Pride is ending and I have things to say

Uhhh I kinda promised to do a post for Pride about being asexual, but I barely wrote anything this month, so I’ll try to edit an old draft. I really wanted to spend more time on it, but I had an awful creative/write block. Ok, so. This will be the best part of two drafts + some new commentary. I’m a queer person, I didn’t want to admit it to myself for a long time. Not only for fear of rejection by society but also the community. I’m asexual and aromantic, and some queer people (mostly man, for some reason) think it’s a “safe” identity. They either think I will not be ostracized by people like they’re, or they simply cannot comprehend my lake of sexual attraction. Neither can some of the heterosexual people around me ( mostly woman. Mostly my mom) they think the “right man” will fix me. A person I considered a friend (a man) was having a conversation in the group chat and said something like, “I don’t believe someone can never feel sexual attraction.” It was years ago, and I don’t…