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Asexuality I am not in denial.

I am not a secret lesbian/gay.

I am not afraid of sex.

I am not a prude.

I am not a religios freak.

I am not hiding.

I am not constantly pleasuring myself.

I am not depressed.

I am not crazy.

I am not a freak.

I am not dead.

I do not have a creepy fetish.

I am not the result of a traumatic past.

I have not been raped.

I do not hate people.

I do give hugs/kisses.

I am not playing hard to get.

I am not looking for attention.

I am just not interested.

I am human.

I am asexual.

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Let's Talk About: Asexualityby ~k-d-t

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Please, feel free to download this to use for raising awareness. This is an updated version - thanks to everyone who gave me helpful suggestions!

Also in Spanish: [link]
(If you would like to see this in your language, please feel free to send me the translated text, and I will arrange it for you.)

Hello, everybody! I've not been on dA much recently (that university thing takes up more of my time that I could have thought). But I'm dipping back in today to see what you think of this.

I intended this as a poster to introduce the concept of asexuality, which a vast majority of people know nothing about.
The information is mostly inspired by/paraphrased from AVEN, which is a brilliant site that I reccommend you investigate.

I'd love to know what you think of this poster.

Is it too crowded? Just right?

If you hadn't heard of asexuality before, has it been informative?

If you identify as asexual, is there anything you think I've put badly, or missed out?

Edit: Thank you very much for all the comments - I haven't had this much feedback on a piece for a long time, if ever, and I really didn't expect this one to get any attention. I appreciate it

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~Brightcynder May 12, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Too true!

~crown-n-thistle Apr 28, 2013

Awesome :3
Thank you!

~dhxjcrd Apr 21, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Question: Can you be asexual, and still feel intense love for another person? Like, kissing, cuddling, making out and such, but not want the sex-part (Where the guy puts his pee-pee into her kitteh) and such? Or is it just completely not wanting anything to do with that sort? Or is there another term for that?
And great stuff you've done. It's pretty informative.

~k-d-t May 9, 2013

Sorry this reply is so late! You might want to check out the ace communities on AVEN, Reddit or Tumblr for more response, but I'll try answer. Basically, afaik, you can certainly be ace and feel love. There are actually terms such as a-/hetero-/homo-/bi-/pan-romantic that people use to describe whether they feel romantic attraction, and there are asexual people who identify as all of those. There are also some ideas like aesthetic and sensual attraction, which get used to describe attraction based purely on physical beauty or touch. Overall, though, the attitude is mostly "do you feel like you're asexual? then you're asexual" - no other qualifying characteristics. (I know, it's frustrating sometimes - I definitely sometimes feel like I just want someone to tell me a label and to be that.)

In short, yes! It's up to you. But there are other words around, if you want to look into them.

~dhxjcrd May 9, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

No problem

Yeah, I'll do that. Or maybe it's s Grey Area thing? Or perhaps the age, or just a phase. Well, I guess I'll find out eventually. And yeah, labels can both be frustrating and lovely. Well, I'll just throw away some of the labels: I am what I am. If you don't like what I am, or do not feel for the way I am, your loss.

~AkirasGaarathichian Apr 29, 2013 Student Photographer

I've personally heard people identify as asexual with those terms you've mentioned above, however it's up to you in the end if you'd like to adopt that as your sexuality. Asexuality is usually defined as not feeling a desire for sexual intercourse in general, though pleasure can be felt and such, though not always.. it's kind of complicated..?? sorry haha I may have just confused you ><;;

~dhxjcrd Apr 29, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

No, I'm not confused at all

. It's just that I wouldn't want myself to find my indetity as an asexual, if it isn't true. I mean, there are romantic asexuals, so maybe I could research a bit there. But thanks for your help. <3

~XxAnimeWolfxX Apr 4, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

This. ^^^

~skeletorfight Feb 5, 2013

Trust me, your poster is perfect and accurate

I love that someone eventually speaks up on a subject rarely (if never) talked about and mistaken for "chastity". You can't even imagine how many times I've heard that "just need to find the right person" and, being sex a bit overrated in our society, its true that many asexuals feel like freaks of nature; hence they hate themselves .
It's important to shed light on this matter because people lacking sexual attraction are showered with advices/opinions that seem sensible and convincing and they can end up in relationships with someone they love who actually feels sexual attraction. The result is the asexual person feels guilty, worthless and kind of a liar

This post moved me to the core and I can't thank you enough for it. I don't know how to add emoticons but it would be the green one sorrounded by hearts ♥

~k-d-t Mar 21, 2013

I'm so glad you like it! It's great to know that people are helped by this.

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