SleepyCatten (Barely Surviving Arc)Aug 2, 2024

Hey lovely folks of fedi who are anywhere on the asexual spectrum 

A friend of ours¹ thinks they might be asexual, but they're doing the doubting questioning thing  (i.e., the thing we mostly all do with sexuality, gender, romanticity, neurodivergence etc.)

Please may we call upon your collective knowledge and experiences to share what asexuality means for you and help us bust some myths for others who might be questioning too?  

Thank you kindly in advance  

Boosts appreciated  

#asexual #demisexual #greysexual #graysexual #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #AskFedi

¹ Yes: we genuinely are asking for a friend! We are very much allosexual ourselves 😅😳

Edit: Changed the link, per a recommendation for a better wiki page 🥰

Edit 2: Thank you to all your varied answers so far! Please keep them coming! Hopefully this will help our friend and others who are questioning. But anyone wondering about us, your experiences very much confirm how allosexual we are 😅😳

Asexual

LGBTQIA
Show threadAtapi.EXEAug 2, 2024

@SleepyCatten for me it means that i don't really relate to sex in the same way as the rest of society. i still have a libido, i still might even enjoy it (idk lul) but it's a thing i'll be actively going out of my way to seek out. it does not mean i don't find people pretty or attractive, i just don't really see them as "would smash" like others do.

asexuality does not inherently mean sex-repulsion, but it's not uncommon to encounter fellow aces who declare as such

Show threadAtapi.EXE
@SleepyCatten the biggest thing though is more or less to not sweat it and also not freak out like i did. it's okay to pick up and drop labels at random when you suddenly feel different, and it's okay to be just plain unsure.
Aug 2, 2024 at 2:24pmWeb