The BBC jumped on Asexual Awareness Week a few weeks too early, by which I mean they have another interview with an asexual person. But here’s the most striking part of the whole thing:
I went to my doctor and I said, “Look, is it serious? Am I going to die?”
She was like, “Calm down, you’re probably just asexual.”
I was like, “What’s that? What?”
So she pointed me towards some websites – and it was like I’d found my people, it was so exciting.
I’d never heard the term “asexual” before.
A doctor, not only validating someone’s orientation but also actually introducing them to a label that describes it?! That genuinely gets me a little hopeful.