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[Elderberry]

I've never felt like I belonged in the LGBT+ crowd because I didn't really have much in common with them--it seems that some members of the community feel the same way ("A is for ally", and "asexuals are appropriating our struggle" come to mind). I don't think that the LGBT+ movement needs to be (or even should be?) the "non-cishet" crowd.

In any event, I don't really want to be in an environment where people are talking about sex. I don't want to impose on them by insisting that they not talk about it either; I think that us running in our own circles is fine. It would be nice if both groups were allies to the other, but you can't have everything.

[treeoflife]

i too am new to identifying as ace, but don't feel i fit under the umbrella at all. went to an event recently that was open to all sexualities and allies, but it didn't feel entirely inclusive for asexuals. very little of what went on at the event resonated with me in my identity as an ace. so for that reason, along with religious reasons, i don't feel like i fit under the umbrella.