Here are 5 widespread myths and misconceptions about asexual spectrum identities - and I'm debunking them with facts! 💜✅️ (pt. 1 of 2)
💡 Misunderstandings and assumptions about acespec orientations are, unfortunately, still far too common, so open conversations like these help raise awareness and visibility, both within and outside the community.
Definition: Novisexual is a label used by those who's sexuality can't be expressed by a single term, word, or label, or can't be expressed simply. It is a part of the Pomosexual umbrella.
Flag(s):
This is the Novisexual flag made by pride-flags-for-us July 2014. The blue stripes are meant to represent the different amounts of clarity one might experience with this identity, the green stripes represent those who identity falls within the asexual or aromantic spectrums, the orange stripes represent individuality and the unique nature of a sexuality that is to complex for even the individual to fully understand, and the white stripes represent the possibility for all sexualities to present within the label.
I wanted to make a different novi flag but I didn't want to change the colors or the original meanings, so I just changed the design. I really love the chevron design, so underated.
HELLOOO poll responders! I am going to post monthly Top 5 Roundups of the most identified with, known, questioned, etc identities. This will be out first one!!
Please keep in mind, this month did include an outlier, with A-Spec being voted on over 4,000 times more than the second highest most voted poll, Polyamorous with 522 entries. WILD, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN /gen!!! I am amazed.
This list also includes identities from before the splitting of "known prior" and "not known prior" for both yes and know, as well as before the "questioning" option was added. So keep that in mind for those! This won't be an issue in further monthly breakdowns.
I did also include a xenogender specific breakdown of some Top 5s as well since I know some folks who follow this blog are especially interested in xenogenders and most of them got lower results than more known identities overall. These are below the overall Top 5s.
This is A LONG LIST. So I've put it under the cut! If you expand further, please enjoy!
REMEMBER: These are the Top 5s BY PERCENT and will not necessarily reflect accurate numerical Top 5s.
TOP 5 MOST ENTERED POLLS
5. Pansexual, with 361 Entries
4. Reciprosexual, with 369 Entries
3. Transfem, with 417 Entries
2. Polyamorous, with 522 Entries
1. A-Spec, with 4,780 Entries (Georg, is that you??)
TOP 5 MOST IDENTIFIED AS
These are results that tally the Top 5 highest percentage results of those who identify as the given identity, regardless of if they knew of the identity prior to the poll or are newly identifying as it after discovering it via the poll. Yes, this includes the outlier one.
5. T4T (45.70%)
4. Polyamorous (46.40%)
3. Masc (53%)
2. Genderqueer (53.70%)
1. A-Spec (77.70%)
TOP 5 MOST QUESTIONED IDENTITIES
These are results that tally the Top 5 highest percentage results of those questioning the given identity.
5. Novisexual (11.80%)
4. Genderloose (11.90%)
3. Acespike (12.30%)
2. Grey Aroace (13.30%)
1. Miragegender (13.50%)
TOP 5 MOST KNOWN IDENTITIES
These are results that tally the Top 5 highest percentage results of those who know of a given identity, regardless of if they identify as the given identity or not. Yes, this includes the outlier one.
5. Transfem (93.50%)
4. Grayromantic (93.90%)
3. Pansexual (93.90%)
2. A-Spec (97.40%)
1. Polyamorous (99%)
TOP 5 EXISTING IDENTITIES
These are the results that tally the top 5 highest percentage results of those who already identified with the given identity prior to the poll.
5. Omnisexual (21.30%)
4. Transfem (23.50%)
3. T4T (45%)
2. Masc (51.20%)
1. Genderqueer (52.70%)
TOP 5 NEWLY DISCOVERED IDENTITIES
These are the results that tally the top 5 highest percentage results of those who identify as the given identity after discovering it via the poll.
5. Concegender (11.70%)
4. Opalian (13.10%)
3. Spintellic (13.40%)
2. Kaitasexual (16.90%)
1. Binarian (18.40%)
Xenogender Section
TOP 5 MOST IDENTIFIED AS XENOGENDERS
These are results that tally the Top 5 highest percentage results of those who identify as the given xenogender, regardless of if they knew of the xenogender prior to the poll or are newly identifying as it after discovering it via the poll.
5. Mythicgender (13.70%)
4. Kidcoric (14%)
3. Spacegender (15%)
2. Xenofluid (15.90%)
1. Weirdcoric (19.20%)
TOP 5 MOST QUESTIONED XENOGENDERS
These are results that tally the Top 5 highest percentage results of those questioning the given xenogender.
5. Cosmogender (8%)
4. Seagender (8.50%)
3. Lunarboy (8.90%)
2. Papiliogender (9.20%)
1. Ghostgender (9.20%)
TOP 5 MOST KNOWN XENOGENDERS
These are results that tally the Top 5 highest percentage results of those who know of a given xenogender, regardless of if they identify as the given xenogender or not.
5. Spacegender (37.10%)
4. Colorgender (38.10%)
3. Weirdcoric (39%)
2. Kidcoric (44.90%)
1. Xenofluid (50.50%)
TOP 5 NEWLY DISCOVERED XENOGENDERS
These are the results that tally the top 5 highest percentage results of those who identify as the given xenogender after discovering it via the poll.
5. Ghostgender (8.70%)
4. Aciengender (9.90%)
3. Willorainian (10.60%)
2. Lunarboy (10.80%)
1. Mythicgender (10.80%)