I remember in my early days on The Student Room, talking about asexuality and someone said:

I'd've thought that 'coming out' as asexual is roughly as useful as 'coming out' as a person who doesn't eat yellow fruit pastilles. I mean, someone might come out as gay so that other people who are gay know who he/she is and might approach them. If you're ( Read more... )

 My inbox was graced today by an email from Endemol - yes, that biiig company that does a lot of channel 4 stuff, like Big Brother - asking me if I wanted to be in an interview for a factual prime-time series. I was a bit apprehensive; I know channel 4 can do good documentaries, and also a 'prime time factual series' could well be something like ( Read more... )

I should avoid reading threads like this: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=610060

They just depress me.

First off, almost everyone equates ase with no sex.

Secondly, someone not having/enjoying sex because of their orientation is seen as a ridiculously insurmountable thing, although someone not doing, or putting off those things ( Read more... )