Aromantic asexual

The sunset aroace flag, created by aroaesflags

**Aromantic asexual**, also known by the abbreviation **aroace**, means people who are both aromantic (aro) and asexual (ace) or on the aromantic spectrum (aro-spec) and the asexual spectrum (ace-spec).

As terms for specific identities, aromantic refers to someone who experiences little to no romantic attraction and asexual means someone who experiences little to no sexual attraction.Aromantic asexual people may or may not feel other forms of attraction that are neither romantic nor sexual. Some aromantic, asexual, or aromantic asexual people may also feel romantic or sexual attraction for others, but don't feel a need to act on their attraction. They may also only see this attraction as fantasy, which is why some don't feel a need to act on it.

## Community

### Identities under the umbrella

#### Oriented aroace

**Oriented aroace** refers to someone who is aromantic and asexual and never experiences romantic or sexual attraction, but does experience another form of attraction that is significant enough to acknowledge alongside their aroace orientation.

#### Angled aroace

**Angled aroace** refers someone who is on the aromantic spectrum (arospec) and/or the asexual spectrum (acespec), and experiences some level of sexual and/or romantic attraction, in which one would add that label to their aro-spec and/or ace-spec identity (for example: bisexual and greysexual). The term "angled aroace" was coined in 2019 by Tumblr user black-aros after finding out that the oriented aroace identity did not include aroace-spec individuals.

#### Aroaceflux

**Aroaceflux** refers to someone who is both aroflux and aceflux. Essentially, both their sexual and romantic orientation fluctuates, but generally stays on the asexual and aromantic spectrums. These fluctuations may occur at the same time or they may be independent. Aroaceflux can be an orientation on its own or can be combined with other orientations. The term "aroaceflux" was coined by Quora user Ezrasberry in October 2020.

A flag design was also included alongside the coining, though the flag itself has no particular meanings. There is an alternative flag design that is a straightforward combination of the main aroflux and aceflux flags at the time. Another design was created by astraldomination on February 29th, 2020, based on toothcity's aroflux and aceflux flag redesigns.

### Flag

The aroace flag, also referred to as the sunset aroace flag, was created by Tumblr user aroaesflags on December 11, 2018. The flag was created "with the experiences of aroaces who don’t split their attraction in mind", which is why the flag does not contain purple for asexual nor green for aromantic. It is meant to represent anyone who is on the asexual spectrum and aromantic spectrum together. The specific meanings of the sunset flag are as follows:

* **Two shades of blue**: Represents "the aroace identity as well as the spectrum of aroace identities and experiences". The choice of color here is intended to be between green, for aromantic, and purple, for asexual.
* **White**: Wholeness. This is meant to represent aroaces who are "aplatonic, nonamorous, or otherwise not seeking a committed partnership", and also "how we are all whole people on our own".
* **Yellow**: Love and relationships that exist outside of more conventional ideas of romantic and sexual relationships.
* **Orange**: Community. Similar to the use of blue on this flag, orange is in between purple and green, for asexual and aromantic respectively. This represents "both the unity of ourselves as aroaces as well as our places in both the aro and ace communities".

There are other alternative designs used as the aroace flag, most of which are some combination of the individual aromantic and asexual flags. In addition, some of these designs were also created before the sunset aroace flag. An example of this is the design shown to the right, which was published on December 6, 2016.

## Media

### Literature

* Nadia Van Dyne from *Marvel Comics*
* Gwenpool from *Marvel Comics*

### Public Figures

* Alice Oseman
* Jaiden from Jaiden Animations

### Television

* Lilith Clawthorne from *The Owl House*
* Alastor from *Hazbin Hotel*
* Peridot from *Steven Universe*
* Edd from Eddsworld

## See Also

* Aromantic
* Asexual

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 AUREA: "All Aromantic Terms". *AUREA - Aromantic-spectrum Union for Recognition, Education, and Advocacy*. (Archived on January 29, 2022).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project. *Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity*. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023. ISBN 9781839976384.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Victoria Barron. *Amazing Ace, Awesome Aro: An Illustrated Exploration*. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023. ISBN 9781839977145.
4. ↑ Holleb, Morgan Lev Edward. *The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze*. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019. ISBN 9781784506636.
5. ↑ "Asexual, or ace (SO)". itgetsbetter.org. It Gets Better Project. (Archived on May 15, 2023).
6. ↑ "LGBTQ Definitions Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation" (2018-06-1). refinery29.com. Refinery29. (Archived on May 22, 2023).
7. ↑ biaroace: "Oriented Aroace Flag" (2018-07-11). biaroace.tumblr.com. (Archived version). (Archived on January 24, 2022).
8. ↑ official-angledaroace: "Angled Flag" (2019-03-29). official-angledaroace.tumblr.com. (Archived version). (Archived on January 24, 2022).
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 official-angledaroace: "Angled (Remake)" (2020-08-17). official-angledaroace.tumblr.com. (Archived version). (Archived on March 2, 2022).
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 aroflagarchive: "Aromantic Flag Archive". aroflagarchive.tumblr.com. (Archived version). (Archived on January 24, 2021).
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "All About the Aroace Flag" (2022-09-02). gayety.co. Gayety. (Archived on November 2, 2022).
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Calrissian, Willow: "Coining a (not so new) term" (2020-10). theresultofinsanity.quora.com.
13. ↑ "Aroaceflux by Pride-Flags" (2021-02-14). deviantart.com. (Archived on March 2, 2022).
14. ↑ "The Aroace Flag debate". reddit.com. (Archived on March 31, 2022).
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 aroaesflags: "Revised Aroace Flag" (2018-12-11). aroaesflags.tumblr.com. (Archived on April 3, 2023).
16. ↑ aro-neir-o: "Aroace Pride Flags: A Collection Post" (2019-05-05). aro-neir-o.tumblr.com. (Archived on June 15, 2022).
17. ↑ Pride-Flags: "Aroace" (2016-12-06). deviantart.com. (Archived on May 21, 2021).
18. ↑ Jeremy Whitley: "I do also see her as aromantic or perhaps more specifically Quoiromantic. She loves a lot of people platonically and affectionately in a way that might be mistaken by others as romantic, but doesn't have much interest in pursuing those relationships as romantic." (28-04-2021). twitter.com. Twitter. (Archived on July 27, 2023).
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Marieke Nijkamp. "Everything’s Coming Up Aces". *Marvel's Voices: Pride Vol 3 #1*. Marvel Comics, 14-06-2023.
20. ↑ Jeremy Whitley. *Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #48*. Marvel Comics, 04-05-2023.
21. ↑ Cass Clarke: "Gwenpool Makes an Important Discovery in ‘Love Unlimited: Gwenpool’ #47" (27-04-2023). marvel.com. Marvel. (Archived on June 23, 2023).
22. ↑ Laura: "'Loveless' author Alice Oseman on why aroace representation in fiction is important" (2020-07-08). *aces & aros*. (Archived on February 21, 2022).
23. ↑ Jaiden Animations: "Being Not Straight" (2022-03-21). youtube.com. Youtube.
24. ↑ https://twitter.com/cissyspeaks/status/1503188885953605635?s=20&t=lsNHpOU5pBZxAa0mB9ukXg
25. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQxEx\_rVEO/
26. ↑ https://youtu.be/y5ONxBZoR0A?t=3682 (1:03:13)
27. ↑ https://twitter.com/rnn\_tweet/status/1237596056746987520
28. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs80lSvMzES/
29. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGcLpm4iEBg&t=2733s