This is something that has legit bothered me from a young age.

White people aren’t white. I don’t know the name for that weird color. Sand? Whatever it is, it’s not white!And black people aren’t black. They’re clearly brown.

What idiot started calling us black and white when we’re clearly brown and sand!

I would appreciate it if the two had separate labels so that they could enjoy their own commonalities, rather than being lumped into one despite being very, very different. Incompatibly different.

It feels like the equivalent of a lot of guys going into a space for gay guys, saying “I’m totally gay, but I really prefer sex with women and if you say a guy having sex with women ain’t gay then you’re just homophobic”.

Then on every single post about guys with guys, you get comments saying “Guys like girls too! Don’t forget about us!”

Like, Bisexual and Heterosexual are right there. Why go into a Homosexual space and change it instead?

“and help that be a self-fulfilling prophecy by not caring that it makes people looking for others who are naturally not sexual very uncomfortable to be considered under the same label.”

Thanks for being among them. This is why I don’t use that descriptor online anymore, nor go to online asexual communities.

There’s a lot of people whose sexuality is NO, and being forced to share “safe” spaces online for their shared lack of sexuality with people who also say they’re asexual but their sexuality is YES is awkward, uncomfortable, and off-putting.

AKA no longer safe spaces (or a safe to use label) for those whose sexuality is NO.

Currently, thankfully, people offline still seem to understand “I’m asexual” means “No, I do not want to fuck. Not anyone, not ever.”

A lot if horny people like the idea of joining the LGBT club and ironically found the Asexual label the easiest one to morph to their desires.

So now a lot of people online will say asexuals are still very much sexual, and help that be a self-fulfilling prophecy by not caring that it makes people looking for others who are naturally not sexual very uncomfortable to be considered under the same label.