“Ace And Aro People Are Just Straight” Is A Heteronormative Lie
Listen to ace and aro folks when we share our stories, and recognize that others' inability or unwillingness to see the truth of our experiences does not define or erase us. TW/CW: This essay mentions sexual violence, r/pe, death threats, and
‘It’s Not You, It’s Not Me’ Centers Allosexual Feelings And Fails Asexual People
'It's Not You, It's Not Me' centers the desires of the allosexual character, at the expense of and detriment to the asexual character. This essay contains spoilers for the short film It's Not You, It's Not Me and descriptions of coercive
Langston Hughes Doesn’t Owe Us More Than What He Left Us With
What are we writing onto Langston Hughes and others like him when we use them as canvases to paint our own frustrations about queer (in)visibility and closets? "Unfortunately (and to John’s distrust of God) it seemed his son was turning out
Asexual Is Queer And Gatekeeping Is Not Liberation
Asexuality would also be better understood if we expanded and reformed our understanding of queerness itself. "Pursuing an understanding of queerness as an absence of or an aversion to sex might include figures deemed unnatural for their lack of a
How The Colonial History of Hypersexualization Obscures the Possibility of Black Asexuality
Black asexuals deserve to have more visibility and clarity, and Black people deserve to embrace our sexualities outside of the confines of prescribed hypersexualization. This essay contains discussions of sexual and reproductive violences, and racist fetishization "Western social thought associates Blackness