aceflux

English

Etymology

ace +‎ -flux

Adjective

aceflux (not comparable)

1. (LGBT, rare) Generally asexual, but sometimes experiencing varying degrees of sexual attraction and desire.
   • 2016, Ashley Mardell, The ABCs of LGBT+, s, unnumbered page:

     If we asked five different people who each claimed one of the aforementioned identities (asexual, graysexual, aceflux, zedsexual and someone who experiences sexual attraction but not in high amounts) to each place themselves on the same spectrum, […]
     [quoting someone else] I used a bracket to show how my aceflux identity exists between experiencing little to medium amounts of attraction.

   • 2016, Vern Harner, Risk Factors, Unmet Needs, and Perceived Service Needs of Gender/Sexual Minority Emerging Adults in Phoenix:

     […] Responses of gray-asexual, ace, asexual, acroflux, aceflux, and demisexual [people] were collapsed into the category of “asexual.”

   • 2018, Rob Cover, Emergent Identities: New Sexualities, Genders and Relationships in a Digital Era, unnumbered page:

     In the context of emergent taxonomy, asexuality, ace, the range or spectrum of asexual sensibilities, aceflux and even aromantic identities are not produced within a binary framework that would pivot between the asexual/sexual assigned against moral/immoral or proper/improper dichotomised stereotypes.

   • 2018, Kathleen Gallagher, The Methodological Dilemma Revisited: Creative, Critical and Collaborative Approaches to Qualitative Research for a New Era, Routledge, →ISBN:

     Confused? My labels weren't meant for you. They were meant for me. (Aro/aceflux bisexual, Bigender, White)

   • 2019, Paul Byron, “'Apps are cool but generally pretty pointless': LGBTIQ+ young people's mental health app ambivalence”, in Media International Australia, volume 171, number 1, page 58:

     I prefer websites, but most of my friends use apps. (24, female/non-binary, bisexual/demisexual/asexual spectrum/aceflux/aromantic)

Related terms

• aroflux