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'''{{PAGENAME}}''',''' '''also known as '''Zedsexual''', refers to people who are not on the [[Acespec|asexual spectrum]]. In other words, it describes someone who regularly experiences [[Sexual Attraction|sexual attraction]] to others. But it does not necessarily refer to a sexual identity by itself. It is an umbrella term created by the [[Aspec|A-spec]] community as a way to describe anyone who's not asexual, in the same way [[transgender]] individuals use the term [[cisgender]] to refer to someone who is not transgender.
The romantic equivalent to allosexual is [[alloromantic]].
== Alternate Names ==
* Zedsexual
==Pronunciation==
[[File:Allosexual.ogg]]
==History==
However, still, many non-asexuals disliked the use of the term. Allosexual is also used as a sexological term, and non-asexuals raised objections that the term was too clinical or that asexuals were medicalizing people who are not asexual. There is also objection because ''allosexuel'' is a term for non-heterosexuals in Canadian French.<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allosexuel Allosexual | Wikitionary]</ref>
"Zsexual" was proposed as an alternative, as a play on the letter A in asexual, if Aces are on one end of the A-Z spectrum then Non-Asexuals would be at the other end, at Z. While some use the term, it did not gain significant traction because ze is a [[Neopronoun]] most commonly used by [[Non-Binary|non-binarynonbinary]] people, and it could be misinterpreted as attraction to non-binarynonbinary people. Further difficulty arises from the fact that there is no standard pronunciation of the letter "Z" even within English speaking countries. No consensus as to how the word would be pronounced was ever reached, and there are now several ways to spell the term. The terms "zesexual", "zeesexual", and "zedsexual" are all used,<ref>[https://historicallyace.tumblr.com/post/149146363062/a-history-of-words-used-to-describe-people-that A History of Words Used to Describe People Who Are Not Asexual - Historicallyace | Tumblr]</ref> however, "Zedsexual" is typically the most commonly used alternative to Allosexual.
The difficulty in finding a term for Non-Asexuals is exacerbated by the fact that some Non-Asexuals, especially [[A-Spec Exclusionist|a-spec exclusionists]], may derail conversations about such terminology by destructively criticizing any word used. Exclusionists sometimes claim that allosexuality does not need a label and that coming up with a term has created a false dichotomy between people that are asexual and people that are not, as well as "grouping LGBT+ non-asexual people with their oppressors". More complaints include the idea that the term is racist or sexualizes people without consent. Some even go as far as to claim that allosexual is slur used by Asexuals to "oppress non-asexual LGBT people". Many of these complaints are made by people with the intention of de-legitimizing the terms used by Asexual people. Despite these complaints, allosexual is still the most commonly used term today.
=== Flags ===
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File:Allosexual.png|Allosexual flag by pride-flags-for-cishets<ref>https://archive.is/YwHnn</ref>
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