Birdman Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Just curious. Link to post Share on other sites
Grimalkin Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I usually don't advertise it, y'know? "Coming out" seems a lot more... reactive, as an ace. I usually only bring it up when people are trying to set me up with someone, or asking in depth about my future. The few of my friends that I've told seemed supportive. My mother was a little perplexed but nice about it. Link to post Share on other sites
Shyni Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I've only recently started being openly Ace. I'll mention it if the topic feels appropriate. Or if someone asks me why I'm single or tells me "you'll find someone someday". Reactions have been kind of mixed. As a general rule, from my limited experience, the older the person, the less likely I've found they've been able to understand the concept of asexuality. Not that I believe that the two traits are intrinsically linked. I've had a few insensitive questions following 'coming out', but nothing with mal intent. The best reaction I've had so far was pretty much just an "Oh, ok. Fair enough" followed by me and them continuing to talk as normal. Which to me is kind of the ideal scenario. Link to post Share on other sites
Anony-moose Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 I've had a negative response form someone (they said the usual- "You haven't tried it yet, haven't met someone yet, how do you know? That's not real"), but later they joked about those questions having realised they're not right lol Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Never had any abuse, and people are supportive, or at the very least just don't say anything Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Not ace. When I thought I was, people were supportive. Link to post Share on other sites
Zhuangzi Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I've only told one of my friends that I'm ace and he was supportive. But I have heard many of my friends make fun of ace people. Link to post Share on other sites
venetau Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Mostly positive reactions from the people who do know, although there was a bit of 'some people are late bloomers', 'have you checked your hormones' etc from one or two people. Link to post Share on other sites
HonoraryJedi Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I wish the 'no real reaction' option was for the 'were people supportive' question. I'm very certain I was not abused. It is the support question that is a little weird, because there was not much reaction, and I didn't really ask for support. It was just information. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I've been teased about my "aceness" sometimes despite the fact I'm not actually out. It doesn't really bother me anymore - I can't help who I am. The few times I have come out, people have been really supportive. Link to post Share on other sites
Karst Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I usually don't bring it up unless I'm in an LGBTQ+ space and/or having a conversation about romance. Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 @Birdman This poll is being locked and moved to the read only Census archive for it's respective year. As part of ongoing Census organisation, and in an attempt to keep the demographics of the polls current with the active user base at the time, the polls will last for one year from now on. However, members are allowed and even encouraged to restart new polls similar to the archived ones if they like them. iff, Census Forum Moderator Link to post Share on other sites
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