#caed-

[luxiomahariel]

is this anything?

caedtransmasculine (caedmasc), caedtransfeminine (caedfem),

caedtransneutral (caedneu), caedtransnull (caednull), caedtransenbine (caedenbine)

the caed- prefix means that something has been taken or “cut away” due to trauma. here, it means that one used to identify as a different gender alignment, but due to trauma, they are now transitioning towards the gender alignment depicted in the flags above.

these are different to the caedgender flags since those depict the gender that one experiences trauma symptoms towards. i instead used the format of the caed-aspec flags since those depict the colors of someones current orientation rather than the allo-orientation that they feel trauma towards.

i also like that these have a T shape representing transitioning away from the source of trauma

@radiomogai

[contievene]

Caedqueer

[Tw: Brief mention of trauma]

Term and flag by: FANDOM user Contie / Tumblr user contievene, November 26th, 2021.

This is a broad term to unite queer trauma survivors who have had their queer identities affected by their trauma in some way. I wanted to create a term to acknowledge how trauma can impact one's experiences with one's own identity and queerness.

Caedqueer, or caedoqueer, is a broad identity describing someone who identifies as queer and feels that one's queerness or parts of one's queer identity have (whether presently or in the past) been altered or damaged, if not entirely "cut away," by trauma of some form.

One may still use this term if one's queer identity has been altered, damaged or "cut away" due to trauma in the past (even if, presently, they have recovered and have a strong connection with their queer identity) as long as this part of one's experience is something one wants a term to acknowledge.

The term may be used as:

A broad term for any folks who want a word to acknowledge that their queer identity has been/is being negatively affected by trauma/(a) traumatic experience(s).

A broad term for those who do not want to specify the identities that have been affected by trauma in this way (as opposed to more specific caed- labels).

This term is exclusive to trauma survivors and/or those with PTSD.

[xeno-aligned]

is there a term like aplatonic/nonamorous/etc. but specifically because of trauma or bad experiences with qpps in the past? I heard of adfecturomantic or however it's spelled but not so much one specifically for squishes and queerplatonic relationships (I still want to be romantic but I can't stand being in qpp anymore since my last one ended really horribly)

you can use [prefix]queerplatonic, e.g. caedqueerplatonic

Caed- / Caedo-: A feeling that one was previously able to experience a particular kind of attraction, but that ability was lost due to trauma or negative events.

Klape-: When you feel as though your ability (or potential) to experience traditional attraction has been taken away from you due to abuse, trauma, neurodivergency, illness, or any other similar factor, including any combination of them.

-forced: A feeling that one only feels a type of attraction due to trauma/abuse, and would not feel that type of attraction if they had not experienced that trauma/abuse.

[xeno-aligned]

Is there a term for a person who feels like, a limited amount of (romantic) attraction to all genders, no matter what? possibly with a preference that’s due to trauma?

attraction to all genders: omni- or pan- (see here and here for how they’re different)

Greyromantic: Describes someone who experiences romantic attraction only rarely, weakly, unstably / unreliably, and / or gains / loses the attraction under certain (maybe unknown) circumstances.

Requiesromantic: Experiencing limited romantic attraction due to being drained of energy. When you do experience attraction, it is to all genders.

Adfecturomantic / affecturomantic / adfectualromantic / adfromantic: Describes someone whose romantic attraction is affected by one’s neurodivergency, especially fluctuating moods, personality disorders, and effects from PTSD / being a trauma survivor.

Caedromanticflux: Describes someone whose romantic orientation incorporates the specific feeling that one once was alloromantic, but that has been “cut away” or taken from them due to past trauma (For trauma survivors / PTSD sufferers only). [-flux indicates the lack of attraction fluctuates]