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Understanding Asexuality:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ASEXUAL?
(ALSO KNOWN AS "ACE" OR "ACES")
There are many different types of attraction including romantic, aesthetic and sexual. Asexuality refers to someone who experiences very little or no sexual attraction to people of any gender.
ACE INDIVIDUALS CAN STILL FEEL...
ROMANTIC ATTRACTION
Desire for a typically romantic relationship with another person
EMOTIONAL ATTRACTION
Wanting an emotional connection with another person
AESTHETIC ATTRACTION
Attraction to someone based on their general appearance
SENSUAL ATTRACTION
Wanting to touch, hold, or cuddle
someone
PHYSICAL ATTRACTION
Where a person finds another person's physique pleasing
PLATONIC ATTRACTION
Wanting to be friends with another person
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Understanding Asexuality:
ASEXUALITY, LIKE ANY IDENTITY, IS COMPLEX.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS ASEXUAL IDENTITIES WITHIN ASEXUALITY INCLUDING:
ASEXUAL SPECTRUM
ASEXUAL
No sexual attraction is experienced at all.
Used as an umbrella term and used as a separate identity
DEMISEXUAL
May experience sexual attraction, but only once a deep, emotional bond occurs
GREY SEXUAL
Feels weak sexual attraction and/or attraction so rarely there's no desire to act on it
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Understanding Asexuality:
WAYS TO BE AN ALLY TO ASEXUAL FOLKS
EDUCATE YOURSELF ON ACE IDENTITIES
IF SOMEONE COMES OUT TO YOU AS ACE, BELIEVE THEM
PROVIDE SUPPORT + VALIDATION
CELEBRATE +AFFIRM THEIR IDENTITY
RESPECT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS
CALL OUT ACE-ERASURE + ACEPHOBIA
WHERE YOU SEE IT
EDUCATE OTHERS
DON'T ASK INTRUSIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
SOMEONE'S SEX LIFE
DON'T ASSUME EVERYONE NEEDS SEX OR ROMANCE TO BE HAPPY
TOGETHER WE CAN EVOLVE THE MEANING OF RELATIONSHIPS + HELP TO REDUCE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING ASEXUALITY.
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Understanding Asexuality:
ASEXUALITY SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MANY OTHER LGBTQIA IDENTITIES WHICH MEANS SOMEONE WHO IS ASEXUAL CAN ALSO BE...
HETEROROMANTIC
Romantic attraction to people of another gender.
PANROMANTIC
Romantic attraction towards people of all genders/regardless of gender.
BIROMANTIC
Romantic attraction towards men + women.
HOMOROMANTIC
Romantic attraction towards people of the same gender.
AROMANTIC
One who does not experience romantic attraction to people of any gender.
PLUS MANY MORE!
(SEARCH: "TYPES OF ROMANTIC ORIENTATION")
It’s Asexual Awareness Week
🖤 Oct 19 - 25, 2025
🩶 Celebrate identities
🤍 Build community
💜 Advocate for acceptance
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