List of people on the asexual spectrum
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This is a list of notable asexual people who have been open about their sexuality. The number of notable asexual individuals is likely to be several times higher than the number of individuals who appear on this list due to fact that many famous people have hidden their sexual orientations.
People on the asexual spectrum lack sexual attraction to others or experience low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity.{{cite book |author1=Robert L. Crooks |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=isIaCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT300 |title=Our Sexuality |author2=Karla Baur |publisher=Cengage Learning |year=2016 |isbn=978-1305887428 |page=300 |access-date=January 4, 2017}}{{cite book |author=Katherine M. Helm |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3K9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 |title=Hooking Up: The Psychology of Sex and Dating |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2015 |isbn=978-1610699518 |page=32 |access-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122195144/https://books.google.com/books?id=O3K9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite book |last=Kelly |first=Gary F. |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780072420050 |title=Sexuality Today: The Human Perspective |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-07-255835-7 |edition=7th |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780072420050/page/400/mode/2up 401] (sidebar) |chapter=Chapter 12 |quote=Asexuality is a condition characterized by a low interest in sex. |url-access=registration}} The spectrum includes sub-identities,{{Cite journal |last=Scherrer |first=Kristin |year=2008 |title=Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire |journal=Sexualities |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=621–641 |doi=10.1177/1363460708094269 |pmc=2893352 |pmid=20593009}} including gray asexuality and demisexuality. Asexual individuals may represent about one percent of the population.
Many people who identify as asexual also identify with other labels. These other identities include how they define their gender and their romantic orientation.{{Cite journal |last1=MacNeela |first1=Pádraig |last2=Murphy |first2=Aisling |date=December 30, 2014 |title=Freedom, Invisibility, and Community: A Qualitative Study of Self-Identification with Asexuality |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=799–812 |doi=10.1007/s10508-014-0458-0 |issn=0004-0002 |pmid=25548065 |s2cid=23757013}} They will oftentimes integrate these characteristics into a greater label that they identify with. Regarding romantic or emotional aspects of sexual orientation or sexual identity, for example, asexuals may identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer{{cite web |year=2008 |title=Overview |url=http://www.asexuality.org/home/?q=overview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119005301/http://www.asexuality.org/home/?q=overview.html |archive-date=November 19, 2016 |access-date=January 6, 2016 |publisher=The Asexual Visibility and Education Network}}{{cite book |author=Christina Richards |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uSiXAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT124 |title=Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide |author2=Meg Barker |publisher=SAGE |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4462-9313-3 |pages=124–127 |access-date=July 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728200354/http://books.google.com/books?id=uSiXAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT124 |archive-date=July 28, 2014 |url-status=live}} or by the following terms to indicate that they associate with the romantic, rather than sexual, aspects of sexual orientation:{{cite book |author=Karli June Cerankowski |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLgTAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |title=Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives |author2=Megan Milks |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-134-69253-8 |pages=89–93 |access-date=July 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716130847/http://books.google.com/books?id=zLgTAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Understanding Asexuality |url=https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/understanding-asexuality/ |access-date=December 1, 2022 |website=The Trevor Project |date=August 20, 2021 |language=en-US}}
- aromantic; little to no romantic attraction
- biromantic; by analogy to bisexual
- heteroromantic; by analogy to heterosexual
- homoromantic; by analogy to homosexual
- panromantic; by analogy to pansexual
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