Metroland article repeats the asexuals as celibate misconception
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:15
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Metroland, Albany's alternative newspaper, recently commented on Asexuality. Josh Potter's piece appears in the February 14th edition. Even though the article tries to get it right, it fails on one key and very important issue. Asexuals do not always abstain from sex. The author confuses a person's sexual orientation with a choice to abstain from sex. Many Asexuals choose not to engage in sexual activity, but this makes them Asexual and celibate.
The author may be confused, especially since he admits that the first page people turn to in the newspaper is Savage Love. Most newspapers do not carry Savage Love, and even if they do, the first page many people turn to is the comics section. Most people read the sports section after this. If they want to appear informed they skim the headlines.
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Asexual Update from Creating Change Day 3
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- Published on Sunday, 10 February 2013 22:15
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Vice Magazine Article Renews "Are Asexuals Queer" Debate
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 20:24
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Are Asexuals queer? Even Asexual News has attempted to answer this question. Despite a recent article in Vice Magazine, there is no clear-cut answer to this question. Asexual activists have made in-roads to LGBT organizations.
Minerva, a member of the Tumblr Asexual community, probably unintentionally sparked another heated debate on the microblogging site. Heated debates are nothing new on Tumblr, but it has also sparked a mildly renewed interest in what it means to describe Asexuality as queer.
Asexuals and their Gay and Lesbian cousins have much in common. Aces find themselves trying to depathologize their orientation, an area in which they have had little success. There have even been studies showing employers are more likely to discriminate against an employee if they know the person is Asexual.
Aces do not have an affiliated political organization, but many people who identify as Asexual are liberal-leaning. Even when they are not liberal-leaning, they are less likely to oppose same-sex marriage.
Sadly, making inroads into LGBT groups is not an easy process. Transgender activists had similar difficulties when they made inroads into the Gay and Lesbian community. Despite all of this, conditions are improving. AAW and AVEN have attended the NLGTF conference, and the Trevor Project now offers its services to younger Aces.
Both Asexuals and the more vocal LGBT community members who are opposed to the idea of joining forces may find it is too late for them to do anything other than complain. Bridges are being built, and as long as they are not burnt they will remain in place.
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Creating Change Conference Video -- Asexual Contingent -- Day 1
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 January 2013 22:10
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The Asexual Friendly Therapists Wiki Exists But Attracts Little Support
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- Published on Monday, 07 January 2013 15:12
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A wiki designed to help Asexuals find Ace-friendly therapists exists. The page has not attracted much attention. The owner of the site has done little to promote it, and few Asexuals are aware of it. At the moment, the site occupies a Wiki spaces page and does not get much traffic. Even though the Ace Friendly wiki pages does not promote itself, it is a page that provides an invaluable service.
This invaluable service suffers from on key problem. Although it should provide a database of many different therapists, few people have contributed to the format. Because few people have contributed therapist information, it is difficult for a user to search for a therapist by location, specialty or other information.
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