Happy Ace Week: Symbols

 

Today I will go through some of the symbols of asexuality.

I have to say I really like the colors of the asexual pride flag (in part because my favorite color is purple) First officially used in August 2010, the asexual pride flag consists of four horizontal stripes: black, gray, white, and purple from top to bottom. Black represents asexuality, and gray signifies the gray area between sexuality and asexuality. The white stripe denotes non-asexual partners, and the purple stripe stands for community.

Asexual cake is an emoticon and symbol associated with asexuality and communities of asexual people online. It’s association with asexuality comes from the idea that cake is better than sex. Because of this, it has become a pride symbol for asexual people, used to express their asexuality and as an in-joke within the community

Wonderful dragons have become a symbol of the asexual community even though why exactly is a bit murky. It seems like it started as a thing on tumbler that got absorbed into cannon. For some it is because dragons are often considered mythical in a similar way to how asexuality is consider mythical to many allosexuals. For others it is because if you are not going to have a story focus on sex including a dragon will keep it interesting. In other cases it is because some ace characters are known to like dragons. I love dragons so I am completely happy with claiming them as an asexual symbol.  

The only piece of jewelry I wear is an simple ace ring. I started wearing one to show the world I was ace but know that few people even within the ace community know what my ring means so it really is just symbolic for myself.  The tradition of wearing a black ring on the right-hand middle finger can be traced back to AVEN. As early as 2005, people were discussing this style as a way to identify other ace folks in public. Black was chosen to be a neutral color, and the right-hand middle finger is supposed to prevent any conflict with other symbolic rings. The design of the ring does not matter, though the most common style is a simple band.