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[[File:A-spec.svg|thumb|220x220px|The a-spec flag.|alt=A flag with four coloured rectangles. The top right is dark green, the top left is black, the bottom right is grey, and the bottom left is purple. There is a white star in the middle.]]
[[File:A-spec.svg|thumb|220x220px|A commonly used a-spectrum flag]]▼
[[File:Aspec.png|thumb|The aloe vera a-spec flag.|180x180px]]
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[[File:Alt A-Spec Flag.jpg|thumb|180x180px|Alternative a-spec flag.]]
'''A-spec''' (or '''A-spectrum''') is an [[Umbrella Term|umbrella term]] for all identities on the [[Asexual Spectrum|asexual]] and [[Aromantic Spectrum|aromantic]] spectrums. A-spec can describe an individual who is on the asexual spectrum, the aromantic spectrum, or [[Aroace Spectrum|both]].
A-spec is also sometimes used more broadly to include other identities that use the "a-" prefix, such as [[Agender|agender]] and [[Aplatonic|aplatonic]].<ref>{{Archive|URL=2020.08.09-195810/https://asafetynet.tumblr.com/post/112827135411/a-spectrum-safety-net}}</ref> [[Aroace Agender|Aroace agender]] is sometimes called AAA-spec (pronounced "triple-A-spec").
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Tumblr users [https://www.tumblr.com/warriorsdebt warriorsdebt], whes, and [https://www.tumblr.com/strategicgoat strategicgoat] introduced the term a-spectrum in 2015.<ref>{{Archive|URL=2020.08.09-200247/https://warriorsdebt.tumblr.com/post/157795101420/wetwareproblem-aphobephobe-wetwareproblem}}</ref>
The a-spec flag was created by Tumblr user The-Moon-Is-Aroace on March 25, 2019.<ref>{{archived link|https://the-moon-is-aroace.tumblr.com/post/183702972387/a-new-flag-for-the-aspec-community-just-an-idea-i|https://web.archive.org/web/20200809185542/https://the-moon-is-aroace.tumblr.com/post/183702972387/a-new-flag-for-the-aspec-community-just-an-idea-i|A new flag for the aspec community}}</ref> The compass rose in the middle is a symbol of how people all experience attraction in different ways, if at all. The green and purple are on opposite sides of the quadrant to show that [[Asexual|asexuality]] and [[Aromantic|aromanticism]] are their own separate and independent identities, with the black and grey quadrants connecting them. Black represents the [[aroace|aro ace]] community and grey represents grey communities.▼
==Flag==
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Tumblr users [https://www.tumblr.com/sapphic-squirrel sapphic-squirrel] and [https://www.tumblr.com/hetaces hetaces] designed the aloe vera a-spec flag with help from the Inclusionist Discord Server, and they posted it on November 17th, 2019.<ref>{{Archive|URL=2021.12.07-223350/https://sapphic-squirrel.tumblr.com/post/189130109062/hello-everyone-i-want-to-present-a-community-flag}}</ref> It was designed to mimic the [[Sapphic|sapphic]], [[Achillean|achillean]], [[Diamoric|diamoric]], and [[Pluralian|pluralian]] flags with three stripes and one plant. The green is for aromantics, the purple for asexuals, and the grey is for the grey area between "a-" identities and "allo-" identities (including those that don't have solid labels but know they are somewhere under the umbrellas of asexual or aromantic).
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Tumblr user [https://www.tumblr.com/untitled-google-docs-document untitled-google-docs-document] created an alternative flag on July 5th, 2022.<ref>{{Archive|Site=today|URL=https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/untitled-google-docs-document/688973602249408512?source=share}}</ref> She created this flag mainly because the a-spec flags have only included aro and ace individuals and not aplatonic and agender individuals. Thus, she wanted to make a flag inclusive to all a-spec individuals. The green stripe represents aromantic and agender individuals. The yellow string represents love and relationships outside of amatonormative ideas, how the community fights against [[Amatonormativity|amatonormativity]] and radicalises the word "love", and [[Tertiary Attraction|tertiary attraction]]. The white stripes represent the diversity of the a-spec community. The blue stripe represents anyone who is aplatonic. The purple stripe represents asexual individuals and the a-spec community as a whole. The compass rose symbol was inspired by the-moon-is-aroace's a-spec flag, only changing the colour for aesthetic reasons.
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