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Quoisexuality is a term for disidentifying with sexual orientation or the ace/allo binary. The use of the prefix quoi- originates with Quoiromantic.[1] While quoisexuality is sometimes defined as being unable to distinguish sexual attraction from another type of attraction, this is not its only (or even primary) use.[2]

Quiogender6

A newer flag by hghrules for any quoi identity.

OriginalQuoi

The first flag by epochryphal (Cor) on tumblr for all quoi identities that is still sometimes used.

QuoiPendant

A simplified pendant flag that was proposed inspired by Cor's house shaped design. This flag was also meant to represent any quoi identity.

Quoisexual experiences may include:

  • Being unsure if you experience attraction or not
  • Being unable to understand attraction as a concept or feeling
  • Finding the concept of attraction inaccessible, inapplicable, nonsensical
  • Being unable to define sexual attraction and so unable to say whether or not you experience it
  • Having difficulty distinguishing sexual attraction from other types of attraction
  • Struggling to find a sexual orientation that is applicable to you because attraction is too complicated or because none seem to fit
  • Not experiencing sexuality, sexual orientation or sexual attraction as it is normally defined


The meanings of the stripes on the four striped quoisexual specific flag was defined on the tumblr account official-quoisexual along with a quoiromantic and quoiplatonic variant. The black stripe is for asexuality, the white is for rejection of sexual attraction as a concept, the lime green is for sexual attraction not making sense, and the teal is for inability to differentiate attractions.[3] This is the only flag that is specifically for quoisexuality.

The earliest quoi identity flag was the house shaped flag by epochryphal (Cor) on tumblr. The flag is purposely an off center and non-rectangular flag. The background is "cool grey" which is chosen to be something hard to distinctly call purple or grey. The questionmarks are "web lavender, which is distinct from irl lavender". [4]

A simplified version based on the four question mark flag was proposed that was pendant shaped to still be a non-traditional pride flag shape but easier to print or produce. It's main color was a lavender so still getting inspiration from being a mysterious light purple but a bit different from the original. This one also had three question marks instead of four. This was also meant to represent all quoi labels and in some cases people may prefer that it's unclear what part of their identity is specifically involved given the nature of quoi identities.

A newer flags was coined on tumblr by user hghrules.[1] Like Cor's design, it was intended to represent all the quoi identities. The two lines are an optical illusion; the brain struggles to understand whether they are the same color or not due to the color surrounding them. It is purple because "there are so many names for purple" that it just gets confusing and is hard to identify at all.

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