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Asexual Recruiters: Looking for the Best Cake Makers

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Published on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:39

Written by Lara Landis

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Asexuals recruit young Gays and Lesbians who are looking for ways to avoid internalized homophobia. The charge itself seems to be ridiculous. The statement might have been made by extreme social conservatives. This extreme rhetoric has appeared less often in recent years.

Such accusations came out after the Trevor project announced that it would include Asexuality into its training materials. People who made these accusations may have confused people who identify as Asexual with a political Antisexual movement. The political movement exists entirely in other countries, but Americans are unlikely to have heard of the Antisexual movement. 

Proponents of this particular idea did not see the irony in the accusation. It is another example of internal politics and some of the tension that exists between Aces and certain segments of the LGBT movement.

AVEN founder David Jay provided an answer to this charge several years ago during a United States media blitz. He told several hosts that people who come onto AVEN are encouraged to explore their sexuality, especially if they are not sure.

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Asexual Men Are Weak?

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Published on Sunday, 22 April 2012 16:07

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Hank Campbell, a Science 2.0 blogger recently reported on a study that found women prefer arrogant men. People who are concerned with gender stereotypes and the ways in which they are perpetuated will find the story interesting. Asexuals, partricularly male Asexuals, may have one problem with one statement in the article.

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Finding Asexuals Sexy: It May Seem Odd, But It Is Possible

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Published on Monday, 23 April 2012 20:06

Written by Lara Landis

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Are Asexuals sexy? Does the reader spend any time contemplating this question? People will find many different things attractive in a potential mate. There may even be Aces who are looking for a potential mate, but who are repulsed by the act of intercourse.

An individual Ace may or may not be sexy. Rule 34 may apply at some point, but to the author’s best knowledge, there are not yet any adult entertainment sites that feature people trying to turn someone sexual. (No one has the time to find every single porn site on the Internet. It is possible there are many such sites already. Most of the Asexual News's staff want to remain happily ignorant of the existence of such sites).

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LGBTQ Firsts -- First Realizations of Asexuality

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Published on Sunday, 22 April 2012 15:03

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Asexuals know there was a time when they realized they were Asexual. Some people have always known, other people got into a fight with an editor about how not experiencing sexual attraction is not always a problem. The University of Bangor's LGBTQ club has developed a series of videos dealing with the experiences of Gender and Sexual Minorities.

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