Asexual people — also known as “Ace” or “Aces” — may experience little or no sexual attraction and/or experience sexual attraction in a non-normative way. Ace people may want to and can form many types of intimate relationships, whether those relationships are romantic, platonic, or other forms of attraction and connection. Within the ace community, there are many ways for people to identify.
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Common terms and identities on the asexual spectrum include:
- Demisexual: People who only experience sexual attraction once they form a strong emotional connection with another person.
- Grey-A: People who identify somewhere between sexual and asexual.
- Queerplatonic: People who experience a type of non-romantic relationship where there is an intense emotional connection that goes beyond a traditional friendship.