The Huffington Post just did a week-long feature on asexuality.

[backscatter712]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/asexuality-the-x-in-a-sexual-world_n_3444417.html?1371476630

From the first article in the series:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/what-is-asexuality_n_3360424.html?1371476978

What Is Asexuality? A Community's Coming Of Age
Dominique Mosbergen, Posted: 06/17/2013 9:49 am EDT | Updated: 06/18/2013 12:25 am EDT

During his first year of college, Jay happened upon an article online that would change the course of his life -- and the lives of thousands around the world. It was an article about asexuality, the first he'd ever seen. He was stunned.

"The comments section was filled with people like me who were looking for a community," he recalled.

That year, Jay founded the Asexual Visibility and Education Network, arguably the first group of its kind. AVEN started small but quickly ballooned, creating what would become a tight-knit online community and kickstarting a conversation about asexuality and its implications for the wider world.

A catch-all definition found on the AVEN website characterizes an asexual as "someone who does not experience sexual attraction." The AVEN definition continues:

Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are. Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people. There is considerable diversity among the asexual community; each asexual person experiences things like relationships, attraction and arousal somewhat differently.

As an asexual, I'm glad to see this getting some news coverage!

[boston bean]

1. Excellent!

Maybe people can stop with the you're a prude bullshit.

[nomorenomore08]

2. As part of the wide range of human sexual expression, I see no reason why asexuality shouldn't be

just as acceptable as any other. So long as a person respects others' boundaries, no one else has the right to pass judgement on them, be they asexual or hypersexual or anything in between.

[ChaoticTrilby]

3. That's wonderful!

More visibility is always welcome. I try to be very open about my asexuality in order to contribute to that and I'm glad that the Huffington Post is doing its part too. Thank you for posting this.