As asexual awareness week approaches Iâm going to hunt down some good educational posts to queue up, but in the meantime wanted to throw together one of my own for things Iâd love more awareness on. Feel free to reblog!
Asexuality is commonly described as âlack of sexual attraction,â but can be used by anyone who feels the label suits them.
Asexuality and aromanticism are two different thingsâasexual people may or may not also be aromantic (and vice versa!)
There is a large variety of asexual people in how they relate attraction and sex.
From âcanât even handle thinking about itâ to âthinks about it only in fictional/hypothetical contextsâ to âapatheticâ to âsexually activeâ and everything in betweenâthere is no one pure or right way to be asexual.
Fiction is a great area to explore all of the above, and trying to lock down only a few acceptable ways to write about asexuality is actively harmful.
Ace-spectrum people, including gray-asexual or demisexual people, have just as much right to call themselves asexual without needing to qualify it even though they may occasionally experience attraction.
Sex-repulsion overlaps with asexuality a lot, both in experiences and in issues related to it. Not all sex-repulsed people are asexual, and not all asexual people are sex-repulsed.Â
Sex-repulsion =/= purity culture. Â Being sex-repulsed is not a moral judgment on non-ace people or ace people who enjoy sex.Â
Asexual and/or sex-repulsed people donât need to try sex to âproveâ they donât like it. Â
Virginity is an outdated concept and is not something to mock someone over, or something you have to get rid of in order to be âmature.âÂ
This includes for non-ace people! Using âvirginâ as an insult to demean someone doesnât stop being harmful even when targeted at non-ace people!
And most of all ACE-SPECTRUM PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL AND I LOVE YOU ALL, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF!
Communication and education about asexuality has broken down a lot over the past few years, making it difficult for even asexual people to learn about ourselves and each other. Even if youâre exhausted by the toxicity that surrounds most discussions, I encourage you to take the time to keep learning and supporting each other!

















