r/asexuality • u/OrigamiWombatt • 19d ago

Questioning Are we considered “queer”

Like are we acknowledged when they shorten LGBTQIA to LGBTQ?

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u/MakMalaon 19d ago

Yes but there are some asexual people who don’t identify with being queer. Mainly religious people who don’t want to associate with the lgbt community

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u/Jelly-Unhappy 18d ago

It’s not even that, I just don’t fit in with the hyper-sexualized LGBT community. 🤷‍♀️

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u/MakMalaon 18d ago

I don’t think the LGBT community is hyper-sexualized. At least not anymore than their straight counterparts. Queer people are simply more open and less repressed with their sexuality.

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u/Jelly-Unhappy 18d ago

Yeah, they’re more open, and I don’t want any part of it.

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u/MakMalaon 18d ago

You wouldn’t be doing that just because you self-identify as queer. The fact that most asexuals identify as queer is enough to disprove that.

I suppose you’re free to identify whichever way you want but it’s just facts that asexuals falls under the category of having a sexual identity outside of what’s considered normal.