News flash: asexuality is a spectrum too! Well you must be thinking, ‘Isn’t asexuality an all-encompassing term? Well, no. Asexuality also comes in all shapes and sizes. Let’s hear it from ace folks about what it’s like being asexual in India.
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“Diversity and inclusion have a far way to go within the queer community and even among the aces themselves. If there is much bi- and transphobia, then there is also ace-snubbing”, says a homoromantic graysexual person.
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“I realised I might be aromantic asexual because I am not too keen on sex nor am I interested in romance. You can be asexual and still want love, attention and long or a partner. But in my case, it’s not so”, shares an aromantic asexual man.
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“I’m not sex-repulsed, I have a functional sex drive and I can most certainly orgasm. I simply don’t care for sex. I do believe in the fluidity of sexual identity and hence coming out as an asexual can be really difficult in terms of articulation”, says a biromantic asexual person.
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I had no clue about asexuality or that there were other people who thought like me. During one of the many bouts of introspection, Google told me about asexuality. I immediately realized – This is me. These are my people, says a heteroromantic asexual woman.
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For me, sexual attraction is fluid. I rarely feel sexually attracted towards the person from my own sex but mostly there’s an emotional and romantic attraction towards the person I like, shares a homoromantic greysexual woman.
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So, remember! Asexuality is an umbrella term. Not all asexual people have similar experiences of sex, sexuality and relationships. Even within the ace community, different asexual people can identify differently.
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