what a lovely day to remember that aces didn’t exist until like 20 years ago and aren’t inherently lgbt+
what a lovely day for me to be in this tag.
Let us first turn to the talking about drivelessness, but we have to answer the question beforehand: “Are there even anerotic people, men and women of a post pubic age without any desire for sexual activities?” It is often said about someone, even male but especially female persons who don’t have any sexual desires whatsoever. They be called asexual, anerotic or how one could also say “atropic” [i haven’t found any reference for that word…maybe he meant “atrophic”?]; It is not uncommon that such claims are made by relatives of those people. It is also not uncommon to claim from people who are celibate -something that is from a standpoint of biological and psychological factors something that goes against nature- that they have no sexual feelings
We affirm that all people are sensual, sexual, and compassionate beings and shouldn’t be labeled as hetero- homo- bi- or asexual.
December 1, 1970. “It Ain’t Me Babe”, a feminist newspaper from California.*
47 years.
“this right can be for us all – lesbians, celibates, bisexual, asexual, amazon virgins and heterosexual….
“For the most part, the herstory of heterosexual women can be summed up in three words: used, abused and abandoned. Not that the destructive male spares the lesbian or the asexual woman when he is set to mate the female.
1975, for both of these. (Also note how it doesn’t group asexual women with heterosexual women.)**
42 years.
1976, in a publication of Move, a UK newspaper.***
*I do not necessarily share the opinions of any of these authors.**Bi erasure.***TV/TS appears to likely indicate outdated slang from 1976 to refer to a trans person.
Remind me – how long has ace exclusionary discourse existed?
Water Witches 