Yasmin Benoit, MSc
@theyasminbenoit
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Model & Award-Winning Asexual Activist • Founder of the UK's 1st asexual rights initiative & #ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike • 📧 contact @yasminbenoit .co.uk
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Asexual people deserve equal rights. We deserve legal recognition. We deserve protection.
Thank you
@stonewalluk
for allowing me to march with you again at
#PrideInLondon
today & for helping me to bring about this change. 💜🖤
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
#IStandWithStonewALL
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The new award for creepiest headline goes to... It's 2022 & editors are still placing this much emphasis on a woman's "virginity," a concept which should have been retired centuries ago, with made up quotes and a complete misunderstanding (and misrepresentation) of my asexuality.
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Yes I'm asexual. Yes I marched in the
#PrideInLondon
parade. Yes I did it dressed like this. Yes aces are part of the LGBTQIA+ community! Stay mad because we're not going anywhere. 🏳️🌈💜♠️
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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Asexual people deserve to be protected by the Equality Act. We deserve to be protected by the ban on conversion therapy. We should not be pathologised in the ICD. I'm going to keep campaigning for that and wearing fishnet tights, so prepare to be mad for a while. 💜🖤
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I can't think of anyone in a worse position to criticise me for supposedly "not making sense." Not a single person.
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The fact that asexuality is now trending in the US because conservatives hate the outfit I wore to Pride in London that much. If you don't want me to have attention, maybe stop retweeting my photos? 💀
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NO I WILL NOT. Don't believe everything you read. This is entirely false and needs to be amended. You can't just use my image with ANYTHING.
@TheSun
@RodMcPheeTheSun
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Because it looks cool, Douglas.
Why would an ‘asexual’ (someone not interested in sex) dress in bondage gear and fishnet tights? Might Yasmin actually just be what we used to call ‘an attention seeker’? Answers on a postage stamp.
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At no point in the interview did I describe myself as a "virgin," neither did the journalist who wrote it up. I've said that I'm proud to be asexual but never that I'm a "proud virgin" because virginity isn't some kind of sacred badge of honour that increases a woman's worth.
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And I'd do it again. Asexual people deserve equal rights. And before anyone decides to be deliberately obtuse, read the article.
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There are countless women, asexual or not, who have no choice in whether or not they get to "keep their virginity." Virginity is not a reflection of anything but privilege and circumstance, and it isn't synonymous with asexuality. My orientation is not "lifelong virginity."
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"Asexuals tend to be awkward because of their body dysmorphia" I'm sorry WHAT?!
The woman who shows an abundance of cleavage but says she's not sexual 🤣 Yeah okay, Yasmin 🤪 Asexuals tend to be awkward because of their body dysmorphia. You're just an attention-seeker
@theyasminbenoit
#AceWeek2023
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Asexuals are LGBTQ+
Aromantic are LGBTQ+
We are here, we are queer and we deserve to be seen! 💜
#itstheLGBTQ
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@preta_6
@stonewalluk
Says a literally TERF. Have some self awareness. Sense the irony. Touch grass. 💜
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It's disturbing to me that someone would put these words in my mouth. It's disturbing that someone would read my story and only see a woman on a quest to keep my valuable hymen intact (let's be real, I'm 26, it's probably long gone regardless). We should be beyond this.
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But I want this to be an example of how backwards our culture still is, how misunderstood asexuality is (even when you explain it in depth) and how you really can't believe everything you read. I hope that no one else misinterpets my message this way.
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Asexual people belong at Pride! And tomorrow, I get to make history as
@NYCPride
's first asexual grand marshal! Thank you all for your support. I'm living the dream right now. 💜
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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I have asked the journalist to tell the editor to remove everything they added about virginity from the article, which was written to sound like it's in the first person, but I did not write it myself. It still hadn't been done in its entirety.
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I'm aromantic, asexual, black and in yet another pride-themed magazine issue! Don't let anyone tell you that we don't belong! We are part of the LGBT+ community! 🏳️🌈
Photography:
@a8lia
Designer: Shannen Maria Samuel
MUAH:
@beautybyfey_
Publication:
@lucidthemag
#JuneIsForLGBTQ
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@LTequila4
@stonewalluk
Back in your day, were you considered cool, tolerable or interesting? I assume not and now you're taking that out on young women on Twitter at 9am on a weekday. Sorry for your bitterness. It's not too late to change. 💜
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If you thought you could bully me out of this tag then you're mistaken. Aromantic/asexual people are part of the LGBTQIA+ community and I'm gonna keep letting you know. 🖤
#quarantinedLGBTQ
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The asexual point of view is that I couldn't care less if someone thinks the outfit is sexy. I wear something because I like how it looks. You could think it looks ugly as hell as I'd still wear it. What complete strangers think is sexy is incredibly irrelevant to me.
@SkyeSong777
@taryncarine
@theyasminbenoit
No. But it is a traditionally sexy look. If a person has no sexual desire, why would they want to look sexy? I’m wanting an asexual point of view.
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New rule: asexual people can't put their hand on their leg in a photo. We also can't smile. Or hold anything.
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Asexuals taking over and getting covers. 💜🤘🏾
"While many don't know much about asexuality there are still stereotypes attached to it. I wanted to show that there is no one asexual look or demographic."
#LGBTQIbaes
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I hate to break it to you guys but I'm not on SSRI's, I never have been, I don't need to be and they don't make people asexual. Asexuality isn't a sexual dysfunction. Find a new fantasy.
You may want to check if you have been prescribed "antidepressants". Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) is a serious condition & if prescribed during key developmental periods could lead to people erroneously identifying as "asexual". This is a serious & debilitating condition.
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It's
#InternationalAsexualityDay
!
I co-founded IAD in 2021 so that the asexual community had a day that champions (A)dvocacy, (C)elebration, (E)ducation & (S)olidarity for aces worldwide! We are proud, diverse & here to stay!
Find out about our global events at
@IADofficial
! 💜
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We were finally in the same place at the same time! It was lovely seeing some familiar faces on the
#Heartstopper
float at
#PrideInLondon
today! 💜🖤
#AliceOseman
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1. Heterosexuality is not the default.
2. There are more sexualities than being straight and being gay.
3. Not being sexually attracted to anyone doesn't make you straight. That's not what being straight means.
4. Nothing you said made sense.
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I was proud to walk alongside my friends in the Gay Liberation Front at yesterday's march, marking 50 years of protest and representing the asexual community, who have always been part of Pride and always will be! 🏳️🌈💜🖤
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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It's been 3 days since I went to Pride in London, I thought I'd gotten away with it with minimal backlash, but nooooo, apparently NOW they're freaking out over my outfit and asexuality for the millionth time. It's an annual tradition at this point.🙃
Asexual people deserve equal rights. We deserve legal recognition. We deserve protection.
Thank you
@stonewalluk
for allowing me to march with you again at
#PrideInLondon
today & for helping me to bring about this change. 💜🖤
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
#IStandWithStonewALL
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Happy
#TransAwarenessWeek
! I stand in solidarity and support of our trans siblings - trans aces and aros in particular! 💜
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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The secret's out! I've been working on S4 of
#SexEducation
to create the asexual character/storyline we've been waiting for! I'm excited & nervous for you all to see it, and so grateful. Now I can finally see myself in a character because I'm really in there. Enjoy! 💜
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Okay, you got me. You're right. I did go to Pride looking for the attention of men. Everything I do is for men. This man in particular. He inspires me to relentlessly and joyfully provoke right wingers on Twitter just by being myself. Thanks Owen. 🥰💜
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Happy
#AromanticSpectrumAwarenessWeek
!
Being aromantic means experiencing little-to-no romantic attraction. It's a type of romantic orientation, as opposed to a sexual one, and I'm proud to be an advocate for the community. 💚
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No.
A question for ‘Asexual Awareness Week’:
Isn’t ‘asexual lingerie’ an oxymoron?
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Asexuals and Aromantics are a proud part of the
#LGBTQgang
and don't you forget it! 💜🖤
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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Bringing some Black aromantic-asexual joy to
@ReadingPride
because you can't keep me down for long! 💜🖤
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Glad to say that this has been amended! But it's worrying that the article was up for days before that happened, potentially with my image. It was only brought to my attention today because a TERF saw it and thought I was actually involved. 🙃
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Support and amplify the voices of Black queer people, that includes black asexual and aromantic people. There isn't change for some of us unless there's change for all of us. 💜
#LGBTQtogether
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This is your reminder that asexual people are hot and part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Just encase you forgot. 💜
#LGBTQIAofTwitter
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It was an honour to be
@NYCPride
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#PrideMonth
! 💜🖤
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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Unapologetically black.
Unapologetically asexual.
Unapologetically aromantic.
Unapologetically LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈
#LGBTQstandtogether
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@MeghanEMurphy
@stonewalluk
Speak to your therapist about why you feel the need to psychoanalyse women you don't know on Twitter. It won't fill the void. Call your parents. Hang out with friends (if you have any). I'm not the one. 💜
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Why are you so obsessed with me? Actually nevermind, I get it.
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
Asexual lingerie.
Asexual activists demanding “equal rights”.
Children being told that if they don’t feel love at first sight, they may be asexual.
What on earth is going on?
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It's your Sunday reminder that asexuals and aromantics have been a proud part of the
#LGBTQIAfamily
since forever and we aren't not going anywhere! 🖤💜
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It's the asexual dress code.
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Only, I am an asexual person who doesn't want to have sex, doesn't have sex and has never had sex. Some of you are obsessed with the thought of me having sex. Literally thousands of comments about the sex I MUST be having. It's like a fantasy or something.
@libbyemmons
She's not a person who doesn't want to have sex. She says asexual people can still have sex. It's even more made up than people think.
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For
#AceWeek2021
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@PlayfulPromises
for the first EVER asexual-themed lingerie campaign! I'm so proud to make history as an openly asexual model. I'm proud to be asexual. I'm proud to represent all of you. Let them know that
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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I did not "slam" the series. These sensationalist headlines are inaccurate and unhelpful. I only explained why certain aspects of the asexual storyline and character didn't land as intended, as I didn't get to speak about that in my earlier interviews because I hadn't seen it.
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It's time for asexuality to be legally recognised and protected in the UK! Tomorrow,
@stonewalluk
and I will release the first ever report into asexual discrimination. I spoke to
@AttitudeMag
about asexual rights and our initiative!
#AceWeek2023
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Backlash won't stop me from keeping the same energy in 2024. This is what "asexual" looks like. It's time to dismantle the archetype and expand the narrative. 🖤
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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The fact that I got just got hate crimed at Sadiq Khan's Pride reception for being asexual. I am pisseeeddd off.
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Asexuals are LGBTQ
Aromantics are LGBTQ
Stand with us the way we stand with you! 🏳️🌈
#LGBTQstandtogether
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What do you think people are more mad at...me being asexual at Pride or my outfit? 😂
Wonderful to bump into leading
#asexual
activist
@theyasminbenoit
at
#PrideInLondon
"We have always been here, we will always be here and we are very much part of
#pride
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I wanted to share something important regarding O's character in Sex Education S4, as someone closely involved in creating her and the story. I've finally had time to watch the season and was disappointed to see that some important moments were cut out or changed.
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3 days ago this beautiful soul named Bianca felt empowered enough to use the
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hashtag and submit her photo to the Instagram page. Now I'm hearing that she's been killed and the murder video is going viral. I'm horrified. I'm so sorry.
#RIPBianca
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When someone proves you wrong, the best approach is to draw attention to their iconic Pride outfit for the millionth time! The fact that it went viral in July and TERFs still bring it up to this day is wild. Next year I'm going to have to wear something even better. 😂
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Some of you are going to be REALLY perplexed when I drop a whole report on asexual discrimination later in the year. All this week has done is encourage me to get back to work now that I have time again.
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I'm aromantic. Now isn't the time to ask me to write articles about the struggles of being asexual in the dating world. I'm on a more interesting planet. Let's talk about that for the upcoming Aromantic Awareness Week instead of reinforcing amatonormative cliches.
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I swear we did this already? It's like a routine at this point. I should just send them my updated modelling portfolio once every few months for the drama. Then they won't have to go through my Instagram taking screenshots like hyperfixated fans.
British influencer Yasmin Benoit who claims to be ‘Asexual’ posts dozens of images of her in lingerie, compromising positions and fetish gear on her Instagram. She claims she is ‘asexual’ yet her entire career is made off selling her body and appearing in provocative photos.
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While I was there, a guy came up to me and said, "Didn't you go viral on Twitter last year when you marched with us because of your outfit?" And I literally said, "Yeah and if they didn't like that one, they'll HATE this one." And I was right. This reaction is wild.
Asexual people deserve equal rights. We deserve legal recognition. We deserve protection.
Thank you
@stonewalluk
for allowing me to march with you again at
#PrideInLondon
today & for helping me to bring about this change. 💜🖤
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
#IStandWithStonewALL
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Asexuality isn't protected under the Equality Act. We aren't protected by the conversion therapy ban, but we're 10% more likely to experience it. We're still pathologised. That's what
@stonewalluk
& I are working to change. Find out more in our report:
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BREAKING NEWS: The UK's asexual population has risen to 2%! According to some recent study by Ipsos, 5% are Gen Z, 2% are Millennials, 2% are Gen X. For an orientation depicted as being a Gen Z phenomenon, these findings show that isn't the case.
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PSA: Aces, please stop making judgemental assumptions about my sexuality.
I'm tired of hearing things like this. I'm tired of (let's be honest) mainly white aces leaving entitled comments about how I don't meet their standards & don't serve them well enough (like it's my duty).
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Don't speak ABOUT asexual people until you've spoken TO asexual people. Don't speak ABOUT asexual people until you've spoken TO asexual people. Don't speak ABOUT asexual people until you've spoken TO asexual people. Don't-
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I feel
#pride
all year round but as an aromantic-asexual gemini, the start of
#PrideMonth2021
means getting my superpowers & representing the aro/ace community in Vogue Greece! We're not just valid, we're not just here, we're thriving! 🏳️🌈
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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This idea that gay rights pioneers would be horrified by asexual inclusion is hilarious to me because I'm friends with the Gay Liberation Front founders and they literally invite me to march with them. That's why you keep seeing me at parades. 😂
imagine explaining to pioneers of the gay rights movement that straight people now think they're in the same category as SSA ppl bc they don't like sex😭😭😭
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When you see which outfit she's talking about it becomes even more obvious that TERFs will sexualise literally anything if I'm wearing it. 😂
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Coming out as a lesser known identity is a unique challenge. It took me 10yrs to come out as asexual because people didn't believe me until it was published in the press. Now I can finally be my entire self & feel accepted for who I am.
#LGBTQIApride
#NationalComingOutDay
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Happy
#InternationalAsexualityDay
!
I'm proud to announce that I'm partnering with
@stonewalluk
on the UK's first asexual rights initiative! It's time to make real change! Representation in legislation & research matters. Let's make history!
#AceProject
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Just me bringing some aromantic-asexual pride to the hashtag again because we're cute and queer AF. 💜🖤
#LGBTQIAclub
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Asexuality is not an illness. It's a sexual orientation that needs to be protected. It was an honour to join
@stonewalluk
to speak at the LGBT Health Conference about this and our research to such a positive reception from healthcare leaders! This is progress. 💜
#LGBTHealth2024
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Another crossover?! Finally remembered to get a photo together. 😂💜🖤
#Heartstopper
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Proudly asexual. Proudly aromantic. Proudly part of the LGBTQ+ community. Proudly expressing myself however the hell I want to.
#weareLGBTQ
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Let's talk about the acephobic undertones of
#NoHardFeelings
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ANNOUNCEMENT!
Asexual people belong at Pride. This year, we'll be at the front of America's biggest!
I've been chosen to be
@NYCPride
's first ever asexual Grand Marshal! It'll be an honour to lead the march alongside Billy Porter in June! 💜🏳️🌈
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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You're sexualising wearing BLUSH now? Having rosy cheeks isn't sexual. 😭
@theyasminbenoit
As an ace you cannot know what is sexual. face blush-plastered, as if that is not supposed to indicate sexual flush. 🚽? No. 😳? No. 🤑? Ahh what relief to be flush.
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Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
!
I'm grateful to be able to be unapologetically myself while working across various sectors to campaign for asexual awareness & legislative protection, whether I'm in Parliament or doing shoots. Don't dim your shine!
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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Emphasising the sexual habits of asexuals when talking about asexuality, especially in headlines, isn't as helpful as you think it is. It isn't boundary pushing or stereotype breaking, it's usually minimising, potentially alienating, click-baity, and increases acephobia.
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Imagine asking for the truth but not being able to handle the truth.
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This shows me modelling the wonderful designs of Ada Zanditon Couture. It shows an interest in fashion. Because I'm a model. I model lots of things. Thanks for hunting down that clip, screenshotting it and coming back here to share it, though. That's commitment.
@jeffcleghornga
@GNQ__
@theyasminbenoit
I wondered the same, because I don't see how wearing BDSM gear like this shows "little/no interest in sex" 🤔
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Two aromantic-asexual people on LGBTQIA+ magazine covers at the same time? A new record?! ❤️
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Where are my
#GothsOfColor
at?
I was so over the whitewashing of alternative communities that I wrote an article about growing up as a black goth & racial exclusion for
#WorldGothDay
. I hope it helps gothic POC feel seen today. 🖤🤘🏽
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Remember that asexual and aromantic people are part of the LGBTQ+ community and to wear your freaking masks. 🏳️🌈
#RainbowLGBTQIA
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To my fellow queers on the asexual and aromantic spectrum. I see you. You're valid. We're here. We deserve to be visible and we're not going anywhere. 🏳️🌈
#LGBTQneveralone
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Proudly asexual, proudly aromantic, proudly black, proudly part of the LGBTQIA+ community & expressing myself however the hell I want to. Ace Week might be over but ace empowerment is forever. 💜🖤
#LGBTQIAontwitter
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BAN CONVERSION THERAPY FOR ALL! Including asexual people! We are 10% more likely to be offered or to undergo conversion therapy but we're excluded from the ban.
Thanks
@TransActivismUK
for giving me the opportunity to speak about this issue at the
#NotSafeToBeMe
protest! 🏳️🌈
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gays: i've always known i was gay
allos: that's so beautiful
bisexuals: same here
allos: how affirming
trans: same, always known
allos: makes sense
asexuals: i've known since i was a kid as well
allos: BUT YOU CAN'T KNOW YOUR ORIENTATION UNTIL YOU'RE *INSERT AGE HERE* STOP
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I'm sorry but that was racist. We can address and condemn transphobia without being racist. This is yet another example of how racism lurks beneath the surface of the LGBTQIA+ community, ready to surface when a Black person steps out of line. You can do better than this.
There it is. For all to see 👇
Neither of you intimidate me.
If you call me transwoman, I’ll call you blackwoman back.
Both of your accounts are utter sewers to all sorts of minorities, so get off your high horse. You’re both a disgrace.
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This year, I launched the UK's first asexual rights initiative with
@stonewalluk
& today, I marched with them in the
@PrideInLondon
parade for the 1st time! It was an honour representing the ace community as part of such an amazing organisation! 🏳️🌈💜
#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike
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It's funny how people think that aromantic-asexuals automatically pass as straight but everyone assumed I was a lesbian for most of my teenage years. I think it was the not-being-attracted-to-men thing.
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