So, there you have it. Aplatonic was coined in 2012 by a gay ace abuse survivor.
It’s been commonly used by ace and aro (particularly aro and aroace) people who are neurodivergent and/or trauma or abuse survivors to describe an inability to form platonic partnerships or experience platonic attraction.
But it’s also been adopted by a lot of aro people to describe how they don’t develop squishes or desire QPRs.
The coiner said nothing about who can or can’t use the term or for what purpose, so I don’t really think it’s an issue.
I don’t think it’s wrong for people who don’t identify as ace or aro but who are neurodivergent or experienced trauma or abuse to use it, but it should be known that it was coined within the a-spec community. We did not ‘steal’ it.
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