Thread:That One Anon Person/@comment-46293570-20200708021051/@comment-45366730-20200708023507

(quoted directly from Vin)

I fully understand your concerns about discriminatory comments. However, I absolutely agree that all sexualities deserve love and respect. I am on the asexual/aromantic spectrum myself, and am therefore part of the asexual community. My point of view at the time was that the asexual community is separate, but valid and important, and has its own struggles and goals. I have noticed, as someone who is both in the asexual community and the transgender community, that I have received far more abuse for being transgender and gay, and I did express this in my posts, but this is not equal to discrimination against asexuals, nor is it intended as disrespect towards anyone. I did not intend to offend or attack anyone else in the community through these statements. I come across harsh in these messages because the person I am talking to had attacked me personally, but my anger towards them is not anger towards the rest of asexual community by and large. I apologize if my statements came across as disrespectful to those in the asexual community, but I myself am a part of this community, and genuinely meant no harm or disrespect.

I also no longer hold to the opinion that asexuality is not part of LGBT+. I’d like to point out that the post you linked of mine is almost three months old. I have spoken at length with my asexual friends and other people in the community since then, and I don’t hold these same opinions anymore. I don’t understand why this block was put in place so late, without contacting me first with a warning or any questions about whether I still stood by this dated post. I do not.