Asexuality in Dear Abby!

[dbskyler]

Today's "Dear Abby" column includes a question from an ace college student, and a response that directs the student to AVEN! It's the third one down:

http://news.yahoo.com/condolences-old-friend-better-never-050013578.html

Comments

[pico_the_great]

AWWWWWWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHH

(ahem). I think this is fantastic: mentioning asexuality in such a casual and normalizing way, in a column that appears in many major newspapers around the world. I hope that gives people the right impression - "it ain't no thing, I'm just ace". Good for her!

[dbskyler]

I know! It's all "That's a perfectly normal question; here's a perfectly normal answer. And by the way, here's a website for connecting with other perfectly normal people who are also asexual."

The fact that the website also just happens to be a great starting point for curious members of the public who hadn't heard of asexuality before? Well, that's just cake. ; )

[jensi08]

This is awesome...I love seeing it approached so easily and without judgement!!

[swankivy]

Wonderful, I'm glad some people have chosen to take the "of course this exists, what, you didn't know that? Okay, well if you didn't, now you know!" kind of path. :)

[feuerwald]

That has made my day.