This heteronormative overly sexualized subconsciousness is damaging even for cisgender people.
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Siren Seeking Sailor
You may hear that us sirens eat the bodies of the shipwrecked. Many do. I've simply never found it appealing.
attraction detracts
I wish attraction and wanting to have a significant relationship weren't so inextricably linked together, and the latter wasn’t assumed to fail without the presence of the former.
Mental Health and Brain-Scrambling Animal Magnetism
When we desire an emotional bond with someone we admire, it can be hard to accept that they don’t feel the same. But desire isn’t a license to guilt or push someone.
The Exclusive Nature of an “Inclusive” Community
These larger problems are on their way to being healed, but the amount of work that still needs to be done is astronomical.
Asexuality and "Transsexual, Transylvania"
Normally, the Virgin Sacrifice does this with Dr. Frankenfurter. Tonight, I’ll be doing it with the other winner. On stage. In front of a packed theater.
Tash Hearts Tolstoy Is the Ace Coming-of-Age Story We Need and Deserve
It is the ace coming-of-age story we need, and the one we deserve, and hopefully it will help pave the way for many more novels like it.
On Sensual Attraction: Yes, sometimes people do "just want to cuddle."
Yes, sometimes people really do "just want to cuddle." And sometimes, that is all some of us would like to do.
Affirmations for Asexuals Playing the Dating Game
For the aces who are playing the dating game and are dealing with your fair share of frustrations, here are some simple affirmations:
Sirens Going off in My Head: Why I Won’t Be Watching BoJack Horseman (Yet)
But holding representation to a high standard matters, too. I want media that helps questioning aces find themselves, and does not reinforce harmful attitudes to the general public.
The Stumbling Dead and Aromanticism
In The Stumbling Dead, there appear to be no romantic or sexual relationships within the Horde, but the friendships every zombie forms are incredibly strong and devoted.
Thanks, Keyleth: Ace Representation in Critical Role
For the first time in my life I had an answer other than "broken" for the way I experienced the world.
Asexual Positivity in a Game About Sexy Demons
But in retrospect, I can see why this game spoke to me: it validated a part of me that I did not yet know existed.
As de Corazones: Does Sex Really Matter in a Relationship?
I want to tell this story because people, especially in Peru, believe that the spectrum of sexuality is only about straights, gays and lesbians, when it really goes beyond that.
Everyone's Dressed Like You: How Seeing Yourself On TV Can Change Your Life
You never knew how important it was to see yourself reflected on a TV screen. You've never felt so heard, seen, validated, and loved. You weren't imagining your pain; it's real to others too.
For the Love of the Void
The ‘A’ in LGBTQIA+ stands for aromantic, asexual, and agender. (…) I often joke that, being all three, I am a void, a black hole.
Nemo Siqueiros' "Finding Me" Radio Program
I wanted to be a voice for queer people of color in the community amongst the majority of queer white voices that drowned everyone else out.
Examining the Whiteness of the Ace Community
Although ace visibility is changing, whiteness still dominates the community. This may be partially attributed to the fact that “asexuality,” as a contemporary identity category, originated within selective and highly white online spaces…
Victoria Kee's "I Don't Give A Fuck" Web Series
Victoria Kee discusses her upcoming web series and representation for ace people of color.
Indian Aces: Awareness and Activism in India
All of this basically means that for someone who's asexual in India, their adolescence would be a period of great confusion, owing to the lack of awareness and agency available right now.