gray-A

== English == === Etymology === Coined in 2006 by the user KSpaz on the forums of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network for those in the "fuzzy" area that is the distinction between asexuality and sexuality. === Adjective === gray-A (not comparable) (neologism, informal) Graysexual. 2012, Evelyn Deshane, "Asexuality: Media Depictions and Lived Realities", Absynthe (Trent University), February 2012, page 34: The gray-A type of attraction discussed in asexuality communities addresses this issue of a variable like sex drive. 2013, Dominque Mosbergen, "Asexual in a Sexual World", Huffington, Issue #63, 25 August 2013, page 47 (approx.): "Sexuality is so fluid, and Gray-A presents more of a possibility to be unsure. I don't understand all the intricacies of myself yet, so this is the closest approximation I've come up with," said Chris Maleney, an 18-year-old Pennsylvania high school student who identifies as Gray-A. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gray-A. === Noun === gray-A (plural gray-As or gray-A's) (neologism, informal) A graysexual person. 2012, Marina Hale, "The Drop-Down Menu Identity Crisis", Glass Buffalo (University of Alberta), Spring 2012, page 51: Gray-As or demisexuals fit somewhere between sexual and asexual; they may have very low sex-drives, or may only experience sexual attraction after a deep emotional connection exists. 2013, Dominque Mosbergen, "Asexual in a Sexual World", Huffington, Issue #63, 25 August 2013, page 47 (approx.): Gray-A's, on the other hand, are people who identify more generally in the gray zone between asexuality and sexuality. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gray-A. === References === === Anagrams === ayrag, Yagar, Garay