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I found it just accidentally, they added asexuality in their glossaries.

http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/publications/glossary

Asexuality: an asexual person is someone who does not experience sexual attraction. Asexual people have the same emotional needs as everybody else and are just as capable of forming intimate relationships. Asexuality should not be misinterpreted as celibacy, which is a choice or a certain situation. Some consider asexuality as a sexual orientation

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21 agosto 2012 ·

Asexuality always existed, you just didn't notice it

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/21/asexuality-always-existed-asexual

http://www.thetrevorproject.org/pages/glossary#

Asexual: A term describing individuals who do not experience sexual attraction or do not have interest in or desire for sex. Asexuality is different from celibacy, which means abstaining from sex. Asexuality is often viewed as a spectrum – meaning there are varying levels and identities regarding someone’s emotional, spiritual and romantic attraction. The best way to refer to the asexual community is to use the umbrella term “ace” or “aces” as in the “ace community,” which acknowledges that spectrum.

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Awesome. :)

There's just one tiny little thing that caught my attention when I browsed the glossary ... which I find a bit irritating.

"It is recommended to use the terms lesbian and gay men instead of homosexual people. The terms lesbian and gay man are being considered neutral and positive, and the focus is on the identity instead of being sexualised." (http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/publications/glossary)

Hm, I'm not so sure about that. I wish these terms really weren't primarily associated with sex. But when I think of how lesbian and gay couples are portrayed in the media (movies, series etc.), there's usually a lot of sex or sexual innuendos involved. There's nothing wrong with it. It just worries me that people get the impression that romance and deep emotional bonds between two people of the same gender don't really exist.

Sorry about the rant / OT.

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Awesome. :)

There's just one tiny little thing that caught my attention when I browsed the glossary ... which I find a bit irritating.

"It is recommended to use the terms lesbian and gay men instead of homosexual people. The terms lesbian and gay man are being considered neutral and positive, and the focus is on the identity instead of being sexualised." (http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/publications/glossary)

Hm, I'm not so sure about that. I wish these terms really weren't primarily associated with sex. But when I think of how lesbian and gay couples are portrayed in the media (movies, series etc.), there's usually a lot of sex or sexual innuendos involved. There's nothing wrong with it. It just worries me that people get the impression that romance and deep emotional bonds between two people of the same gender don't really exist.

Sorry about the rant / OT.

I believe the term gay/lesbian just mean loving person of the same sex because many people experiment with their sexuality even if they aren't bi or homosexual. I think it's just connected with oversexualised medias .

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Awesome. :)

There's just one tiny little thing that caught my attention when I browsed the glossary ... which I find a bit irritating.

"It is recommended to use the terms lesbian and gay men instead of homosexual people. The terms lesbian and gay man are being considered neutral and positive, and the focus is on the identity instead of being sexualised." (http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/publications/glossary)

Hm, I'm not so sure about that. I wish these terms really weren't primarily associated with sex. But when I think of how lesbian and gay couples are portrayed in the media (movies, series etc.), there's usually a lot of sex or sexual innuendos involved. There's nothing wrong with it. It just worries me that people get the impression that romance and deep emotional bonds between two people of the same gender don't really exist.

Sorry about the rant / OT.

I believe the term gay/lesbian just mean loving person of the same sex because many people experiment with their sexuality even if they aren't bi or homosexual. I think it's just connected with oversexualised medias .

There are also women (like Ellen Degeneres, iirc) who do not like the term lesbian and prefer to be called gay women.

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I think it's just connected with oversexualised medias .

Yeah, that's what's bothering me. (I mean, in general) I sure don't object to the terms gay/lesbian as such. I just have the feeling that straight people aren't reduced to their sexuality as often as queer people. Maybe it's because heterosexuality is considered to be the default orientation, and it's less 'visible', if you know what I mean.

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I think it's just connected with oversexualised medias .

Yeah, that's what's bothering me. (I mean, in general) I sure don't object to the terms gay/lesbian as such. I just have the feeling that straight people aren't reduced to their sexuality as often as queer people. Maybe it's because heterosexuality is considered to be the default orientation, and it's less 'visible', if you know what I mean.

I think this kind of thinking is connected which homophobia and 'produces' many popular stereotypes on gay people and medias just 'buy' this idea. So people say strange things about gays and lesbians then :(

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This is interesting, while we debate what asexuality mean here on AVEN they have it defined as persons who do not experience sexual attraction.

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