The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality

by Julie Sondra Decker

Cis heterosexual people rarely have to be in a situation in which they are the only cisgender heterosexual person in the room.

by and large LGBT issues are now acknowledged far and wide and asexual issues are still usually swept under the rug.

Asexuals are typically invisible.

Your partner(s) may have nonsexual needs that you can satisfy, and you should try to understand that these may be just as important, persistent, real, and intense as your sexual needs are (In other words, sexual needs do not outrank all other needs in a relationship, and their needs shouldn’t be regarded as something to be ignored until or unless yours are satisfied.). All