general Teneo orientation flag
Teneosexual, Teneoromantic, Teneorose
Teneo(Latin for 'to hold') orientations refer to attraction heavily affected by neurodivergence, specifically;
-Personality disorders, especially Borderline Personality Disorder and Dependent Personality Disorder,
-Separation Anxiety Disorder,
-Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and related disorders,
-some manifestations of (Complex) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,
-some types of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,
-Obsessive Love Disorder, or having many traits of one of the above disorders.
Teneo orientations are experienced as being dependent on an attachment figure or figures, someone who is teneosexual would experience no or very little sexual attraction to anyone else while they have an attachment figure or figures. If the an attachment figure or figures was someone they did not experience attraction to(e.g. genders they aren't attracted to, people who are just not their type, family members, paid caregivers) they would be functionally asexual, until they either lost that attachment, or became attached to someone they experience attraction to.
People who use the label may or may not experience attraction while they have no attachment figure or figures, though if they do it is often more infrequent and/of less intense than attraction to an attachment figure or figures. It can also be combined with other labels such as teneobi, teneogay, teneoaro, teneohet, etc. This label could be considered aspec, however the one who made it doesn't consider it to inherently be.
Color and symbol meanings:
The overlapping lines on the symbols is to represent connection and one's orientation being link to their attachment figure or figures
the light gray to black is to represent the spectrum of diminished to complete lack of attraction.
the gold/golden yellow is to represent attachment, attachment figures, and value both the of the person and how they experience relationships.
on the general Teneo orientation flag the red and pinkish purple were most just chosen because they went well with the gold. The flower/star symbol was chosen to not tie the flag to one specific types of attraction
Orange and red, as well as the flame, were chosen for teneosexual to represent sexual attraction. The light purple on the top of the flag the overlap teneosexuals may experience with asexuality
Pink and purple, as well as the heart, were chosen for teneoromantic to represent sexual attraction. The light green on the top of the flag the overlap teneoromantics may experience with aromanticism.
Teneorose flag takes color from both the teneosexual and teneoromantic flags.
Feel free to make alternative versions of the flags, or version for different types of attraction, if you want to