Reasons why I need the A in LGBTIAQ to stand for Asexual, not Ally
Because my mother told me that all I needed to do was get drunk and lie back and let my husband have his fun. Because if I was drunk, Iâd be more relaxed and itâd be over sooner
Because my sister told me that I was trapping my husband in an abusive marriage, and that one day he was going to leave me
Because both of them looked at me in disgust
Because my asexuality is considered to be as great a crime against my husband as a woman who has affairs and cheats on her husband
Because my cousin didnât even try to understand, and just kept asking âbut what about in five years? how will you feel then?â
Because I was so afraid of my body and so afraid of sex that I didnât seek medical help for a legitimate question for over a year for fear of being labelled a deviant or something broken
Because I still ask myself at least once every day if my husband wouldnât be better off without me
Because I still ask myself at least once every day if Iâm broken
Because I still tell myself at least once every day that Iâm pathetic and useless and an abnormality
Because I love my husband with every fiber of my being, but everywhere I turn Iâm told I really donât, because love = sex
I need A to stand for Asexual because nobody ever talked to me about asexuality even when I was an outpatient at the womenâs hospital for 18 months, and everyone told me desire would come in time
I need A to stand for Asexual because we are literally invisible, and so unimportant that people assume we donât even need representation, because everyone assumes our lives must be bland and unimportant and lacking in challenges or bigotry
For every asexual that wants a relationship, for every asexual that does not want a relationship, for every asexual who has not yet come to terms with their identity, for every asexual who was told we were abnormalities, for every asexual who was told we just werenât doing sex right, that we needed a good fucking, that we needed to be drunk, that we needed to relax, that we needed to be raped
We need representation, and we need visibility
That is why the A needs to stand for Asexual, and never for Ally
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