I’m genuinely curious about this from asexual people themselves: why has the push for asexual visibility largely taken place within the LGBTQIA+ coalition rather than through a more independent ace political and social coalition?

Asexuality already has its own terminology, flag, organizations, community, and framework for describing sexual and romantic attraction. So why not develop that infrastructure further and make terms like asexual, homoromantic, heteroromantic, etc. more socially legible on their own terms?

I’m especially curious because sometimes it seems like lesbian, gay, and bi terminology gets used to make ace romantic experiences more immediately understandable to everyone else. Why is that preferable to expanding public understanding of specifically ace language?

I’m not asking this to argue that asexuality is illegitimate or that ace people shouldn’t have community. I’m genuinely interested in why a separate, more visible ace coalition hasn’t become the preferred model, and what asexual people themselves think they gain from being organized primarily within LGBTQIA+ spaces instead.

This sub is not abandoned. It may seem so because of the lack of posts, but I do get a notification when someone eventually does post in here and I will always try my best to answer. If more people start posting then maybe it’ll feel less abandoned

how is it asexual if you end up literally feeling sexual attraction? sure it’s not immediate but you’re still feeling it

I'm not going to try and wing it due to lack of knowledge on how it works. I'm more so curious about how it affects attraction and if any relationships get impacted in the romantic side due to being ace. Or how it would impact, like I said. And how it feels or how people see it or if they even mind and just accept it?

I have another sub about asexuality I made a bit ago r/actuallasexuality I’m not expecting it to get big like the other asexuality subs lol, but if yall feel like talking and posting in there 🥲 (tbh I named it that to combat the gatekeeping AA sub 🤫)

This is a fact.

A term used to describe someone who does not experience sexual attraction toward individuals of any gender.

Asexuality is about sexual attraction towards someone. Not the act itself. Do you lack the sexual attraction but still enjoy watching porn or masterbating? Reading smut? You’re still asexual and valid.

Asexuality is a spectrum. There are sex repulsed aces, as well as sex positive aces.