Asexual Awareness Week 2011
Sunday 23rd to Sunday 29th October is Asexual Awareness Week. This is a subject close to my heart, so I thought I’d give you all a very brief rundown of asexuality from my point of view.
- Asexual people are not sexually attracted to other people.
- Asexual people can still have high sex drives, active sex lives and romantic relationships, though not all do – it’s all down to communication.
- Asexual people can be any gender, and anyone who tries to tell me that all asexuals are women will be mercilessly slapped around the head with a fish by yours truly.
I feel like those are the most important points.
I’ll also be auctioning off some ace flag handwarmers to raise some cash for AAW to buy a documentary, and posting three comics for Ace Awareness Week instead of two, just because of reasons.
And now to you, the commentators! Please join in and leave comments. I want to know whether or not you identify as asexual, and why. I want to hear your funny stories about being ace. And I want to hug you all, because people assume you’re straight, and then they assume you’re gay, and really, they should just be assuming that you’re awesome.
I don’t know that I am bound to the asexual label, but often enough I feel like that. Perhaps one day I will meet the right person, but for now I am happy being single, something many don’t see to understand.
I’ve been asexual most of my life, and still really like to hold onto the label despite the fact that I’m really more “just” gray-a now. It’s strange how transitioning (yay second-puberty) has shifted that. (Also some not-insignificant redefinitions of terms like “sex” based on growing exposure to non-heteronormative sexuality.) I still default to viewing the world from an ace perspective though, and it… it just seems more natural to me. I guess it’s that asexuality seems normal and comforting to me.