Caedosexual

**Caedsexual** or **caedosexual** is a microlabel on the asexual spectrum which describes an individual who may once have been allosexual at one point in their lives, but now identify on the asexual spectrum due to their past trauma. This label should only be used by those who are survivors of these past experiences.

Caedsexual people may still experience romantic attraction and not all caedsexual people are strictly asexual or sex-repulsed. Some individuals may also use terms alongside caedsexual such as demisexual, semisexual, asexual-ish and sexual-ish.

## Etymology

Caedsexual (or caedosexual) derives from the prefixes *caed-* and *caedo-*, which come from the Latin root *caedere,* which means "to cut off".  This meaning represents that someone who identifies as caedsexual feels they have been "cut off" from being allosexual.

## Distinction

While with a majority of asexual identities do not have a connection with past experiences, the main distinction of being caedsexual is outside influences such as trauma and PTSD. Erassexual is the non-exclusive form of caedsexual. The romantic counterpart of caedsexual is caedromantic.

Caedsexual people are also able to use other labels to further describe their sexuality the same way asexual people would. For example; someone who is caedsexual can also identify as demisexual—as demisexual also falls under the asexual spectrum.

The asexual community has dealt with a vast amount of discrimination which includes the stereotype that asexual people do not form sexual connections the same way allosexual people do because there is an underlying medical issue. Some worried that the term *caedsexual* would indulge in the stereotype. While some people in the asexual community still believe this to be true, this has been disproved.

## Flag

The caedsexual flag, in which black represents asexuality, gray represents gray asexuality, white represents sexuality, and the shades of purple representing community. The original flag's design was coined on October 3rd, 2015 by user *Pride-Flags* on Deviantart. An alternate flag was created by FANDOM user *MoonSMH* on September 26th, 2021 and a second alternate flag was created by Reddit user *u/PumpkinGang*.

## Gallery

Alternate caedsexual flag created by MoonSMH.Alternate caedsexual flag created by PumpkinGang
## References

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3. ↑ "A/Sexuality & Sexual Orientation Lexicon", The Asexual Visibility & Education Network (AVEN), 2015-08-02
4. ↑ "caedo", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) *A Latin Dictionary*, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
5. ↑ "2016 Asexual Community Survey Summary Report", Bauer, Miller, et.al, 2018-11-15.
6. ↑ "Asexual Spectrum", by Asexuals.net , Retrieved 2022-12-18.
7. ↑ "Discrimination against asexual people", Wikipedia, 2022-12-02.
8. ↑ Olivia Petter (17 May 2018). "What is hyposexuality and how is it different to asexuality?". The Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
9. ↑ "Caedsexuality - Understanding Trauma and Asexuality" by AceChat, 2021-04-24
10. ↑ "Queer 101". *Old Dominion University*. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
11. ↑ "Caedsexual / Caedosexual" by *Pride-Flags* on Deviantart.