Meaning of graysexual | Babel Free

Definitions

Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.

neologism, not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

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

“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.”

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