Demiromanticism

romantic attraction only towards people with whom emotional bonds are formed

Demiromanticism is a romantic orientation. It's considered to be in the gray area of aromanticism. A demiromantic person can have romantic attraction after an emotional bond. It's related to demisexuality.[1] Demiromantic people can have any sexual orientation.[2][3][4] The term was created in asexual communities, such as Asexual Visibility and Education Network.[5]

References

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  1. Decker, Julie Sondra (2015-10-13). The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality * Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner in LGBT *. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-5107-0064-2.
  2. Williams, H. Sharif (2018-10-05). Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative. Thorntree Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-944934-61-3.
  3. Dennis, Jeffery (2020-09-11). "Demi-Romantic Non-Binary Pansexual: Learning from Micro-Identities in the Classroom". Scholars at Work Conference.
  4. Clarke, Kyra; Cover, Rob; Aggleton, Peter (2018-07-03). "Sex and ambivalence: LGBTQ youth negotiating sexual feelings, desires and attractions". Journal of LGBT Youth. 15 (3): 227–242. doi:10.1080/19361653.2018.1469449. ISSN 1936-1653. S2CID 149612113.
  5. Schudson, Zach; van Anders, Sari (2019-10-02). "'You have to coin new things': sexual and gender identity discourses in asexual, queer, and/or trans young people's networked counterpublics". Psychology & Sexuality. 10 (4): 354–368. doi:10.1080/19419899.2019.1653957. ISSN 1941-9899. S2CID 202286008.