[[Category:Terminology]]
[[File:Queerplatonicflag1.jpg|thumb|220x220px|A commonly used queerplatonicquasiplatonic flag.|link=https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/File:Queerplatonicflag1.jpg]]
'''QueerplatonicQuasiplatonic relationship''', also called a '''quasiplatonicqueerplatonic relationship''', '''quirkyplatonic relationship''', or '''qplatonic relationship''' (abbreviated '''QPR'''), is an umbrella term for any relationship that bends the rules for telling apart romantic relationships from non-romantic relationships.<ref>shades-of-grayro on Tumblr: [https://shades-of-grayro.tumblr.com/post/190216590460/queerplatonic-relationships-an-introduction-image Queerplatonic Relationships: An Introduction]</ref>[[File:Queerplatonic alt.png|thumb|220x220px|Another common queerplatonicquasiplatonic flag.]]In some societies, hard lines are drawn between appropriate behavior for a romance compared to a friendship. For example, cultural norms might say that romantic partners are more physically affectionate or more emotionally close than friends are, as well as more likely to partner in major life activities such as buying a house or raising a child together.
Wherever those lines are blurred, that relationship can be called queerplatonicquasiplatonic. For example, queerplatonicquasiplatonic relationships can include friendships and ambiguously-romantic relationships that go beyond friendship norms in emotional intensity, physical affection, or other areas. Some queerplatonicquasiplatonic partners also live together or get married. QueerplatonicQuasiplatonic relationships can look different for everyone, depending on what the people involved are comfortable with.
A queerplatonicquasiplatonic relationship can be monogamous or [[polyamorous]], involving more than two people. Pursuing a queerplatonicquasiplatonic relationship is not necessarily mutually exclusive with pursuing romantic relationships, and the term is not restricted to any identity category.
People in queerplatonicquasiplatonic relationships might refer to each other as their queerplatonicquasiplatonic partner (QPP) or as "zucchini", a term that was originally a joke in the [[a-spec]] community about lacking a word to properly describe the term, so they could just use any word they want, like zucchini.
==QueerplatonicQuasiplatonic Attraction==
QueerplatonicQuasiplatonic attraction is a form of [[attraction]] experienced mainly, but not exclusively, by a-spec people. QueerplatonicQuasiplatonic attraction can be very similar to [[Platonic Attraction|platonic attraction]] and [[Alterous Attraction|alterous attraction]]. For some people these types of attraction greatly overlap and they do not make any distinction between them. For others they may feel like there is a clear distinction between these feelings. A queerplatonicquasiplatonic crush can be called a ''plush''.
Someone who does not experience queerplatonicquasiplatonic attraction or does not desire queerplatonicquasiplatonic relationships may call themself ''aqueerplatonicaquasiplatonic''. QueerplatonicQuasiplatonic attraction is not a requirement for a QPR, though. Some aqueerplatonicaquasiplatonic people may still want or have queerplatonicquasirplatonic relationship, they just do not get plushes. Other aqueerplatonicaquasiplatonic might not desire a queerplatonicquasiplatonic relationship. They may also identify as [[nonamorous]].
==History==
The term ''queerplatonicquasiplatonic'' originated among [[Asexual Spectrum|asexuals]] to describe an ambiguous category outside the strict categories of romance and friendship.<ref>[https://theacetheist.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/a-genealogy-of-queerplatonic/ A Genealogy of Queerplatonic]</ref> The term was first used by Meloukhia in the comment section of a 2010 Dreamwidth post.<ref>[https://kaz.dreamwidth.org/238564.html A/romanticism]</ref> In 2011, Meloukhia, also known as S. E. Smith, introduced the term on Tumblr.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161023235234/http:/realsesmith.tumblr.com/post/2868581031/word-of-the-day-queerplatonic Word of the Day: Queerplatonic]</ref>
==Symbolism==
Currently, there is no consensus on queerplatonicquasiplatonic symbolism. At least four different flag designs have been proposed for queerplatonicquasiplatonic.<ref>[https://aromagni.tumblr.com/post/173593938299/so-i-googled-queerplatonic-flag-and-the-above Queerplatonic Flags]</ref> Most of these flags use the colors yellow and pink. Yellow is commonly used to symbolize platonic relationships. Pink is possibly use because it is a light form of red, which is commonly used to represent romantic attraction, showing that queerplatonicquasiplatonic relationships can sometimes resemble romantic relationships but that they are different nonetheless.
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