The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality

by Julie Sondra Decker

Some seek devoted companions of a non-romantic type and may even want to raise children or cohabitate with a platonic partner.

Queerplatonic relationships are those that consist of dedicated, long-term partnership between the participants. The feelings between the partners are not romantic, but are still very powerful, and different in strength or type from what is usually reserved to describe typical friends.

autosexual generally describes behavior (referring to a person who prefers masturbation to partnered sex), which means an autosexual person could be any orientation. Again, behavior does not determine orientation.