On page 84 of S.E.X. by Heather Corinna, it's explaining the LGBTQAI+ acronym, and says A stands for Asexual or ally. >:( <--This is me being annoyed.
Also:
The term "asexual" is currently in common use for those who feel there is no gender or sex to which they are attracted. Those who identify themselves as asexual may not yet be in the right developmental place to feel sexual attraction or arousal, may not have met anyone they're very attracted to yet, or really may simply not feel any sexual or romantic attraction to others. (83)
The way that's written kind of rubs me the wrong way. None of the other sexualities were in quotations, they were italicized.
In that second sentence, the first part hits me as ableist. Does anyone else feel the same or am I seeing things? The second part gives fuel to the "you haven't met the right person yet" fire, and the third would be the actual definition if she hadn't added romantic orientation in there as well.
