#oriented aromantic

Oriented Asexual

This flag was requested by a friend of mine, here’s what that friend gave for a definition:

“Oriented ace - very similar to oriented aroace, essentially for those who are ace but also have some sort of attraction/orientation outside of their asexuality.

Examples of possible oriented aces: allo(romantic)aces, aces who have a significant tertiary attraction, aces who are quoi/nebula/idemromantic or questioning their romantic/platonic / other identity but still feel like they have a non-ace orientation of some kind, non-SAM aces who still might want to label parts of their non-ace orientation, anattractional aces who have a non-ace orientation, partnering aces who feel like they have another orientation, people who know they are ace but don't want to split or categorize any attraction(s)/orientation(s) other than mentioning they exist, and probably more that I'm not thinking about but fit the guidelines

Oh yeah, also this can be combined with other things, so you can be pan-orientated ace, hetero-oriented ace, etc

There are literally only two general guidelines: a) ace (otherwise why would you be an orientated **ace**?), and b) have a (non-ace) orientation or attraction or affection or any other feelings that you feel are well-described by oriented

Some examples of orientated aces:

- Cody is a quoiromantic ace who feels a complex set of attractions they don't want to parse out and explain to other people, so they use the label omni-oriented ace

- Belle is ace but is gay for women in most other attractions, so she calls herself a lesbian-oriented ace

- Red is aroace but has a strong platonic and aesthetic attraction, so she might call himself an oriented ace

- Blue is anattractional but is also partnering and open to romantic and platonic relationships, so they use oriented ace to explain this

- Linda is an asexual woman, but he realizes he also attracted to other people. Linda's not quite sure who he's attracted to and how, so he decides to use this label

- I (the coiner G.E.) know I'm firmly ace but mostly don't label my attractions and disidentify with a romantic orientation because It's Complicated (TM). However, I still feel like I have an orientation based on non-attraction factors.”

So yeah, that’s that! I hope someone out there enjoys this flag :)

Bonus! Oriented Aromantic! The same as explained above but for aromantic instead of asexual! I could also make tertiary attraction versions, and feel free to make one yourself if you want! :D

so, as someone who personally vibes with this and has gotten SO many questions about if it's a Thing, I've decided, fuck it, yeah, it is a thing.

let's coin oriented aromanticism.

oriented aros are similar to oriented aroaces, but it's a term for aro folks who fall under the non-SAM / "just aro" umbrellas; we are aromantic, and experience some type of attraction which we'd like to label or describe, and often cannot or prefer not to label further (ie, specifying the type of attraction).

aroqueer, already an established term, would be one such example.