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In the midst of Deathsantis signing the Don't Say Gay bill in Florida, I thought it would be best that I provide my own individual story about how not having any sex-education in school affected me as an asexual kid.
Please take the time to read this.
Please take the time to read this.
A while ago, I wrote was for @lgbtqnation titled "I am asexual. My story is exactly why LGBTQ+ inclusive sex-education matters".
I wrote this because I know how harmful it is firsthand to not have sex-education in school that features your orientation or identity.
I wrote this because I know how harmful it is firsthand to not have sex-education in school that features your orientation or identity.
To not have your identity mentioned or even be allowed to be mentioned in school only leads to feelings of shame, alienation, and ostracism from peers and society.
All of this I felt as a kid.
All of this I felt as a kid.
At the end of #AceWeek, I wanted to highlight some of the terms you might hear under the #AsexualUmbrella
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#Asexual #AsexualAwareness #AceWeek2021 #GraySexual #GrayA #GraySexual #DemiSexual #Ace #AceUmbrella #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ
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#Asexual #AsexualAwareness #AceWeek2021 #GraySexual #GrayA #GraySexual #DemiSexual #Ace #AceUmbrella #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ
Box 1: Umbrella "Asexual"
Asexuality is defined as a lack of sexual attraction to others/ low/ absent interest in/ desire for sexual activity. Asexuality is sometimes called ace.
Asexuality is defined as a lack of sexual attraction to others/ low/ absent interest in/ desire for sexual activity. Asexuality is sometimes called ace.
Asexuality is like any other identity – at its core, it's just a word that people use to help figure themselves out.
Being aware of & participating in the #asexual community has had a huge impact on my mental health. It helped reframe my experiences (& myself) as more than just as more than just outliers among peers. Shedding this sense of abberation is a process, esp when it comes to silence.
This silence was in part self-imposed, as I struggled to define myself as a teen. Sexual awakenings were an absolute, so I viewed myself as more mature. I had skipped an awkward phase & moved on to adulthood. My sexuality confused my classmates. In turn they labeled me queer.
While not wrong, they weren’t right. To them I was clearly a lesbian, as #asexual was not in our vocabulary. I conflated aesthetics with sexual attraction to play aong. It felt disingenuous, but necessary to keep from being dissected by others. I hid from them as well as myself.
In between my comic about asexuality I'm doing little informational one pagers or ancedotal one pagers to break up chapters. I'll share four of them over the next #PrideMonth to spread some education about asexuality, since I've noticed a lot of well meaning ppl are confused!
Did you know romantic attraction and sexual attraction are two seperate things? Understanding the difference is a good way to understand things like #asexual #aromantic and #demisexual along with where you personally fall on this spectrum, and understanding others <3 #PrideMonth
Boop! Here are some of the flags that some people consider to fall under 'Asexuality', and a very brief, basic explanation! :)
I looked up @lgbtmap's resources showing which states have passed bans against #conversiontherapy on the basis of sexual orientation for minors. The states are CA, WA, OR, NV, NM, IL, VT, NH, RI, CT, NJ, DE, and MD + D.C. lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/….
Here are the relevant portions of CA's law: "This bill would prohibit a mental health provider, as defined, from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts, as defined, with a patient under 18 years of age."
“Sexual orientation change efforts” means any practices by mental health providers that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation.
