I’m glad you’re like one of the few blogs on here that actually gives a shit about ace people like it shocks me when people say there’s no ace oppression because as someone who lives in a VERY conservative country do you really think I could come out as ace without the same treats if forced marriage and correctional rape that other lgbt people do? The ace discourse is a pretty good example of western neoliberal thinking… Oppression only exists in a way that they want to process It 1/4

people that hate asexuals and mock them at every turn don’t actually give a shit about queer people around the world unless they fit into the kind of queerness they’re used to. Let’s not forget that the lgbt labels have been created in a western context and do not necessarily fit with people everywhere, therefore the tired joke of ace people being cringy losers spread in memes really shows that conservatives with no empathy for people they don’t understand can exist within any community 

If I’m not accepted by str8 ppl or the lgbt community then where the fuck am I supposed to go? And the idea that the isolation of not being accepted by anyone wouldn’t lead to suicidal thoughts is deliberately obtuse… It is a prelude to saying that even if that was the case the use of resources to prevent that suicide would simply be robbing someone else of said resources bc “you don’t really need it”. The only conclusion I can draw from this is that some people just want asexuals dead 

As a west African nb ace I can say that yes the hardest part of my identity to deal with is my asexuality because as in most cultures heterosexuality is seen as the default and no asexuality is not a substitute. Hearing my family talk about wanting me to be married and have children terrifies me because it never comes with the caveat of whether I want to or not and the possibility of having these things forced upon me is very real. Long story short: fuck your narrow minded western aphobia

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Thank you so much for writing all of this.