AcePirate Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Hello! I'm not certain if this is the place for such a question, but here we go. My friend, who is also ace, started a club at her college for other asexuals to meet up. Not a lot of people have been showing up. She asked me what may compell more people to go. Does anyone have any ideas? I offered a few, but it may be more helpful of she hears from a wider range of people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AVEN #1 fan Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Only nearly 1% of world population is ace (counting the people that at some point of their lives were sexual), we are rare compared to other sexualities, you can't really expect to fill a room with teen aces. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AcePirate Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 I don't know if anyone knows how to fix it, but it seems like the post was made several times? How do I delete them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Decaf Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Aces have more luck meeting online than we ever seem to in real life.I agree with AVEN #1 Fan that we are very low in numbers, and I believe that as a community, we were only able to meet and organise with the advent of the internet.We are a cyber sexuality :-) Good luck to your friend's group. I wish there was something similar here, although with a wider age range as I'm in my 50s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SithLord Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I don't know if anyone knows how to fix it, but it seems like the post was made several times? How do I delete them? The moderators will fix it from my experience with the problem. It seems to happen a lot for some reason. And I think the only thing that would get more to show up is expanding it to non-aces. As the two above said, we're rare and roughly only 1% of the population not even accounting for those who don't go to clubs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patronus_Cat Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Asexuality still isn't as visible as other sexualities and also as others said we are a very small community, it's difficult to meet aces IRL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AcePirate Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 Thank you all very much for your advice on this. And, Asexy Vampire, thank you. I figured a moderator might do it but I wasn't sure. Thanks for keeping me informed. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricki Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I thought that only 1.6% of Americans are Gay/Lesbian. I know that is still a huge difference overall, but statistically you'd have thought that for every 2 Homosexuals you'd see One and a bit Asexual. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zsareph Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I've noticed that so far the majority of these answers have basically summed up to "it won't work" without offering any actual suggestions. Even if it's difficult to gather aces irl it's worth a try especially if the club already exists. I'd say advertise it through the Internet, flyers, and maybe mention it in other clubs to people who may be interested. As for compelling more people to go, food and drink (in particular, cake XP) and some activities would be good. You could also open it to non aces to provide visibility with information about what asexuality actually is. You might want to consider that with the increased advertising some people might be confused about the club and think it's something to do with celibacy so again spreading information is a good idea. Even if you don't get people to turn up it should help awareness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yatogami Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Asking a bunch of introverts and people with no sexual attraction to go meet strangers is very hard to do. There is nothing to really gain from it than companionship, but not everyone needs or wants it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ben8884 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 maybe make it a club for aces and allies? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AcePirate Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 I've noticed that so far the majority of these answers have basically summed up to "it won't work" without offering any actual suggestions. Even if it's difficult to gather aces irl it's worth a try especially if the club already exists. I'd say advertise it through the Internet, flyers, and maybe mention it in other clubs to people who may be interested. As for compelling more people to go, food and drink (in particular, cake XP) and some activities would be good. You could also open it to non aces to provide visibility with information about what asexuality actually is. You might want to consider that with the increased advertising some people might be confused about the club and think it's something to do with celibacy so again spreading information is a good idea. Even if you don't get people to turn up it should help awareness. These are all great suggestions. Thank you so much! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThaHoward Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 My best advise would be too advertise it on the internet. Mainly in social media (like Facebook, own hashtag on instagram) when there is events and do on, on the meetup Mart here and perhaps other asexual sites. Good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
God of the Forest Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 This topic has been moved from Off-A to Questions about Asexuality If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to PM me :D -HappyBunny ~Moderator of Off-A ~Co-Moderator of Questions about Asexuality ~Moderator of Announcements Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yuri Daisuki Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I'm thinking of including Asexuality in the LGBT club that I'm currently in in my university too. Was thinking of finding other aces in other universities, and we could collaborate, perhaps a meet-up or just form a asexual student support group in London. :) Planning to do a lot about educating others too (whether they belong to the queer community or not). There's just too many out there trying to invalidate us and I'm increasingly pissed when I hear more and more of it. It's going to be difficult, but I think it's worth it as long as more people are aware about asexuality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slimer509 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Have you been to all the LGBT+ clubs/groups around you're school? If not, that's probably the best groups of people to advertise to. For some reason, we tend to all flock together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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