Tulipian is a term for anyone who identifies as m-spec (attraction to multiple genders), mono (attraction to one gender), and a-spec (little to no attraction to any genders).
This can include:
- Someone who is abro who is fluid between mspec, mono, and aspec identities.
- Someone who uses SAM, or is varioriented in some way, who is mspec, mono, and aspec.
- Someone who is angled aroace/varioriented aroace/oriented aroace and feels as though their attractions together fall on the mspec, monospec, and aspec.
Examples:
- a pan vincian aroace individual
- a nonbinary girl who is angled aroace, who is also heteroflexible and gai romantically/sexually, but trixen queerplatonically.
History
Coined by tobastreasury on Tumblr, December 6th, 2021.[1]
Original definition: "Tulipian! An inclusive term for all folks who are m-spec, mono-spec, and a-spec. This could be because they’re abro-, because they’re varioriented/use the SAM, or because they simply identify with terms from all three spectrums."
Flags
The original flags were made by tobastreasury on the coining post.[1]
Color meanings [2]:
- Purple for the complexity of identities and a-spec orientations
- Pink for positivity and queerness
- White for respect, inclusivity and m-spec orientations
- Yellow for joy and confidence in one’s identity (also includes being unapologetically queer)
- Orange for understanding and appreciation of tulipian identities
- Red for love and mono-spec identities
- Blue of the tulip represents individuality and uniqueness
The alt flag created by user IAmArtemisTheCat (aka Stroy the Cat) on May 13th, 2022, using similar/same colors with the same color meanings. Flags was created and posted here without further history.