TODAY - International Asexuality Day (IAD) will take place on April 6th. IAD is a coordinated worldwide campaign promoting the ace umbrella, including demisexual, grey-asexual and other ace identities.
🏳️🌈 What does asexual mean?
In general, asexuality is an orientation that describes people who do not experience sexual attraction or do not have a desire for sexual relationships. Asexual people, or “aces,” often identify somewhere on a spectrum that includes their emotional, spiritual and romantic attraction to other people.
Asexual people can also experience a range of romantic attractions and can be in relationships with people of different sexual orientations.
🏳️🌈 What is International Asexuality Day (IAD)?
The first International Asexuality Day was celebrated in 2021 and involved asexuality organisations from at least 26 countries.
The day is intended to create awareness and understanding of the full asexual spectrum and to celebrate the diversity of sexual and romantic orientations. It is an opportunity to recognise the contributions and diverse experiences of asexual people.
The four themes of International Asexuality Day are:
🏳️🌈 Advocacy
🏳️🌈 Celebration
🏳️🌈 Education
🏳️🌈 Solidarity
These themes highlight the aims of recognising and enabling the work that the international ace community and organisations do, particularly in non-Western and/or non-English speaking countries.
Pride in Law encourages its allies and anyone who identifies under the ace umbrella to participate in International Asexuality Day, particularly but not exclusively in non-anglophone and/or non-Western countries. Participation could be as simple as sharing a post on social media, but there are also organisations all over the world who are holding events, running campaigns and supporting causes. It is crucial to recognise that asexuality has often been marginalised, overshadowed, or even erased from discussions about identity and sexuality. This is one reason why Pride in Law decided to add the “A” in LGBTIQA+ many years ago.
🏳️🌈 More information on International Asexuality Day
For more information about asexuality, the ace umbrella and how to know if you’re ace, visit: https://internationalasexualityday.org/en/
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