Aromantic (often shortened to aro) is a romantic orientation defined by a lack of romantic attraction. Romantic attraction is often defined as the desire to be in a romantic relationship and/or do romantic acts with a specific individual. Aromantic individuals do not have an innate desire to be in a romantic relationship with specific individuals. They might also feel disconnected from the idea of romance.
A common misconception is that all aromantics lack emotions, lack the ability to form social connections, and are "loveless". In reality many aros are capable of feeling love; platonic love such as that between a mother and child, or best friends. Aromantics can also meet their emotional needs through queerplatonic relationships, or other non-romantic relationships. On the other hand, some aromantics may not experience platonic love or attraction. Others may not desire partners of any kind, and some aromantics embrace the loveless label rejecting the idea that love is necessary for happiness.
 
The Aromantic Pride Flag created by Cameron Whimsy was a five striped flag. The stripes were dark green and light green representing the spectrum of aromantic identities, yellow representing friendship, grey and black representing the spectrum of sexual identities in the aromantic community. The yellow stripe was later changed to white due to it causing sensory problems for certain individuals. The meaning of the stripes was kept the same during the redesign.
 
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