It would appear that Miss Joanne Rowling has once again shown that she is completely ignorant of something relating to the experiences of #LGBTQ people. A shocker, I know.
https://buff.ly/ZLbYKrg

Ace researcher explains why 31% of people think asexuality can be “cured”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/ace-researcher-explains-why-31-of-people-think-asexuality-can-be-cured/

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#asexuality

Ace researcher explains why 31% of people think asexuality can be “cured” www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #asexuality

Anyone who calls the International #Asexuality Day a "fake oppression day" has NO idea what the fuck they’re talking about. It’s embarrassing.

And SMUG those weirdos are. "lol you're not murdered in the streets so it doesn't count".

It would be funny, if it weren’t so sad. We just want to tell the world it's OKAY to be #asexual, to educate people.

Discrimination is still real tho, I just cited scientific data. I guess that doesn’t count either then?

Weirdos.

The results of the recent #ace #study "#Asexuality in the #UK: Public attitudes towards people who experience
little to no sexual attraction" have some not-so-encouraging numbers. I’ve decided to annotate some of the graphs in that paper.

("Direct" and "List" refers to different methods to present the prompt, see the paper for details)

(Source: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/assets/asexuality-in-the-uk.pdf ; annotations are mine)

All people who answered "No" here would have lost at the first question in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, AFTER taking the 50:50 lifeline.

(Source of graph: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/assets/asexuality-in-the-uk.pdf ; facepalm added by me)

#FAIL #science #asexuality #LGBTQIA+ #ace #denial

Apparemment c'était la journée de l'asexualité (je retiens pas la date).
Voici donc un carré au crochet:
#crochet #ace #InternationalAsexualityDay #asexuality #asexualité

Heute ist internationaler Tag der Asexualität (ITA). Der ITA findet seit 2021 jährlich am 06. April statt und hat zum Ziel, die Arbeit der internationalen asexuellen Community (auch Ace-Community genannt) zu würdigen und zu stärken. Dabei soll insbesondere auf die Ace-Community und ihre Organisationen in nicht englischsprachigen und/oder nicht westlichen Ländern aufmerksam gemacht werden. >

Happy International Asexuality Day fellow aces! #Asexuality
#InternationalAsexualityDay #IAD #GreySexual #GraySexual

Apparently it's International Asexuality Day. Hurrah! Comes around sooner every year, I swear.

Happy day to all to whom it's relevant. Including me. I finally realised a few years back, after many years of confusion, that I fall under the ace umbrella, even if I don't identify as the specific asexual part.

Here's a graphic that I post every year, because I think it's helpful and useful:

(full alt text in reply to this, because it's too long to fit)

6. apríla je medzinárodný deň #Asexuality
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIGJIYBRzHL/?igsh=ZzBkYWNmbjlpZGIw

I'm reading Ace by Angela Chen. It's a good read so far, on the intellectual side, and largely reflects my own thinking and discoveries about asexuality. I'm not learning a ton, but I've also already been deep diving on ace-ness for months now, so that's not surprising. I do think if you're interested in learning more about asexuality, it would be a fantastic read. The depth and strength of her research, interviews with other ace folks, and perception and reasoning are excellent.

Ewwwwww ...

A new #study says that 31% of those surveyed in #England believe that #asexuality can be "cured".

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/asexual-people-face-ignorance-and-intolerance-in-uk-study-suggests

NOPE NOPE NOPE. They're all DANGEROUSLY wrong. This is the kind of belief that justifies conversion therapy which is PROVEN to be harmful.

This study is important because it reveals the myths may be still WAY too widespread.

@boo_ As a teenager, I was often surprised when someone would tell me a song was about sex, when I thought it was just about people wanting to hang out together. Perhaps that should've been a sign that I was ace, but the language wasn't around back then. Anyway... my go-to song for asexual rocking out is "D&D and Asexuality" from the Skull Puppies.

https://skullpuppies.bandcamp.com/track/d-d-and-asexuality

Blue from OSP about #SaintAugustine: "Literally the man stopped being Horny All The Time and became the greatest Latin writer of the millenium — this productivity hack is brought to you by #Asexuality: think of all the free time you'll have!" #huhu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ziM0MgGkQ

For #InternationalMensDay, I only really want to address one aspect of malehood that probably isn't being discussed much: #Asexuality.

If you are an ace man who has ever been demeaned or embarrassed or otherwise humiliated because you have no desire to engage in sex, feel little to no sexual attraction, or are merely repulsed by sex, then know that you are no less of a man for it. Masculinity and sexuality are not the same issues, but they go hand in hand due to most cultures' patriarchal bent. Anyone who takes your ace identity as an insult against masculinity does not understand anything but a flawed concept of weakness vs strength.

Being a man is more than just gender or sexual identity. Masculinity can be positive or negative. True positive masculinity is accepting that men are not so cut and dry. Gay men, Trans men, Ace men, however you identify yourself, nobody can take it away from you.

As an ace man, I've occasionally felt a nagging inside that maybe I'm not really a true man. That, of course, is internalized misogyny and acephobia. And that's horseshit. My dick doesn't define me. It's a feeling I have inside. I know that I'm a man, and I also know that sex means very little to me, at this point in my life. They are mutually exclusive concepts.

To all my male brothers, whoever you are, whatever you look like, whoever you love, never doubt your identity just because some chud thinks you're weak. True strength comes from having a strong character, and you have that in spades.

Lots of love.

New main account, new life, same #introduction

I am miramarco, I am a 34 year old guy and I was born and live in #Italy. I studied math and now I work as a software engineer… but I don't talk about it here.

I talk about #asexuality, mental health and neurodiversity, but also about my little obsessions: from typography to #Eurovision, from geography to public transportation, from local politics to contemporary art.

I have been on Octodon for 7+ years, and I have a casual alt on @miramarco@bananachips.club.