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“Was I Fired Because of My Asexuality?” Revisited
“Was I Fired Because of my Asexuality? Revisited” AKA in which I am automatically a cold, rude, liar because of my asexual orientation and mental illness. Two years ago, I wrote a post here Was I Fired Because of My … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality, Human Sexuality, Queer Issues
Tagged ableism, asexuality, mental illness, queer, sexual orientation, sexuality, work, workplace harassment
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Why I No Longer Identify as a Sex-Positive Asexual
I have decided to stop identifying as a sex-positive asexual. Why? Why not? Why would anyone identify as sex-positive in the first place? I won’t identify as sex-positive because there is no reason to. None. Having sex is an activity, … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality, GSM, Human Sexuality
Tagged asexual, asexuality, nihilism, queer, queer issues, sex-positive, sexuality
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Oh look, a non-ace with brand-new ideas about demisexuality. Not.
Today I had a nasty shock when I went to leave a link to my prior post on the “Shameless Self Promotion Sunday” post over at Feministe. That nasty shock was because I came across a nasty, ignorant post about … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality, LGBTTIQQAA+
Tagged ace, asexual, asexuality, bigots, demisexual, demisexuality, demisexuals, ignorance, LGBT, sexual orientation, sexuality, stereotypes
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Asexual Female Character: Clarissa Oakes
There is a serious dearth of asexual characters in media. Of the characters that can be considered asexual, few are explicitly stated to actually be asexual. (Really, there should be some kind of official scale drawn up—from definitely asexual, to … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality, LGBTTIQQAA+
Tagged asexuality, aubrey-maturin, fiction, LGBT, patrick o'brian, queer, sexuality
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that’s what Google said…
[TRIGGERS AND WARNINGS: non-graphic mentions of sex, minor cussing] I’ve seen a couple ace bloggers responding to the questions and search terms that pop up in their search engine referral boxes. I’ve never done that before because quite frankly, the … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality, LGBTTIQQAA+
Tagged answered questions, asexual, asexual relationships, asexuality, q&a, relationships, repulsion, sexual orientation, sexuality
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Gender, Queerness, Trauma, and Disability: The Unfortunate Topics Rendered Off-Limits Due to Stereotypes and Ignorance
[Trigger warnings: short discussion of rape/sexual abuse in 4th-last paragraph; it will have an individual TW where it begins/ends as well. Post contains discussion of stereotyping and anti-asexuality.] So the Asexual Community Census 2011 has been finished! I for one … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality, LGBTTIQQAA+
Tagged asexual, asexuality, gender identity, LGBT, privilege, queer, queer issues, sexuality, stereotypes, trans
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A bit on the “Everyone wants me to be an asexual!
In the debate about whether the term “sexual” is offensive as a term for people who are not asexual, one problem I have heard brought up is the over-sexualization of gay people. I have heard some gay people make the … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality, LGBTTIQQAA+
Tagged asexuality, celibacy, chastity, heterosexism, LGBT, queer, religion, sexual orientation, sexuality
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A bit on internalized stigma and the duties of asexuals
[TW for discussion of identity policing and anti-ace attitudes] “Too bad Internet Asexuals have such a shitty track record when it comes to analyzing the cultural context that their movement exists in, otherwise they might have something to say about … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality, LGBTTIQQAA+
Tagged activism, asexuality, identifiers, identity, internalized homophobia, internalized stigma, labels, LGBT, LGBTIQQAA, pansexuality, queer, queer issues, QUILTBAG, sexual orientation, sexuality
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Boundaries: OTL
[TW: discussion of sexual acts, kinks, biting, oral, kink-shaming, coercion] This is isn’t really about asexuality at all. This post at Feministe got me thinking. Specifically, ““I think it’s important to interrogate the aversion to certain sexual acts“ and “Does … Continue reading
Posted in Asexuality
Tagged boundaries, coercion, kink, kink-shaming, kinkshaming, labeling, sexuality
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