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[[File:Alterousflag.png|thumb|209px|The original alterous flag]]
'''Alterous attraction''' is a form of [[Emotional Attraction|emotional attraction]] and desire for emotional closeness. It describes a feeling that is not necessarily [[Platonic Attraction|platonic
'''Alterous''' is an adjective used for an attraction which is neither exclusively platonic nor romantic, and for an orientation based in this attraction.
An alterous crush is known as a mesh or a hush, although the terms are not widely used. Alterous attraction is most commonly associated with the color light blue. One who does not experience alterous attraction may identify as a-alterous, analterous, or nonalterous.▼
Indeed, someone who experiences alterous attraction may experience romantic and/or platonic attractions at different times, with different people, or in different combinations. Alterous attraction may be experienced separately and exclusively from sexual attraction, in addition to sexual attraction, or concurrently with sexual attraction. However, some people may experience attraction exclusively alterously.
Alterous as an orientation label may be used in combination with a prefix, such as bi-, homo-, or demi-. It may also be used as a complete orientation label without a prefix. Someone with an alterous orientation may use other orientation labels to describe other attractions, if they experience other attraction orientations and choose to identify with them.
▲An alterous crush is known as a mesh or a hush, although the terms are not widely used. Alterous attraction is most commonly associated with the color light blue. One who does not experience alterous attraction may identify as a-alterous, analterous, or [[nonalterous]].
[[File:Another Alternative Alterous flag.png|thumb|Alt Alterous Flag]]
Alterous attraction's subset is [[Exteramo Attraction|Exteramo attraction]]
== History ==
The term was first introduced in approximately 2015.<ref>
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== Flag ==
The alterous flag was made in 2016 by Tumblr user {{Archive|Site=web|URL=https://alterous-albatross.tumblr.com/ Alterous-Albatross}}. According to the introduction post, "The yellow stands for platonic. The gray stands for the gray area between romantic and platonic attraction. Pink represents affection. Red represents romantic."<ref>
A second alternate Alterous attraction flag was created by FANDOM user [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/User:Zer0Rebel4 Zer0Rebel4]. it features 7 stripes, and a hexagon in place of a heart to symbolise that it is not romantic, but also not platonic. the colours are dark blue for alloalterouses (those who experience alterous attraction), light blue for greyalterouses (those who rarely experience alterous attraction), dark violet for nonalterouses, light violet for demialterouses (those who experience alterous attraction to those theyre close to), lavender for alterous attraction, and black for the spectrum of alterous attraction.
▲Another proposed Alterous flag features three of the same stripes from Tumblr user Alterous-Albatross original flag, but includes a blue-grey stripe instead of a grey stripe to match other alterous identity flags. As before, the yellow stands for platonic. The blue-grey represents alterous attraction itself and how it exists somewhere in the gray area between platonic and romantic attraction. Pink represents affection, and red represents romance.
A third
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File:Alterousflag.png|The original Alterous Attraction flag
File:Alterous (2).png|Alternate Alterous attraction flag by tumbler user [https://tmblr.co/mjBHaUYntDSG4VVmLJjVpGg @pastelmemer]<ref>Alterous (2) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt</ref>
File:Alternate Alterous Preferred.png|
File:Tumblr bea06661b9fa8ac7dc917d0379f596a3 5f48bdfe 540.png|An alternate Alterous flag
Alterous attract.png|a proposed alterous attraction flag by Zer0Rebel4▼
File:Alterous2.png|An alternate Alterous flag by Sanityflux
File:E03AF19D-53FD-4B87-BE73-F0262D2497D1.png|Alterous spectrum flag by Elderflowerjuice
File:An Alternate Alterous Flag by ALDA.png|An Alternate Alterous Flag by ALDA
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[[Category:Attraction]]
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