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Asexuality

Asexuality

By: Riley Fortier, M.Ed.

What is asexuality?

Asexuality is another sexuality in the LGBTQIAP+ spectrum. People who are asexual experience little or no sexual attraction to others. Asexual people, or “aces,” often identify somewhere on a spectrum that includes their emotional, spiritual and romantic attraction to other people. (Want to explore your sexuality? Click here to see if one of our therapists is a good fit for you).

Check out the video below to learn more about defining this type of sexuality:

 

Additionally, check out this video where asexual people answer common questions:

Asexuality is NOT:

  • Abstinence
  • Celibacy
  • Sexual repression
  • Inability to find a partner
  • Fear of intimacy

Asexual people MIGHT:

  • Fall in love
  • Be in a relationship
  • Masturbate
  • Experience an orgasm
  • Choose to engage in sexual activity
  • Choose to not engage in sexual activity
  • Have children
  • Have had sex before

Related identities

Demisexual: People who only experience sexual attraction once they form a strong emotional connection with another person.

Grey-A: People who identify somewhere between sexual and asexual.

Allosexual: people who experience sexual attraction; the “opposite” of asexual

Resources

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/understanding-asexuality/#:~:text=People%20who%20identify%20as%20asexual,romantic%20attraction%20to%20other%20people

https://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-the-asexual-community 

https://lgbtq.unc.edu/resources/exploring-identities/asexuality-attraction-and-romantic-orientation/

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/six-ways-be-ally-asexual-people 

AVEN – The Asexual Visibility and Education Network – Includes Forum

Asexual Awareness Week

Asexuality 101 pdf

Asexual Groups – World List

What Is Asexuality?

The Invisible Orientation

Asexuality: A Brief Introduction PDF (Asexuality Archive)

Planned Parenthood: Sexual Orientation

 

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