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Asexuality: A Brief Introduction

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Asexuality: A Brief Introduction

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Contents
I Am Asexual 1
What is Asexuality? 3
Common Questions About Asexuality 9
Possible Signs of Asexuality 13
Personality and Identity 15
Sex and Sexual Activities 20
Interactions and Relationships 27
Asexuality: Myths, Misconceptions and Other Things That Are Just
Plain Wrong 35
Things That Are Not Asexuality 47
Symbols of Asexuality 53
The Asexuality Flag 53
Black Rings 54
Cake 55
A Bit of Attraction 57
Under the Ace Umbrella: Demisexuality and Gray-asexuality 63
Celibacy, Abstinence, Asexuality 69
An Asexual on Sex 73
“Don’t you all hate sex?” 81
“But asexuals can’t masturbate!” 85
Personal Perspectives 95
What Asexuality Is To Me 95
Option D: None of the Above 97
Q & Ace 100
Sex 110
Attraction 111
Porn 112
Love 116
Forward Advances 117
Glossary 121
References 125

I Am Asexual
I am asexual.
I don’t feel sexually attracted to anyone.
Not men. Not women.

That’s all it is.

I’m not gay.
I’m not straight.
I’m not bi.

I’m none of the above.

Asexuality is real.
It’s not fake.
It’s not a hormone problem.
It’s not a way of running from a bad relationship.
It’s not a physical condition.
It’s not an attention grab.
It’s not an inability to have sex.
It’s not an inability to love.
It’s not some way to be “special”.
I don’t care if you have sex.
I don’t care if you don’t.
I don’t want to shame you.
I don’t want to convert you.
I don’t want to recruit you.

I just want you to understand me.