Citations:acespec

Adjective: "(neologism) belonging or related to the asexual spectrum"

 * 2016, Kay, quoted in Christine Feraday, "For Lack of a Better Word: Neo-Identities in Non-Cisgender, Non-Straight Communities on Tumblr", thesis submitted to Ryerson University, page 85:
 * it is absolutely vital that we have that kind of language available to us, because even someone who could potentially identify as ace-spectrum but chooses not to is going to have different experiences from someone who does explicitly identify as asexual or acespec - in particular, they are not going to have the experience of intercommunity aggression that, unfortunately, is currently a serious issue for people who identify as ace.
 * 2017, Melissa Reph, "You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'", The Muhlenberg Weekly (Muhlenberg College), 26 October 2017, page 3:
 * For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.
 * 2018, MBLGTACC 2018 Program Guide, page 58:
 * In this workshop, participants will discuss and share best practices for ensuring ace-spec students of all intersections are and feel included in organizations, events, and other aspects of campus life.
 * 2020, Will, quoted in "Questions Of The Month", AVENues Newsletter, July-September 2020, page 23:
 * Be open to ALL acespec folx! No matter what other identities intersect with their acespec identity and no matter how they behave in whatever types of relationships they may have.
 * 2021, Patricia Kennon, "Asexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity", International Journal of Young Adult Literature, Volume 2, Issue 1 (link):
 * While there can still be a tendency for allosexual characters in YA science fiction to perform conscious and unconscious microaggressions against ace, acespec, aro and arospec characters, some recent novels manage to challenge the aphobic presumption of compulsory sexuality, and to ultimately create and sustain asexual-inclusive speculative worlds.
 * 2021, M, quoted in "Questions Of The Month", AVENues Newsletter, July-September 2021, page 13:
 * Some authors will write a couple of stories where a particular character is made to be ace-spec or aro-spec.