A close-up of an asexual Pride flag enamel pin on a dark blue background. White capitalised text outlined in purple and grey read "International Asexuality Day," followed by smaller white text reading "April 6." A hand of four ace playing cards are on the bottom right, with the Sheridan Pride Club logo on the right and the white SSU logo on the left.
A capitalised white heading reads "What is asexuality?" The following white text reads, "Asexuality is a sexual orientation where someone experiences little to no sexual attraction towards any genders. Asexuality can refer to a spectrum of asexual identities. Some asexual identities include but aren't limited to: greysexuality, demisexuality, and cupiosexuality."
A capitalised white heading reads, "They don't have sex. So what?" followed by smaller text reading, "Asexuality usually refers to sexual attraction, rather than the person's sexual activity. One way to describe it is, if someone does not instantly think, 'I want to have sex with them,' towards anyone, that can be interpreted as 'no sexual attraction.'" Another white heading reads, "Isn't that a mental disorder?" followed by text reading, "Asexuality might be confused with 'Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder' (HSDD) in the DSM-4. Since 2013 the American Psychiatric Association added a note for HSDD to exclude asexuals from diagnosis. Despite this note, many healthcare professionals continue to treat asexuality as a disease, a mental illness, or generally something to cure." One half of a cartoon brain is showing on the bottom right corner.
A capitalised white heading reads, "Some ace stats." Smaller white text follows: "Across many contexts, aces represent around 1-2% of the general population. Over half of the aces in the 2022 community survey are women and people of marginalised genders. Out of 9,714 ace and questioning community survey respondents, just over 3,500 are Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour. According to the 2017 UK National LGBT Survey, aces are more likely to be offered and undergo so-called conversion 'therapy' than other LGBTQ+ groups." The second half of the cartoon brain drawing is on the bottom left corner. An upside down purple question mark is on the top left corner. A grey pie chart with purple and white slices is on the bottom right corner.
Today is International Asexuality Day! 🖤🩶🤍💜🌎 Although much of ace community discussions, representation, & outreach tend to focus on privileged North American experiences, aces exist around the world. (1/2)
📍 Sheridan College (Oakville & Brampton)
#SheridanCollege #SheridanLife #DiscoverClubs
![A big drawn smiley face is next to the Sheridan Pride Club logo on a Windows 98 wallpaper background. Bold lower case sans serif text reads "in-person drop-in space" followed by smaller text reading "electric boogaloo." White capitalised text on a hot pink background read "Tomorrow!" A few white drawings are around the graphic. A green smartphone has light green, white, and light purple chat bubbles underneath with the meeting details: march 12, 2025; 6pm-8pm; davis campus c316." A light purple computer mouse sits below a sky blue browser window. Black text in the window reads, "come chat, game, and make new friends! we'll bring playing cards. members are welcomed to bring in their own games as well! :]" A painted rainbow is at the bottom left corner with the white SSU logo.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mcrs6ovtus7yqinzqive6g5x/bafkreiby5e2qlthrqczwvuclipemepjamoyp4o2oolp6evdj33h43dnure)