Iron_Maiden Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Is it possible to be aroace and lesbian at the same time? I'm not interested in sex or romance in any way, but I still feel attracted to women pretty strongly in a platonic (sometimes queerplatonic) and aesthetic way. What does this make me? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jot-Aro Kujo Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Yep. Look up oriented or angled aroace. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aro-fae Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Lesbians experience attraction to womxn, and that extends beyond romantic and sexual attraction. As was mentioned above, "oriented" aroaces are those who experience some other attraction that is strong enough to cause them to identify with something other than aroace. Platonic and alterous attractions are commonly at play in those scenarios! "Angled" aroace is a related term for those who are grey-, demi-, or some other aroace-spectrum identity. I'll use myself as an example - I'm greyromantic and grey-ace, but when I do experience attraction its towards any gender, so I'm bi (angled) aroace. In those situations people may also say grey-bisexual or bi/grey aroace. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermi1e Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 oooo this is kinda cool! A word I've heard is homoplatonic, to describe who you experience queerplatonic attraction to. Also, as @aro-faeand @Jot-Aro Kujo mentioned, "angled aroace" and "oriented aroace" could describe u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokiana Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Hid posts in this thread due to a discussion about the validity of sensual/platonic/aesthetic attraction. We do not debate the validity of other people's identities. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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