On "Gray-Asexuality," "Ambiversion," "Mild Depression," and Other "In-Betweens"
You've heard "gender is a spectrum." Well it seems just about everything is. And I know that some people, like Dan Savage from the Savage Lovecast, think that too many terminologies and classifications are cluttering and confusing (even though Savage is of the more liberal variety). Of the terms "gray-asexuality," "ambiversion," and "mild depression," I don't think they are too many to remember, but maybe that's because they are terms that are important to me and my identity. Whenever I mention being gray-asexual, or just "graysexual" for short, people have told me, "then isn't that just all of us?" Being graysexual to me means that I can never use grindr, and that I think I can't enjoy sex with someone, except for those very rare occasions when I'm in the mood--unless I may be "demisexual," or someone that only enjoys sex with someone they have a deep emotional connection to. The way som...