a-spec

On, or relating to, the asexual spectrum and/or aromantic spectrum.

A segment of Core could have been about solely the trans community, or the exclusion of bi, pan, and a-spec people from queer spaces […]

However, this article isn’t about what it means, or how it feels to be a-spec: it’s about the erasure (A-rasure?) of a-spec identities.

A person on the asexual spectrum and/or aromantic spectrum.

“Aspecs [those on the asexual spectrum]^([sic]) can have relationships with anyone. We’re not limited to being exclusively with other aspecs…. There always needs to be communication and establishing boundaries regardless of the relationship. […]” – M

This is why events like the Indigenous Aces panel and articles by a-specs from marginalised backgrounds are so important within the larger conversation around a-spec issues.