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Why does anyone care? You choose not to stick your penis in a vagina? Join the crowd.

I'm sure the acronym was a joke... asexuality is nothing like homosexuality, except, you know, all the 'no sex with women' part.

Posted by: Denali | September 11, 2008 12:17 AM

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Bobo - No, it does say anywhere that they want to be associated with us, just that they want more recognition. The problem becomes that if they do get more recognition, the "logical" place that "normal" people will put them in is with us. So the statement needs to be made that they are no associated with us. Let them be recognized if they so wish, but let them also be put into their own category. Not with us.

Saint - I understand what you're saying, but I don't see the point you are trying to make in the conversation...

Posted by: GloryofaBoy | September 10, 2008 1:05 PM

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Short rundown.

Asexuals only have one common point: they are not interested in sex. Doesn't mean they aren't interested in people. Doesn't mean they are not interested in love. There are gay asexuals, straight asexuals...

geddit?

Posted by: Saint Splattergut | September 10, 2008 3:29 AM

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oh heck no! No A and T shouldn't be another subset of LGB. Those two's issues are different than homosexuals'.

G and L - Homosexuality
B - Partly Homosexuality

T - Most are related to gender and sexual, and maybe homosexuality. (If one is a T and G, then this is a gay transgenders/sexual.)

A - Emotionally, physically and mentally related. A whole different thing than just a sexuality issue.

Posted by: Mdans | September 9, 2008 4:05 PM

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I'm pretty certain Graydon was just making a cute joke in the headline. Nowhere in the post or the article did I see an asexual actually ASK to be included in the LGBT acronym.

Posted by: Bobo | September 9, 2008 12:00 PM

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Jasper, just because we can agree that sexuality and gender are related does not mean that they are the same thing. That is why, although they certainly deserve equal rights, trans people should not be lumped in with queers. They're their own thing, as we are. By your logic, heterosexuals should be lumped in with the queer movement too.

Posted by: Jason | September 9, 2008 11:32 AM

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Well... I'm glad I wasn't the first one to say it cuz I didn't want to seem un-PC, but I have to agree that adding an "A" to the end of LGBT just dilutes the message that we're trying to send. What are we now... the weirdo melting pot? I'm all for unity, but even we have to draw the line somewhere.
Everyone wants to be accepted for who they are, but like someone said earlier, Asexuals already have all the rights of straights, they just choose not utilize their sexual aspects. The LGBT community is fighting to be taken seriously and included equally, lets not muddy the waters and become the catch all for every sad sack "disorder".

Posted by: Meowzer | September 9, 2008 10:34 AM

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Sticking A on the end of LGBT just seems like a half-hearted attempt to address the issue. "Stick it in with the gays, let them sort it out."

Although I'm all for the trans T inclusion in the acronym, as I believe you can't deal with gender without dealing with sexuality.

Posted by: Jasper | September 9, 2008 8:24 AM

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I pretty much agree with what everyone is saying. I do not think that not being interested in sex should qualify you for your own "sexual orientation." And what is there to be represented about anyway? It's really just an extreme and maybe uncontrollable form of abstinence.

I also agree with Jason, they have nothing to gain by being more recognized. They already have all of the rights and privileges that normal people do. They are called names just for walking down the street. They aren't kicked out of movie theaters because people are uncomfortable by them. They don't get beat up in alleyways by drunk punks who think they're being cool. They just want to feel like their special and that people get them....which most don't.

And let's be really honest here for a moment: I'm sure there are some people who truly feel no sexual attraction to anything, but most people who claim to be asexual really just can't get any and they want to feel like they fit in somewhere.

Get over your acceptance issues and just fade back into your mundane lives, and don't try to get lumped in with us. We have enough troubles on our own.

Posted by: GloryofaBoy | September 9, 2008 2:55 AM

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Hmm..I agree that it's not all that LGBT-related, but pretty cool nonetheless. So many different people; everyone deserves to be happy.

Posted by: Kyle | September 8, 2008 8:50 PM

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