It seems like we (and the White House) just celebrated the Transgender Day of Visibility, but International Asexual Day (the “A” in LGBTQIA+) is just around the corner. Here’s a little graphic put together by @victoriabarronart that explains the ACE Spectrum and some more ACE identities, along with their related flags.
The last people whose interests this serves are gays and lesbians. A new nonsense identity invented every week, demanding a share of our political capital. pic.twitter.com/Y1bZcszOTd
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 3, 2022
You can be greysexual and rarely experience sexual attraction. Or you can be quoisexual, meaning you’re unsure whether you experience sexual attraction. Caedsexuals were previously allosexuals who are now asexual due to past trauma. And then there are freysexuals, who are the opposite of demisexuals and find that their sexual attraction dissipates once a deep emotional bond occurs. Aceflux fluctuates across the ACE Spectrum.
It makes a mockery of sexual orientation.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 3, 2022
It’s not good to share your political movement with everyone who wants a label to insist they, too, are special. Anyone can do that!
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 3, 2022
We need gatekeeping. Gates are good!
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 3, 2022
Everyone just wants their own flag.
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) April 3, 2022
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Weird we used to call fraysexual “afraid of commitment.” Now it has a term!
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) April 3, 2022
"STOP FRAY SHAMING!"
— Gruncle Pooch (@Pooch7171) April 3, 2022
I assume the chart is satire
— Rusty Trane (@TraneRusty) April 3, 2022
Please tell me this isn't being taught in schools
— Cathy Young 🇺🇦 (@CathyYoung63) April 3, 2022
My 11-year-old announced “everyone was making fun of Abby for having a crush on me but she’s asexual.”
So I think it has penetrated more than you think.
Also she’s 11 so I would certainly hope so!
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) April 3, 2022
Barro’s actually getting ratio’d pretty hard in the replies because what harm does it do him, when it helps so many people to identify themselves. If you’re aegosexual, you’re happy to know that you’re not the only one.
How are they going to work these flags into the Progressive Pride flag, though, which already includes people of color, trans people, intersex people, and sex workers?
Progress Pride flag gets 2021 redesign to better represent intersex people https://t.co/gLahkfgxMZ
— PinkNews (@PinkNews) June 7, 2021
A pride flag with sex workers included, be still my heart! Thanks @TheJasonDomino pic.twitter.com/EIMS0xhTGL
— Lydia Chase (@lydiachase314) March 26, 2020
If asexuals are included in LGBTQIA+, and they are, they’re not getting nearly the attention the trans community is generating.
Related:
Ratio on US Air Force’s tweet marking ‘Trans Day of Visibility’ soars to new heights https://t.co/sKH7m1dMPo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 31, 2022
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