What Is Asexuality?

What is asexuality? Glad you asked! Someone who is asexual or “Ace” doesn’t experience sexual attraction and/or doesn’t desire sexual contact but may be interested in a romantic relationship. Asexuality is a healthy sexual orientation, just like being gay or straight.
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Sometimes people who are asexual identify as ‘ace’, and often they still date and have romantic and emotional relationships. Other people identify as aromantic, sometimes called ‘aro, ’ which is when a person doesn’t have romantic feelings for other people and are likely not interested in dating.
What’s important to know is that people who are asexual or aromantic are not broken and don’t need to be fixed. Being ace or aro is just another sexual orientation, and it is totally normal, just like any other orientation. Remember, sexual orientation is a spectrum, and it can change as we grow and learn more about ourselves and the world around us.

[TheDemonAscended]

I’m aromantic. Not asexual, but a few of my friends are. I love seeing acespec videos

Edit: I am asexual

[trombonesarecool]

I’m aroace, and this is amazing! So many people think that asexual means that you don’t have any sexual attraction, but it differs between everybody! I hope more people find this video.

[jaydee]

I didn't come out of the closet; I came out of the deck. 'Cause that's where the aces are.

Great video! I may end up sending the link to people who don't understand me when I say I'm ace.

[greenbeantm]

As an ace person, this was an amazing explanation

[moonless]

Sending this to my mom so she'll hopefully understand me being ace

[corebelle]

Just to clear one thing up, in the video you said (referring to asexual people) ‘they just don’t have a drive to be sexual in the way most people do’. I suppose this could be interpreted in different ways. Do you mean they don’t feel a drive to be sexual, as in a drive to be sexual with a specific person? Which is essentially saying they don’t experience sexual attraction, which would be correct (at least for asexual people, not everyone on the a-spec though). Or do you mean they simply just don’t have a drive to be sexual, which is the way I found it came across, because that would be incorrect. Asexual people do have a libido/a sex drive, they just don’t experience sexual attraction. Think about it this way, libido is a bit like hunger, as in you are not craving any specific food, you are just hungry in general. Sexual attraction on the other hand would be a craving for a specific food. In this analogy, hunger would be a general sex drive and craving a certain food would be feeling sexual attraction (which would be to a specific person). Though asexual people may have a drive to be sexual in general, they won’t feel a drive/attraction to be sexual with a specific person. I hope this clears things up a bit, it’s something people often get wrong about asexuality.

[Koleyl]

Thank you now I do believe I am an asexual and I'm okay with it. Thanks for doing this video. It's okay to have romantic feelings and not having sexual desires. But I do hope to find someone one day.

[zoltanvilliger]

I'm an "Aroace" person that means I'm aromantic and asexual that means I don't want to fall in love and I don't like romantic things

[aaronsaunders]

The distinction between abstinence and asexual is really useful

[themessiah..]

I'm aromatic and asexual and my mother just does not understand it

[the_diminished_sixth]

As an ace who hates chocolate, this was perfect for me 👌🏼

[sunsetsav]

I know I am very late, but could you guys do a video on demisexuality? I feel like a lot of people don't really understand me and I always have to explain.

[Gen_theatre]

Im using this to explain what asexuality is and it explains it perfectly!

[wishingstar]

I appreciate the attempt, but the definition conflates attraction with desire. Asexuality is an Orientation where the person experiences little to no SEXUAL ATTRACTION or desire for sexual contact. And the description that Asexual people still feel romantic attraction is a missed opportunity to give space to the large number of Asexual people who are also Aromantic. I appreciate the attempt to educate, but you have a very large platform and this conflating of attraction and desire is harmful.

[tylerketchum]

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[Alexis_luvs_u]

I don’t necessarily know if I’m asexual, but I do know that In relationships I am mainly about romance and have little desire for anything sexual. If I were to have a sexual desire for somebody, it would have to be with someone that I truly connect with and see a future with.

[asheditzz]

This is very poggers

I'm aroace and this video is awesome 👌

[arlojacare]

hey, maybe you could talk about what to do after coming out to your parents? i came out for my mom about being transgender today. she was very quiet about it and i dont want we to pretend this never happenned, but i don't have an idea of how i'm going to talk about it with her. i know it takes time to accept, but i dont really know if she accepted me or not...

[robertpolnicky]

Kind of funny. Ana fernellys girlfriend told me youve got a passive personality. I can tell that from talking to you for 3 seconds. She was exactly right.