Yasmin Benoit is a writer and asexual activist, btw. She often gets a lot of shit for dressing ‘sexy’ and people trying to say she’s not valid as an asexual person for it, but she is 1000% valid AF and an ace icon. She’s a model and enjoys clothes and outfits that are body affirming for her and feel good to her to be in, it is not sexy or 'trashy’ to dress how you like to dress, nor is it her responsibility if other people find her sexually attractive. She’s just living her best life and I freaking love that for her.
Also regular reminders that:
Black people can be asexual and are 1000% valid AF (racism + fetishization makes this necessary to point out)
People you find sexually attractive can be asexual and are 1000% valid for it
No one is required to indulge any sexual attraction you have for them regardless of your sexuality or theirs
Asexual people can and do have sex - there are asexual sex workers y'know & ace folks in partnerships with children
Asexual people who are sex repulsed and do not have sex are just as valid as aces who are sex favourable or indifferent
Allosexual people who are sex repulsed are also valid and it doesn’t mean they’re asexual by default. Attraction and action are two different things
Asexuality is a whole ass spectrum of identities and belongs under the LGBTQ+ umbrella
