MANY ASEXUALS IDENTIFY with two orientations: a romantic and a sexual one. According to the Asexual
Visibility and Education Network (AVEN), an asexual’s romantic orientation determines “which gender(s),
if any, they are inclined to form romantic relationships with.” There are also individuals in the
asexual community who identify in the grey area between asexuality and sexuality.*
SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS
Panromantic
Biromantic
xua
Ase
Homoromantic
Sexual
A person who experiences
sexual attraction.
Heteroromantic
G
ray-A
A person who identifies
in the gray area between
asexuality and sexuality.
Other terms that have
been used to describe this
area include “semisexual,”
“asexual-ish” and
“sexual-ish.”
D
emisexual
A person who does
not experience sexual
attraction unless they
form a strong emotional
connection with someone.
It’s more commonly seen in
— but is not connected to
— romantic relationships.
Demisexuality differs
from Gray-A in that
demisexuality is a specific
sexual orientation n
beween “sexual” and
“asexual,” whereas
“gray-A” is a highly
unspecific catch-all used
for anything between
sexual and asexual that
does not fit.
Aromantic
A
sexual
A person who does not
experience sexual attraction.
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Dem
Sex
ual
ROMANTIC ORIENTATIONS
H
eteroromantic
A person who
is r