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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Blend of gray + asexual, coined in 2008 by the user asexualityrocks on the forums of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network about 2 years after the advent of gray-A and gray asexual.
Adjective
graysexual (not comparable)
- (neologism) Intermediate between sexual and asexual; sometimes, but not usually, experiencing sexual attraction and desire.
- 2013, M. M, "sex-pos", Post- (Brown University), Volume 14, Issue 13, 21 February 2013, page 7:
- But then I remember: the whole ethos of sex-positivity is predicated on a belief that everyone—sexual, asexual, or gray-sexual; monogamous, polyamorous, or something in-between; LGBTQ or as hetero as the Romneys—is entitled to pleasurable and safe sex.
2014 February 19, Tess Banta, “The 'A' Stands for Asexual”, in The Amherst Student, volume 143, number 16, Amherst College, page 7:Some aces are gray-sexual (or gray-A), meaning that they fall somewhere on a spectrum between asexual and sexual.
2014 June 18, Julie Sondra Decker, “How to Tell If You Are Asexual”, in Time:Do you feel sexual attraction sometimes, but only rarely? You may be graysexual,* and you’ll have a lot in common with asexual people if you are.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:graysexual.
- Synonyms: gray-A, gray asexual, gray ace
Derived terms
Noun
graysexual (plural graysexuals)
- (neologism) A graysexual person.
References
- ^ asexualityrocks , Prince Raditz (2008 November 21) “Attention asexual men! PLEASE RESPOND!”, in The Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, archived from the original on 24 August 2023: “[Prince Raditz:] I would suck at anything competitive because when it comes to sports, I'm usually a clutz :rolleyes: / And "hyposexual" is another term for Grey Asexual / [asexualityrocks:] Let's coin a new term. "Graysexual."”