Many aromantic and asexual people feel like they're broken until they learn about these identities, as there's so little representation of them. This means there are some asexual people who have sex, some who only have it to please a partner and some who actively enjoy sex.Asexuals often define themselves in terms, such as sex repulsed, sex neutral and sex positive. To begin I'm one of those aromantic peeps but I only find members of the opposite sex attractive, however rare that may be. In giving asexuality its Sex positive asexuals have positive feelings toward sex; however, it must be clearly stated these people still experience no sexual attraction.Asexuals may also have a sex life due to having a high libidos, and it should be notedthat those who have low libidos do have to identify with asexuality.Even though the understanding of general community of asexuality is very limited, it is still a miracle compared to that of ace spectrum. According to their criticism, exclusionist are attempting to either turn asexuality into a modifier or add on to a sexuality rather than accept as a sexuality of its own.The exclusion point of view argues that aces who identify as heteromantic asexuals are straight by default and as such have no place within the LGBT+ community. Aro/ace (aromantic/asexual) is an ever growing spectrum as people coin new terms to describe themselves.

That's no fun.It could be 8) But at any rate, I don't really care whether asexuality is included in the LGBT or not. Instead they reside in this mixed area of sexuality, labeled ace spectrum.These terms include demisexual (people who only experience sexual attraction after a bond is formed), grey ace (people who’s experience weak forms of sexual attraction), cupiosexual (people who experience no attraction but still desire to have a sexual relationship for multiple reasons) and lithsexual (people who find that there sexual attraction to some fades after it is reciprocated).These terms are some of the few ace spectrum identities out there today.Understanding the complexities of their identity gives them a sense of wholeness and puts them ease. People are gay, straight, cis, queer, ace, and everywhere in between. You might like to search for previous threads on this subject.I will make one quick comment. when they ask if I have a boyfriend. That's why there are more letters than just L and G. There are, and have been, straight trans people in the community since, like, forever. I think asexuality can (and to an extent should) be connected to the LGBT as a sort of a collective non-heteronormative group.

However, this argument can be seen as hypocritical when so many exclusions themselves lump asexuals and straight people together.Another term under heavy fire is the new acronym MOGAI (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex). There's a heated debate going on right now as to whether we qualify as "queer" - maybe we do, maybe we don't. Point is, there's exceptions out there.We're talking about two political movements whose goals are united: visibility and education for minority and different types of subjectivity. Related, perhaps, but not a subset.I might just be irritated that so many people have automatically assumed that I'm a lesbian because I say "No, I don't want one." For those inclusionists, the LGBT+ community is about welcoming anyone who do not find their representative in the conventional binary system of sexuality and gender rather than the strict adherence to any category of sexuality.They also find that straight culture rarely accepts asexuals as their own. Rather, it was to create a more inclusive term to encourage those who do not considered themselves either straight or LGBT. When you go your entire life questioning your own sexuality and not finding correct terms for it, a label that rings true to you and actually makes sense can be extremely empowering.A scroll through the Ace Discourse Tumblr tag will reveal to you the vast range of ages, orientations and genders of those debating this subject. It's not a different kind of the thing, it's the lack of it altogether and should perhaps be off to the side. However, if a homoromantic asexual couple got married, it would technically be considered a "gay marriage" because the two spouses are of the same sex. Plus, an asexual can be homo-romantic, and this may very well be allied to both parties (the prejudice against homo-romantic is linked to prejudice against homosexuals), since advocacy for one will not overwhelm the other militancy.So. (This is why I dislike the term "gay marriage" being used interchangeably with the term "same sex marriage" since gay refers strictly to homosexuals.) In that sense, the idea of being part of the LGBT community seems like a good starting point for our visibility and educating society about asexuality.But, of course, to each his own. I understand that many asexuals are homoromantic and many, many other variations of other things that could be classified as "gay" in some form or another. I'm still sorting through my romantic orientation and leaning towards bi, so that influences my opinion somewhat.I've never had issues with being associated with the LGBT community, though I never thought of them as specifically a gay/lesbian and nothing else group. You only have to be associated with what you want to be. I don't think homo/bi/panromantic aces can really be counted among gays due to the lack of sexual interest.