Lith-

Lith (also called Litho, Akoi, Akoine) is an orientation for those who may experience attraction but does not want it reciprocated. The person may be uncomfortable at the thought of someone being attracted to them, or they may lose their feelings if they learn it's reciprocated. As such, Liths may not feel compelled to seek out a relationship.

Lith can be an orientation on its own or can combined with other orientations. For example, one could be Lith and Omni, meaning that when one does experience attraction it's towards people of any gender.

It is an orientation under the A-spectrum.

Alternate Names

 * Litho
 * Akoine
 * Akoi

Pronounciation

 * Lith
 * Lith-tho
 * Ah-coy-neh
 * Ah-coy

Etymology
Lithos means "stone" in Greek.

Koine means "common/shared/relationship", also in Greek.

History
The Lith- prefix has been credited to Ian of Tumblr blog StopAnthropomorphizingMe for its partner (Lithromantic) and himself (Lithsexual).

Due to a claim of appropriating Lesbian culture, some people have attempted to replace the term Lith with Akoine/Akoi, an alternate prefix coined by CisphobeOfficial on May 18, 2014. This is due to the fact that Lithos, the word Lithromantic comes from, means "stone". In the lesbian community a stone lesbian is a lesbian who is okay with being the giver of sex acts, but not with being the receiver of sex acts. Because of that "lithsexual" could potentially be interpreted as being related to this term. Ian have talked about the claims and refuted it, explaining Lith- and stone are different, similar but not the same. How it is not appropriation when it's a new term that just draws on a similar one.

"But drawing on pre-established terminology when you create new terminology isn’t appropriative. It’s just linguistics."

- Ian of StopAnthropomorphizingMe

Ian also talked about how stones are not even all women and/or Lesbians, when historically transmasculine people and Lesbians have blurred the lines for decades.

There has not been any consensus about the term, both in the A-spec and Lesbian community. There is no apparently evidence that the specific term "Lith" or "Litho" was ever commonly used by Lesbians. Currently Lith, Litho, and Akoi are used interchangeably.

Orientations

 * Lithsexual
 * Lithromantic
 * Lithsensual
 * Lithalterous

Flags
The most widely known red yellow Lith flag was created by Tumblr user TheJasmineElf around or before April 17, 2014. The color meanings are as follows: Red (#F14952) represents community, as it is traditionally a color of leadership, life, and sensitivity. Orange (#FF9E5E) represents Lith-ness, as it does on a version of the Aromantic flag. Yellow (#FFF546) represents varied relationships, also as it does on on the mentioned Aromantic flag, it also traditionally represents friendship, loyalty, and honor. White (#FFFFFF) represents romanticism and sexuality. Black (#2D2D2D) represents Aromanticism and Asexuality.

Another Lith flag is the one created by Tumblr blog Pride-Flags (privated) around or before April 15, 2014. Black represents Asexuality, white represents sexuality, yellow represents Lith's relationships, orange represents Lith-ness (yellow and orange represent these on the aro flag), purple represents community, and the black triangle references the one on the Demisexual flag, about how Lith is under the A-spec umbrella like Demi is.