[Ads-l] aro, aroace, demisexual

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Pride flag" is an interesting concept, opening the door to "sexual
tribalism."  They also demonstrate the increasing desire to publicly
announce one's personal sexual preferences .

Moreover, Yesterday's "WeHo" post included a ref. to a "BDSM flag," which
doesn't appear in the flag article.

JL

On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 9:43 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> In _American Speech_, "Among the New Words" has had two installments
> relating to gender and sexuality. The first, in AmSp 89.4 (Winter 2014),
> includes "demisexual," with citations going back to 2009:
> https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2908233
>
> OED3 subsequently added "demisexual" in its June 2022 update, taking it
> back to 2006 as a noun and 2007 as an adjective.
>
> The second ATNW installment on gender and sexuality appeared in AmSp 98.1
> (Feb. 2023): https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-10579494
>
> If you click through to the supplementary material, you'll find citations
> for "aro" back to 2013 and "aroace" back to 2017. OED hasn't added either
> yet.
>
> --bgz
>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 7:10 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > ...and so much more:
> >
> > <goog_776611833>
> >
> >
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/wondering-certain-pride-flags-mean-160423544.html
> >
> >
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