The Transgender Dictionary

Aromantic

(also: aro)

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Introduction

The default assumption about romance presented by society as a whole is that everyone must be interested in it. The idea that there are people who would not be interested in romance, or have no desire to develop an interest in such a thing is something that rarely crosses the minds of the general public. Regardless of these thoughts perpetuated by alloromantic people, there are still plenty of people who experience little to no romantic attraction to other human beings.

While the primary focus of The Transgender Dictionary is regarding discussion of gender, pages such as this one have been included for educational purposes. Discussion of variations in romantic orientation often overlap with discussions of gender diversity.

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General Information

People who are aromantic experience little to no romantic attraction to other people. There are various terms that have been coined to describe variations in this experience. These various terms are broadly referred to as "the aromantic spectrum" or "the aro spectrum." For example, the label "aroflux" describes people who alternate between what levels of romantic attraction they experience.

People who identify as both aromantic and asexual sometimes use the label of "aroace." Not all asexual people are aromantic, and not all aromantic people are asexual. Some aromantic people seek out sexual relationships with other people, some don't. Some seek out QPRs. Most aromantic people are able to feel satisfied in life without dating anyone at all.

People who are aromantic tend not to fall in love or experience crushes.

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Aromantic Pride Flag

August 25 is aromantic spectrum visibility day.

The green stripes in the aromantic flag represent the aromantic spectrum.

The white stripe in the aromantic flag represents platonic relationships.

The black and grey stripes in the aromantic flag represent the sexuality spectrum.

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Demiromantic/Demi

Demiromantic is a romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum.

The term demiromantic is typically used to describe those who only experiences romantic attraction to someone after first experiencing a strong emotional connection and/or platonic attraction with that person. Some people use demiromantic to describe experiencing limited romantic attraction or falling somewhere on the spectrum between aromantic and romantic.

The prefix "demi-" is derived from the Latin term "dimidium", meaning "divided in half". When combined with the word "romantic" the term comes to mean "half romantic" or "partially romantic".

Some people who identify as demiromantic will wear a simple white ring on the middle finger of zir left hand to subtly signal to others that ze are demiromantic.

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Demiromantic Pride Flag

The black triangle on the demiromantic flag represents the sexuality spectrum.

The gray stripe on the demiromantic flag represents grayaromanticism and demiromanticism.

The green stripe on the demiromantic flag represents demromanticism, or the aromantic spectrum.

The white stripe on the demiromantic flag represents patonic and aesthetic attraction, queer/quasi platonic relationships, or being outside of the straight-gay and male-female binaries.

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