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Submission:
«This is from a Instagram post from someone I know, also in the LGBTQ+ community. Unfortunately, I no longer have the screenshot of it. He said something like “I fucking hate asexuals. They’re not even LGBT. Bitch ass trying to prove they’re oppressed. Gays and trans people are fucking killed and bullied everyday. Ma’am you are cishet. Stop trying to compare your problems to those of trans people. You’re not oppressed and you never will be. At the end of the day, homosexuals, queer and trans people ARE SHAMED AND KILLED!”
I made a polite comment asking him if he also thought a trans ace or lesbian ace isn’t LGBT either, and pointed out several issues that asexuals face that resemble those of other queer identities. I ended by calling for solidarity instead of within-community gatekeeping. He removed me from his followers, and a few hours later, blocked me. I’m not sure if I am asexual or not, but I could not abide with this kind of discrimination. I’m glad I spoke up.»
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Acephobia & Anti-asexual hate crime
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«What is anti-asexual hate crime?
Any offence should be treated as an anti-asexual hate crime if the person who experienced it or anyone else feels it was an expression of acephobia. Anti-asexual hate crime can include verbal abuse and violence from neighbours or strangers. Because people’s asexual identity is not always visible to strangers, anti-asexual abuse can often be concentrated in settings where the targeted person and perpetrator know each other. That can include verbal abuse or unwanted sexual touching from acquaintances and anti-asexual domestic abuse from family or partners. This also includes actual and threats of so-called “corrective” rape, to “fix” the person’s orientation.
These crimes are less easy to recognise but it is equally important to record and address them in a manner that addresses their motivation of hostility. To qualify to be recorded as a hate incident, a report needn’t include anti-asexual language. It is enough for a reporting person to perceive that it was motivated by acephobia.»
Read the whole article here.
