Morgenrot Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I'm kinda curious. Link to post Share on other sites
weird elf Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Early to mid twenties. Kind of funny that although it was said to me I didn't realize it actually meant me. For some reason I went on for quite a while thinking I was "broken". Link to post Share on other sites
That Ginger Kid Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I can’t remember if I was 18 or 19. A trans chick I worked with told me I set off her gaydar, which I thought was weird because I didn’t think I wasn’t straight at that point in my life, and we began talking. She suggested maybe I was ace, I went home and looked it up, and it made total sense to me. And for, like, four years, she was the only one who knew I was asexual because I didn’t know how people would react to it. Most people in my life still don’t know I’m ace because I fear potential backlash. Link to post Share on other sites
Lichley Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 17, and I found it purely by luck. I was looking into the smaller groups in LGBT+ for my (now ex) friend and stumbled across Ash Hardell’s ABCs of LGBT, which has Asexuality and Aromanticism videos Link to post Share on other sites
tiptoenail Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Late 20's or maybe early 30's but didn't realize that it meant me. 29 minutes ago, weird elf said: For some reason I went on for quite a while thinking I was "broken". I never thought I was broken, before I realized that I was asexual, I guess it more of believing that the fates would lead me to that one angel that was put on this earth just for me. Geez that sounds silly and naive. Link to post Share on other sites
Sniveon Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I found out when I was 15 but never actually question my own sexuality until I was 18. Being romantic made me think that I was heterosexual for years, I had to experience a couple of relationships to realize who I was. Link to post Share on other sites
LeChat Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hi. If you haven't read this thread already, I suppose you might be interested in it. Link to post Share on other sites
danimal508 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 i was 24 when i first heard the term applied to humans, and really started researching and questioning about a year later. Link to post Share on other sites
SithLord Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Went through a crisis about my identity when I was 18/19 and looked up a bunch of stuff along the lines of "bisexual but not wanting sex" or "no attraction to anyone" and "what is attraction". Found the term asexual used a bunch of times, it brought me to AsexualityArchive and AVEN. Link to post Share on other sites
Tyke Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, LeChat said: Hi. If you haven't read this thread already, I suppose you might be interested in it. Thanks for linking my thread. There are some great post on there. And (to the OP here) 31+ is the highest category? There's quite a lot of people in the over-50's thread who, like me, had no idea about asexuality back in the day. But I've just voted and I'm the only one over 26 even. Sigh..... Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Midland Tyke said: But I've just voted and I'm the only one over 26 even. Not anymore. (I was 50+ when I first heard about asexuality) Link to post Share on other sites
Tyke Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 12 minutes ago, daveb said: Not anymore. High-Fives! Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, Midland Tyke said: High-Fives! Even five 0's. Link to post Share on other sites
Yui-Drakon Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 17 was my age when I first read the word "asexual", and it was from a person I met in the Omegle chat Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 In the human context 42 Link to post Share on other sites
LeChat Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 17 hours ago, Midland Tyke said: Thanks for linking my thread. There are some great post on there... Oh! You're welcome. Yes; it is a good, useful thread, with several hundred replies and a variety of ages. Link to post Share on other sites
Zagadka Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I don't recall when I first technically heard of it, but I didn't become aware of it until the past year, so around 38. Link to post Share on other sites
A-Panda Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Heard the word (with a very negative connotation)? Some time during puberty. Learnt what it encompasses? The last six to twelve months. 😅 (I voted on this one.) Link to post Share on other sites
dandeliongirl Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I had never heard about it until about 6 months ago while reading fanfiction. Did some research after that. So 23. Link to post Share on other sites
Firefly8 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 26 Which is very sad. Aromanticism was even later. It took even more years for me to realize and accept that these terms described me. I blame my very limited religion-guided sex education. I think the internet helps, but culture needs to change so this information isn't so hidden. Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 @Morgenrot 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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