Paste - Five Great, Recent LGBT Films that Are Unconventional (by Being Conventional)

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Five Great, Recent LGBT Films that Are Unconventional (by Being Conventional)

2016/01/27

2. (A)sexual (2011)

For the general public, sexuality exists on a concrete spectrum: straight and gay. But there are those who live in the in-between, the place where gender attraction becomes a blurred mess of sometimes, only if, and not at all. Angela Tucker’s documentary, (A)sexual, centers on the latter category, a diverse community of people who aren’t sexually attracted to anyone, ever. Through first person accounts, interview clips, and research data, (A)sexual explores the larger social and scientific discourse surrounding the queer community’s most confounding orientation. As the film asks viewers to investigate the mechanics of their own desire, arousal, intimacy and attraction, a larger discussion unfolds about what place physical romance has in a relationship and where a sex-less identity fits into our sex-driven culture.