Asexuality: A Brief Introduction

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I am asexual.

I don’t feel sexually attracted to anyone.

Not men. Not women.

That’s all it is.

I’m not gay.

I’m not straight.

I’m not bi.

I’m none of the above.

Asexuality is real.

It’s not fake.

It’s not a hormone problem.

It’s not a way of running from a bad relationship.

It’s not a physical condition.

It’s not an attention grab.

It’s not an inability to have sex.

It’s not an inability to love.

It’s not some way to be “special”.

I don’t care if you have sex.

I don’t care if you don’t.

I don’t want to shame you.

I don’t want to convert you.

I don’t want to recruit you.

I just want you to understand me.

I was probably in high school when I first realized that I was different.

It was a sunny day in the springtime. We were just coming out of the last chills of winter, but we hadn’t yet started into the oppressive heat of the Nevada summer. On a day like this, many of the girls in the school would decide to begin working on their tans on the lawn in front of the school.

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