Ace Inclusion

Asexuality is a lack of sexual attraction. This is different from abstaining from sex.  Ace people can still have a sex drive and or might enjoy sex. They just don’t have a sexual attraction to other people. While the activity of sex may be fun, there is a lack of a internal sense of direction toward who they would like to have it with. Asexuality is  a spectrum itself. If someone only very rarely experiences sexual attraction they may still consider themselves ace.

Our LGBTQ+ society sees Asexual people as a core part of the community. Asexual people face oppression from not adhering to society’s ideas of what your sexuality should look like, in the form of things ranging from systematically being disbelieved to ‘corrective’ rape.

Some things you can do:

Don’t tell ace people they can be ‘cured’ or changed, especially not from finding the right person or really good sex. This is like telling a gay man he’s not really gay because he’s just not found the right woman yet. 

Ace people are often framed as childish, and are treated like they ‘just don’t understand sex’ or just ‘haven’t realised yet’ whatever it is they’re meant to realise to make sure they fall back into society’s expectations of sexuality. Maybe try to stay clear of that. 

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