Afamilial Spectrum (Afaspec)
Top Row: Afamilial Spectrum (Afaspec)
Middle Row: Afamilial (left), Demifamilial (right)
Bottom Row: Grayfamilial (left), Caedfamilial (right)
Afamilial Spectrum: An umbrella terms for all familial identities that are not strictly Allofamilial, while feeling connected to the Afamilial label. Can be shortened to Afaspec or Afamspec. (“Ay-Fah(m)-Spec”) Examples include Demifamilial, Grayfamilial, Caedfamilial, etc.
Afamilial: The absence or near absence of familial attraction, where one may lack the feeling to be close to one considers family, or may not consider anyone family in the first place. Could be shortened to Afa or Afam.
Demifamilial: An afaspec identity where one doesn’t experience familial attraction until forming a deep emotional connection with someone. (or otherwise conditional attachment before experiencing attraction) Could be shortened to Demiafa, or Demiafam.
Grayfamilial/Greyfamilial: An afaspec identity where one feels connected to the afamilial term, however may not describe their familial attraction as strictly afamilial or allofamilial. Could be considered an umbrella term for any afaspec terms that are either between allofamilial and afamilial, or terms that feel simply like they aren’t strictly those two terms. Could be shortened to Grayafa/Greyafa, or Grayafam/Greyafam.
Caedfamilial: A afaspec identity where one feels like their allofamilial disappeared or changed to either strictly afamilial or afaspec due to trauma. Should only be used by those with trauma and/or PTSD. Can be shortened to Caedafa or Caedafam.
These flags/terms were originally posted on June 16th, 2022. A few of the flags have been slightly color adjusted.
Anyways Hi welcome to the bottom of the post. I made these flags to fill a gap in my hoard since I feel like I’m Afamilial in some ways, and therefore coined Afaspec to fill the gap since I don’t think anyone’s officially coined a term (shorthand term) for Afamilial attraction yet.
That being said I also decided to make some flags since I couldn’t find any and ig “official” (as in idk if anyone else has done it yet) descriptions for Afamilial, Demifamilial, Grayfamilial, and Caedfamilial.
So yeah I made flags for these terms and stuff, I'll likely make Afaflux at some point. Feel free to use these flags and make your own. I’d love to see more familial terms in use. Let me know if any of these flags are significantly bad when it comes to color-blindness or eye strain, I'd be willing to take notes and post an alternative flag(s) if needed.