graysexual

alternative gray-sexual · alternative UK greysexual · alternative UK grey-sexual

1. neologismnot comparableIntermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.

   Some aces are gray-sexual (or gray-A), meaning that they fall somewhere on a spectrum between asexual and sexual.

   2014 February 19, Tess Banta, “The 'A' Stands for Asexual”, in The Amherst Student, volume 143, number 16, Amherst College, page 7

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   But then I remember: the whole ethos of sex-positivity is predicated on a belief that everyone—sexual, asexual, or gray-sexual; monogamous, polyamorous, or something in-between; LGBTQ or as hetero as the Romneys—is entitled to pleasurable and safe sex.

   2013, M. M, "sex-pos", Post- (Brown University), Volume 14, Issue 13, 21 February 2013, page 7

   Do you feel sexual attraction sometimes, but only rarely? You may be graysexual,* and you’ll have a lot in common with asexual people if you are.

   2014 June 18, Julie Sondra Decker, “How to Tell If You Are Asexual”, in Time

   Synonyms: gray-A, gray asexual, gray ace

plural graysexuals · alternative gray-sexual · alternative UK greysexual · alternative UK grey-sexual

1. neologismA graysexual person.