Is anyone else ever annoyed over the stupid “(insert character name here)sexual”?
Like stop. You are erasing various sexualities. You erase the idea of bisexuality. You erase the idea of demisexuality. You erase the idea of gray-asexuality. You erase the idea of pansexuality.
It also erases the fact that sexual and romantic attraction are different and it’s okay to have different orientations for both. It’s okay to be biromantic and asexual. It’s okay to be demiromantic and pansexual. It’s okay to have weird combos. The “(insert character name here)sexual” erases these.
And it’s not fucking okay.
It’s frustrating and upsetting. You wanna make your character have a sexuality crisis? Have them do some damn research. Ask other people. Do something so they can learn about themselves and learn it’s okay to be something other than just gay or straight.
I’m honestly so sick of this trope. It makes me feel bad. It makes me feel like I don’t exist. I’m demisexual. I’m demiromantic. I’m biromantic. I am not invisible.
Stop this stupid trope, you are invalidating real things and experiences and what people actually go through.
It’s even more annoying when smart ass characters say this shit, you really think they wouldn’t know about this or want to do some damn research?
As an asexual who spends his time getting erased a fair bit, I gotta ageee wirh you. Cheers for saying it, gods know I wouldn’t.