#aspecnet

happy ace awareness week friends. remember to stay vigilant in case they should attack.

Hey y’all! So in honor of the last day of Asexuality Awareness week and why it’s important for people to know what asexuality is, here’s my funniest coming out story.

So just a little info you have to know before we really get into the story. I am 4 feet 9 inches tall, which is approximately 144.78 centimeters tall for those of my followers who don’t live in US Measurement Hell. So yeah, I’m REALLY fucking short (it’s a blessing really, but that’s a post for another time).

So in 9th grade, my lit teacher decided to give us a podcast project. Each of us could either team up in pairs or do the project by ourselves, but we had to create a podcast on a topic that was important to us. Now, it was right around that time that I’d figured out I was asexual (and THAT story is a wild ride too good golly god), so I was filled with uber asexual excitement like never before. This led to me deciding that I was going to make my podcast about the importance of Asexuality Awareness.

So I approved it with my teacher, and I’m about to start writing down an outline when two of my friends walk up to me. We start talking about our ideas for the project and when they ask me what I’m going to do, I say,

“My podcast is going to be about the importance of asexuality awareness. I wanted to do this since I’m asexual!”

Naturally, I expected all sorts of reactions, ranging from “oh that’s cool” to “does that mean you’re attracted to mushrooms?”. I might’ve just figured out I was asexual, but I wasn’t ignorant; I’d read stories online to prepare myself to come out.

However, I was not expecting the next few words.

“Is that why you’re so short?”

‘What?’

“What?” I ask.

“You know, because you reproduce asexually?”

Guys, they thought I was short because I divided myself into two to clone myself.

I did tell them later what exactly asexuality was, and they were pretty okay about it. I think they were still pretty confused tbh, but that’s okay, because looking back I was pretty confused too.

Moral of the story: Asexuality Awareness is important.