Gray-A/Grey-A
Gray-A or Grey-A, short for gray-asexual or grey-asexual, refers to a gray area relationship to asexuality. Reasons for identifying as gray-asexual can involve infrequent or ambiguous experiences of sexual attraction, low sex drive, or disinterest in sex. Out of the ace respondents to the 2019 Ace Community Survey, about 10% categorized themselves as gray-asexual.[1]
Among gray-asexuals, the identity has been broadly conceptualized as way to express finding asexuality to be "a useful idea" but an imperfect "fit."[2] The ambiguity of the term is valuable, in this respect.[3][4]
Gray-asexuality has been rarely discussed in mainstream media coverage (relative to asexuality)[5] or academic asexuality studies,[6] and gray-asexual characters have also been rare in ace fiction.[7]
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Origin
The concept of gray-asexuality was preceded by earlier discussion of semisexuality on the AVEN forums, referencing a spectrum of sexual intensity.[8] The term "Gray-A" itself comes from a 2006 thread by AVEN user KSpaz, who introduced the term for "fuzzy" experiences and those "who may sometimes feel unsure of their asexuality/sexuality."[9]
See also
External links
- AVEN's Gray Area
- Demi Grace - a forum for demisexuals, grey-asexuals and allies
- Demi Gray - advice for demisexuals and gray-asexuals
References
- ↑ Weis, R., Hermann, L., Bauer, C., Miller, T. L., Baba, A., van der Biezen, T., Campos, A., Smiga, J. A., Tomaskovic-Moore, S., Trieu, T. H., Walfrand, A., & Ziebert, J. (2021). The 2019 asexual community survey summary report. The Ace Community Survey Team.
- ↑ Siggy, Many ways to be between, The Asexual Agenda, (August 2012).
- ↑ Siggy, Ambiguous and heading nowhere, The Asexual Agenda, (March 2015).
- ↑ Cor (epochryphal), Greyness: 301, (July 2014).
- ↑ Siggy, Gray Asexuality in mainstream media, The Asexual Agenda, (April 2022).
- ↑ Coyote, Gray-Asexuality in Asexuality Studies, The Ace Theist, (August 2021).
- ↑ Sara K., Why Are There So Few Grey-A Characters in Ace Fiction?, The Notes Which Do Not Fit, (October 2020).
- ↑ Hezekiah, The development of gray asexuality and demisexuality as identity terms, Critique of Popular Reason, (May 2013).
- ↑ KSpaz, "Gray-A's," (April 2006).