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'''Quoiromantic''' (also called '''WTFromantic''' or '''Whatromantic''') is an alternative to a romantic orientation label.
Quoiromantic experiences may include:
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* Finding the concept of romance to be inaccessible, inapplicable, or nonsensical
* Questioning romanticism for such a long time that the questioning itself becomes the identity, rather than a path toward any other more stable identity
== Origin ==
As a consequence of the romantic orientation model becoming popular in the asexual community in the 2000s, some asexual people began to openly discuss why the model did not feel right for them.<ref>[https://theacetheist.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/quoiro-wtfromantic-a-brief-timeline-of-disidentification-with-personal-rejection-of-romantic-orientation/ Quoiro/WTFromantic: a brief timeline of disidentification with & personal rejection of romantic orientation]
</ref> For example, Kaz wrote that for zer, asking "so what's your romantic orientation?" is "the wrong question."<ref>[https://kaz.dreamwidth.org/238564.html A/romanticism]</ref> In 2011, in order to express frustration with the system, Sciatrix began half-jokingly referring to herself as "wtfromantic" (as in "what-the-fuck-romantic").<ref>[https://writingfromfactorx.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/writhing-in-the-throes-of-unrequited-like/ Writhing in the Throes of Unrequited Like]</ref><ref>[https://writingfromfactorx.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/a-set-of-affections-difficult-to-characterize/ A Set of Affections Difficult to Characterize]</ref> In her words, "it started as a flippant, honestly fairly sarcastic frustrated comment, not an attempt as a serious identity designation," one she did not expect to resonate with other people and begin to proliferate.<ref>[https://writingfromfactorx.tumblr.com/post/86380040349/ultraviolet Ultraviolet]</ref>
The term quoiromantic was first coined by Tumblr user Epochryphal in 2012<ref>http://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/37572886173/a-thought-wtfromantic-is-a-very-important</ref>. They defines quoiromantic as being for those who are "actively disidentified" or are feeling like other orientations are "inaccessible, inapplicable, non-sensical"<ref>http://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/106762907052/a-note-on-quoi</ref>.▼
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[[File:CorsQuoiFlag.png|thumb|220x220px|Cor's original flag design, edited to add the intended transparency]]
In 2015, Cor proposed a flag design for the quoi identity: four lavender question marks rotated in a ring to share a single dot, overlaid on a cool grey background in a house-shape, instead of the traditional rectangular flag.<ref>[https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/129602967777/ok-problem-solved-i-found-a-color-called-cool Cor's Quoi Flag Proposal]</ref> Other Flag design proposals have combined blue, green, black, and white or gray.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/147022017775/quoi Quoiromantic Flag Designs]</ref> More recently, some simplified designs have been propsed inspired by the nontraditional flag shape idea, using a triangular flag shape instead.<ref>[https://queer-buccaneers.tumblr.com/post/185068311262/heres-an-idea-i-had-for-a-quoi-flag-thats-easier Simplified Quoi Flag Proposals]</ref>
== References ==
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