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[[File:A-spec.svg|thumb|220x220px|A possible a-spec flag.|alt=A flag with four colored rectangles. The top-right is dark green, the top left is black, the bottom right is gray, the bottom left is purple. There is a white star in the middle. ]] |
[[File:A-spec.svg|thumb|220x220px|A possible a-spec flag.|alt=A flag with four colored rectangles. The top-right is dark green, the top left is black, the bottom right is gray, the bottom left is purple. There is a white star in the middle. ]] |
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[[File:Aspec.png|thumb|220x220px|An alternate a-spec flag.|alt=This flag as three stripes. The top is dark green, the middle is gray, and the bottom is purple. It has an image of a green plant in the centre. ]] |
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'''A-spec''' (or '''A-spectrum''') is an umbrella term for all identities on the [[Asexual Spectrum|asexual spectrum]] and [[Aromantic Spectrum|aromantic spectrum]]. It can be used for anyone on the asexual spectrum, aromantic spectrum, or both. It is also sometimes used more broadly to include other identities that use the "a-" prefix, such as [[agender]] and [[aplatonic]].<ref>https://asafetynet.tumblr.com/post/112827135411/a-spectrum-safety-net</ref> [[Aroace agender]] is sometimes referred to as AAA-spec. |
'''A-spec''' (or '''A-spectrum''') is an umbrella term for all identities on the [[Asexual Spectrum|asexual spectrum]] and [[Aromantic Spectrum|aromantic spectrum]]. It can be used for anyone on the asexual spectrum, aromantic spectrum, or both. It is also sometimes used more broadly to include other identities that use the "a-" prefix, such as [[agender]] and [[aplatonic]].<ref>https://asafetynet.tumblr.com/post/112827135411/a-spectrum-safety-net</ref> [[Aroace agender]] is sometimes referred to as AAA-spec. |
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[[File:A spec flag.png|thumb|200x200px|The redesigned aloe vera flag.]] |
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The term a-spectrum was introduced by Tumblr users warriorsdebt, whes, and strategicgoat in 2015.<ref>https://warriorsdebt.tumblr.com/post/157795101420/wetwareproblem-aphobephobe-wetwareproblem</ref> |
The term a-spectrum was introduced by Tumblr users warriorsdebt, whes, and strategicgoat in 2015.<ref>https://warriorsdebt.tumblr.com/post/157795101420/wetwareproblem-aphobephobe-wetwareproblem</ref> |
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== Controversy == |
== Controversy == |
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== Flag == |
== Flag == |
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The a-spec flag was created by Tumblr user The-Moon-Is-Aroace on March 25, 2019.<ref>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</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]] community and grey represents grey communities. |
The a-spec flag was created by Tumblr user The-Moon-Is-Aroace on March 25, 2019.<ref>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</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]] community and grey represents grey communities. |
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[[File:Aspec.png|thumb|The original aloe vera a-spec flag]] |
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| ⚫ | The aloe vera a-spec flag was designed by Tumblr users Sapphic-Squirrel and Hetaces with help from the Inclusionist Discord Server and was posted on November 17, 2019.<ref>https://sapphic-squirrel.tumblr.com/post/189130109062/hello-everyone-i-want-to-present-a-community-flag</ref> It was designed to mimic the [[sapphic]], [[achillean]], [[diamoric]], and [[pluralian]] flags with three stripes and one plant. The green is for aromantics, the purple for asexuals, and grey is for the grey area between a- identities and [[Allosexual|allo-]] identities which would represent [[Greyasexual|greyasexuals]], [[Greyromantic|greyromantics]], [[Demisexual|demisexuals]], [[Demiromantic|demiromantics]], other [[Mesi Aromantic|mesi aros]], [[Mesi Asexual|mesi aces]], [[Split Attraction Model (SAM)|split attraction]] users, and those that don’t have solid labels but know they are somewhere under the umbrellas of asexual or aromantic. |
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The aloe vera flag was redesigned by RavenFire803 on July 1th, 2021 to represent the larger community. The aloe symbol was made to be both green and purple instead of just green to show balance. |
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| ⚫ | The aloe vera a-spec flag was designed by Tumblr users Sapphic-Squirrel and Hetaces with help from the Inclusionist Discord Server and was posted on November 17, 2019.<ref>https://sapphic-squirrel.tumblr.com/post/189130109062/hello-everyone-i-want-to-present-a-community-flag</ref> It was designed to mimic the [[sapphic]], [[achillean]], [[diamoric]], and [[pluralian]] flags with three stripes and one plant. The green is for aromantics, the purple for asexuals, and grey is for the grey area between a- identities and [[Allosexual|allo-]] identities which would represent [[Greyasexual|greyasexuals]], [[Greyromantic|greyromantics]], [[Demisexual|demisexuals]], [[Demiromantic|demiromantics]], other [[Mesi Aromantic|mesi aros]], [[Mesi Asexual|mesi aces]], [[Split Attraction Model (SAM)|split attraction]] users, and those that don’t have solid labels but know they are somewhere under the umbrellas of asexual or aromantic. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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