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being gay/bi can be recognizable in kids who get crushes on their same gender friends, however asexuality is literally the lack of sexual attraction, which many people dont feel until their late teens

forcing the asexual label onto ~13yo kids who are usually too young to feel sexual attraction in the first place implies that all the other kids who dont ID as ace do feel sexual attraction/are sexual 

i’m not saying aro/ace people can’t be straight, i’m saying asexuality/aromanticism by themselves are not straight identities. being attracted to no gender =/= being attracted to the opposite gender.

while heteromantic asexuals and heterosexual aromantics do exist, them being hetero in one category does not cancel out the other. while they may not be as oppressed then say a homoromantic asexual/homosexual aromantic, they are still apart of a marginalized group.

also i would like to note that because “straight” is a word which roots back to those who oppress lgbt+ people, i feel it should be someone’s own choice if they want to be associated with it if they are a heteromantic/sexual ace/aro person. like a trans person may be heteromantic heterosexual, but may still feel uncomfortable with calling themselves “straight”.

tldr: you can be aro/ace and straight, but straight is not the default category for aromanticism and asexuality because they are their own separate individual orientations