Do asexuals really face ‘dehumanising discrimination’?

Bored with hearing about discrimination towards lesbians and gay men? Having an empathy meltdown when listening to stories of violence, discrimination and prejudice? Don’t much care about lesbians being sexually harassed by men on a night out? Not to worry! We have a new kid on the block, poised and ready to join the unbreakable Wi-Fi code that is the LGBTQ+ community. Asexuals, or ace-ers, have been welcomed into the queer world – a world that keeps on expanding to the point where no letter in the entire alphabet is safe. 

A report by Yasmin Benoit, asexual activist and researcher (she/her), and Stonewall (what/plonkers) has found that those that can’t be bothered with bonking suffer ‘dehumanising discrimination’. ‘Even within LGBTQ+ spaces, ace people are too often overlooked’, they claim, ‘and their concerns ignored.’

Benoit knows her stuff. She founded the #ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike movement, has won awards for her public anti-bonking stance, and was the first asexual grand marshal at NYC Pride this year.