly Asexual (Greyspec).

Some Greysexual experiences may include:

  • Experiencing sexual attraction infrequently.
  • Experiencing sexual attraction frequently but not as frequent as Allosexual people.
  • Experience sexual attraction very weakly.
  • Feeling sexual attraction but not desiring sex or a sexual relationship.
  • Feeling unsure about how to identify sexual attraction or how to draw the line between sexual and non-sexual, and consequently feeling unsure about having experienced it or not.
  • Experiencing attraction that is only ambiguously sexual.
  • Feeling alienated from romance.
  • Feeling attraction only in specific circumstances.
  • Finding Asexuality a useful idea, even if it isn't a perfect fit.

Greysexual can also be combined with other sexual orientations. For example, one could be greysexual and Bisexual (greybisexual), meaning that one rarely experiences sexual attraction, but when they do it's towards two or more genders.

History

The concept of Greysexuality developed in the early 2000s on the AVEN forums.[1] In 2003, an AVEN member proposed the concept of "Semisexuality," naming a half-way point between being Asexual and not. Later, in 2006, AVEN member KSpaz proposed the term "Gray-A" to describe the "fuzzy" space in the Asexual Spectrum.[2]

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