Gay asexual
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Overview
An asexual person does not experience sexual attraction – they are not drawn to people sexually and do not desire to act upon attraction to others in a sexual way. Unlike celibacy, which is a choice to abstain from sexual activity, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are, just like other sexual orientations. Asexuality does not form our lives any worse or better; we just face a different position of needs and challenges than most sexual people do. There is considerable diversity among the asexual community in the needs and experiences often connected with sexuality including relationships, attraction, and arousal.
Asexuality is a growing subject of research in psychology, sexology, and other academic fields. While estimates for the asexual proportion of the population are limited and may vary, the most widely cited figure is that we are roughly 1% of the population.
Attraction
Many asexual people may experience forms of attraction that can be love-related, aesthetic, or sensual in nature but do not lead to a require to act out on that attraction sexually. Instead, we may get fulfillment from relationships without sex, but based on other types of attr
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Abro (sexual and romantic)
A word used to explain people who have a fluid sexual and/or amorous orientation which changes over time, or the course of their life. They may use different terms to describe themselves over time.
Ace
An umbrella term used specifically to describe a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of sexual attraction. This encompasses asexual people as well as those who identify as demisexual and grey-sexual. Ace people who experience amorous attraction or occasional sexual attraction might also employ terms such as homosexual, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to describe the direction of their amorous or sexual attraction.
Ace and aro/ace and aro spectrum
Umbrella terms used to depict the wide group of people who experience a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of quixotic and/or sexual attraction, including a lack of attraction. People who identify under these umbrella terms may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including, but not limited to, asexual, ace, aromantic, aro, demi, grey, and abro. People may also use terms such as gay,
What does asexuality/asexual mean?
In the simplest of terms someone who is asexual is someone who does not experience sexual attraction.
This means that they don’t life that feeling of looking at a person and thinking ‘I’d like to own sex with them.’
It’s essential to note that a sudden loss in sexual drive if you’ve previously felt sexual attraction could be a reaction to medication, a change in your mental health or something else. This can happen to anyone and if this does happen, you can chat to your doctor about what’s going on and figure things out.
Does that mean asexual people don’t fancy anyone else?
Some asexual people life attraction, but don’t experience that they want to act on that attraction sexually. This is famous as romantic attraction, where they want to find to know somebody and do romantic things. What those romantic things are depends on each person – it could comprise going on dates, holding hands or cuddling.
Asexual people can also identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or straight depending on who they feel attraction to.
Other asexual people don’t exposure any sexual or amorous attraction to
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