theangelshavetheblog:

There are many people on this website who have the mistaken belief that if you are not lesbian or gay, then you are straight. For a group that preaches about tolerance of their own sexuality, they don’t exactly practice what they preach. Specifically, lately, they have attempted to make the claim that asexual = straight.

That sort of mindset is at best dismissive, and at worst damaging to those of us who have struggled or are still struggling to come to terms with their own sexual orientation.

This post is not for them. They have made up their minds and nothing you or I say will change it. I’m not even looking to know why they think it. They haven’t been able to explain it in a way that makes sense and I’m not going to bother with them anymore because, quite frankly, they’re not worth it. I am, however, going to address three of the points I think they were trying to make.

This post is for you: the asexual, and anyone else who feels like the LGBTQA+ (the aforementioned elitists will try to call it just LGBT) is unaccepting of them because they don’t fall into some neat little category. And while I primarily focus on asexuals and sexual orientation (as opposed to romantic orientation), many of these points apply equally to both.

I want to say this right now. I am asexual and possibly aromantic. And I am damn proud of this. If you are too, or you aren’t sure and you want to talk to someone about it, please feel free to message me. You matter and your orientation is valid.

Because of how long this is, I’m putting it under a read more.

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