Asexual and Aromantic people make up about 1% of the total population but comprise as high as 4% of those ages 18-24 (Bianchi, 2018). This group is relatively small but growing as knowledge of the identity spreads. This page aims to educate folks and dispel misconceptions regarding identities that fall under the ace/aro spectrum.
As a shorthand and a way to include many different identities, such as asexual, aromantic, demisexual, grey-ace, and others on the ace-spectrum, the term ace/aro will be used throughout this page. The ace/aro community faces a lot of misinformation that leads to allosexism. Allosexism is the pervasive system of discrimination and exclusion that oppresses asexual people based in the belief that everyone does and should experience sexual attraction. The resources below are ways to educate oneself about the ace/aro population and to find community within it. There are many different ways to be ace/aro, and the community itself is very diverse.
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