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{{Orientation|image1=Akoi-.png|coining_date=Sometime around or before May 2014||names=Lithsexual, Lithosexual, Akoinesexual, Akoisexual|etymology=''Lithos'' means "stone" in Greek|type=[[Amative]], [[Aspec]], [[Acespec|Ace-spec]], [[Orchidspec|Orchid-spec]]|coined_by=[https://stopanthropomorphizingme.tumblr.com Ian/StopAnthropomorphizingMe] (Lithsexual), [https://cisphobeofficial.tumblr.com CisphobeOfficial] (Akoinesexual)}}
'''Lithsexual''' (also called '''Lithosexual''', '''Akoisexual''', '''Akoinesexual''') is a sexual orientation for those who may experience sexual attraction but does not want it reciprocated. The person may be uncomfortable at the thought of someone being sexually attracted to them, or they may lose their sexual feelings if they learn it's reciprocated. As such, Lithsexuals do not feel compelled to seek out sex or a sexual relationship.
Lithsexual can be a sexual orientation on its own or can combined with other orientations. For example, one could be Lithsexual and [[Polysexual]], meaning that when one does experience sexual attraction it's towards some but not all genders.
It is a sexual orientation on the [[Acespec|Asexual Spectrum]], and more broadly, the [[Aspec|A-spectrum]].
==Etymology==
''Lithos'' means "stone" in Greek.
==History==
The Lith- prefix has been credited to Ian of Tumblr blog [https://stopanthropomorphizingme.tumblr.com StopAnthropomorphizingMe] for its partner (Lithromantic) and himself (Lithsexual along with stone).<ref name="0">[https://stopanthropomorphizingme.tumblr.com/post/86509419088/cisphobeofficial-stopanthropomorphizingme The coiner of Lithsexual explaining it was the coiner, and its opinion of the claim that the term is "Apropriating lesbian culture."]</ref>
Due to a claim of appropriating [[lesbian]] culture, some people have attempted to replace the term Lithsexual with Akoisexual, an alternate name coined by CisphobeOfficial on May 18, 2014.<ref>[https://cisphobeofficial.tumblr.com/post/86169342734/so-since-lith-is-potentially-appropriative-of The coining of Akoinesexual]</ref> This is due to the fact that ''Lithos'', the word Lithsexual comes from, means "stone". In the lesbian community a stone lesbian is a lesbian who is okay with being the giver of sex acts, but not with being the receiver of sex acts. Because of that "lithsexual" could potentially be interpreted as being related to this term. Ian have talked about the claims and refuted it, explaining Lith- and stone are different, similar but not the same. How it is not appropriation when it's a new term that just draws on a similar one.<ref name="0" />
{{Quote|But drawing on pre-established terminology when you create new terminology isn’t appropriative. It’s just linguistics.|Ian of StopAnthropomorphizingMe|Tumblr May 2014}}
Ian also talked about how stones are not even all women and/or Lesbians, when historically [[Transmasc|transmasculine]] people and Lesbians have blurred the lines for decades.<ref>[https://stopanthropomorphizingme.tumblr.com/post/86509419088/cisphobeofficial-stopanthropomorphizingme Ian (StopAnthropomorphizingMe) and CisphobeOfficial]</ref>
There has not been any consensus about the term, both in the [[Asexual]] and Lesbian community. There is no apparently evidence that the specific term "Lithsexual" or "Lithosexual" was ever commonly used by Lesbians. Currently Lithosexual, Lithosexual, and Akoisexual are used interchangeably.
==Gallery==
===Flags===
[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Akoisexual-Lithsexual-562751792 Akoisexual/Lithsexual by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt]
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Akoisexual.png
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==Sources==
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[[Category:Sexual Orientation]]
[[Category:Aspec]]
[[Category:Acespec]]
[[Category:Orchidspec]]
[[Category:Needs Pronounciation]]