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I do think Asexuals should get a space of their own. I don’t think the entire site should have to repress its sexuality when it’s already weirdly puritanical on that end. I also find it odd for asexuals to be incorporated into LGBTQ comm when sexuality is literally the defining criteria for the comm.
I think GSM (gender and sexual minorities) is perhaps a more accurate label. The community is about being different from the cishet majority, unless you're suggesting straight trans people should be excluded too?
I’m not sure I understand. Why wouldn’t straight trans people be part of an lgbtq comm?
Are you suggesting being trans is a sexual thing?
They probably forgot to write the "straight" part when you were replying to the comment.
That's correct. The criticism is still valid though.
Because Asexual people aren't heterosexual. Nor are they necessarily adverse to sex and sexuality. They experience and engage with sexuality differently to allosexual people. They're not just people who are sexually repressed.
I didn’t say they were sexually repressed