Happy Asexual Awareness week to all my Aces and Aspecs. Here’s a friendly reminder that:
The “A” in LGBTQIA does not stand for ally but asexual and aromantic as well as agender
Asexuality is on a spectrum so depending where someone falls or how they identify, they may or may not experience intimate attraction
Asexuals are not broken
Asexuals aren’t “cishets trying to evade LGBTQ+ spaces”
Asexual and aromanticism shouldn’t be used synonymously. They have similar principals but different meanings. Both primarily deal with experiencing little to no attraction
Not all asexuals are virgins and that doesn’t make them any less asexual because of it
Asexuality is real and valid
Just because aphobia infrequently escalates to violence doesn’t mean it’s nonexistent
Corrective assault isn’t limited to just bi and gay men/lesbians
A few pro tips while I’m at it:
Using virginity as an insult to asexuals is like using heterosexuality to insult a straight person, you sound stupid
If at one point you believed to be asexual but later discovered you weren’t that’s okay, but using that experience to invalidate others isn’t
Spitefully sending nsfw to people who identify as ace, especially MINORS (and yes this has happened before) is disgusting. Seek help.
Gatekeeping isn’t a personality trait
Oppression isn’t a competition so quit acting as such
