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Asexuals are Part of the LGBT Community, Whether We Like It Or Not

Details: Category: Cake Recipes; Published on Wednesday, 03 April 2013 21:28; Written by Lara Landis; Hits: 382

Ciara McGatten asked why the LGBT acronym keeps expanding in a recent article she wrote for Gay Community News in March. McGratten commented on asexuals in her recent rant, and she also excluded the Bisexual and Transgender communities from her description of the Gay community.

McGratten joined Dan Savage and other commentators who shared similar opinions, but people recommending separation are becoming a vocal minority. Even though not every Aexual believes that aAes should join forces with the LGBT community, most Aces already believe they do fall under the umbrella. Ace advocates point to the problem Asexuals have with HSDD in the DSM. Homosexuality was listed as a disorder in the DSM until the 1980s.

McGrattan's column did not go unanswered. Lesbilicious, a Lesbian blog in the United Kingdom, published a response. The Irish publication also published a response. Perhaps the acronym will fall into disuse because it becomes unwieldy, gender and sexual minorities is much simpler to say.

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LGBT Soup

LGBT Soup for a Reason

The Editor Responds

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Who Serves the Needs of Asexual Adults?

Details: Category: Cake Recipes; Published on Tuesday, 05 March 2013 20:46; Written by Super User; Hits: 455

Buzzfeed published an Asexuality 101 piece. The Oxford Student and several other university newspapers produced their own Asexuals exist stories. AVEN, the largest Ace organization, focuses on Asexual visibility. Members cheer when media outlets cover their orientation, but they do not demand in-depth coverage. Perhaps the oddest thing about such stories is that they tend to come out at the same time, and they all focus on college or high school students.. Focusing on young Asexuals exclusively causes a problem. Older people start thinking Asexuality is a new fad.

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Metroland article repeats the asexuals as celibate misconception

Details: Category: Cake Recipes; Published on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:15; Written by Lara Landis; Hits: 552

Metroland, Albany's alternative newspaper, recently commented on Asexuality. Josh Potter's piece appears in the February 14^th 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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Expanding the Kinsey Scale: Is it Necessary?

Details: Category: Cake Recipes; Published on Saturday, 23 February 2013 19:49; Written by Lara Landis; Hits: 430

Alfred Kinsey developed his famous sexuality scale in the early 1950s. It covered three commonly accepted sexualities. An exclusively Heterosexual person earned a score of zero, an exclusively Homosexual person earned a scale of 6, bisexuals fell somewhere in the middle. A UC columnist opined that the two-dimensional scale does not meet society's current needs. She believes the existence of Asexuals and Pansexuals means that there is a need to expand sexuality models.

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