Hetero Asexual: Part of the lgbt community?

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Personally i believe if a person is a hetero asexual that they are NOT lgbt as they don’t experience same sex attraction and will not be discriminated against for refraining from sex (not that the community is based off of discrimination). Although i obviously do believe non straight asexuals are apart of the community for obvious reasons! What is your opinion? (Leave reasoning below)

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Are you kidding? Asexuals don't get discriminated against for not having sex? (And btw, some do have sex, that has nothing to do with orientation)
As an ace (a bi one at that, so I guess I'm queer enough for you) it feels like everyone is talking about sex all the time. Or not even sex, just being attracted to someone. A lot of the conversations between my friends revolve around how hot that guy/girl is, their crush, etc, and I'm just... silent. And not only is it extremely isolating, but before I came out a lot of them just thought I didn't want to talk to them about my crushes or didn't believe me when I said I didn't have any. And even now, if I tell them I (romantically) like someone, the first thing they do is asking me if I want to fuck them (spoiler: I don't).
But let's go back to aces not being discriminated for not having sex. When you say you're not sexually attracted to anyone, you automatically enter an exhausting conversation to prove you're still human. Some people will tell you you are ill, that you were traumatized, that you need to have your hormone levels checked. Some people will tell you you are just downright wrong as a human being, that you go against nature. Some will start to disregard your boundaries, making you uncomfortable will suddenly be fine and even fun. Some will try to force themselves on you (and some may succeed), because you just haven't had the right sex, because being with them will "fix" you. Some parents will kick out their kids, some will not but will send them to conversion therapy, abuse them physically and/or psychologically.
These are things all aces face for their sexual orientation, regardless if they're homo-, hetero-, aro-, or biromantic (or anything else).
"Straight aces" aren't straight, they're ace. They don't have straight privilege, passing isn't privilege. (Also try to tell a straight cis man or even woman you're seeing that you're not sexually attracted to them. Let's see how well that goes. I guess all aces are just happy to never have a romantic partner for their whole life. Or to hide they're ace and force themselves in potentially dangerous situations.)
Asexuality is and always has been part of the LGBTQIA+ community, and you will not succeed in kicking any of us out.

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Omg yasssss, I used to not pay much attention to the asexual community (partly because where I live it’s basically, “gay or “not gay”, but I’ve learned a lot. Especially when my best friends (one of them is my cus) came out as asexual, one of them is ace arrow and the other is asexual but is thinking she might be arrow too. Since then I have learned a ton about the ace community and I can be as supportive as possible to them. So yes, it most definitely is part of the lgbtq+ community. Ace is the place with the helpful hardware folk.

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If you’re under any of the umbrellas you’re part of the community. I’d even argue that straight allies are part of the community. As someone who started out unsure and therefore identified as a straight ally I felt like a part of the community. I dressed in black white and gray for pride week (not a smart choice as it was hot as balls) and I was fully showing my support! I feel like lgbt represents a community where non straight/non sis/non sexual/non romantic can feel safe talking about their preferences. If you’re romantically into the opposite gender but don’t feel sexual attraction that still makes you ace which is still part of lgbt
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Yes they totally are as the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for Asexual and also Ally. As an ace myself most aces don’t even know if they are straight or gay or both some don’t like anything or anyone. They get the same reactions when coming out as trans, gay, bi, pan what have you. In a society geared toward sex all members of the ace community I see are part of the LGBTQ+ because we fall into one of the definitions of Queer which means weird or not normal since the LGBTQ word Queer was taken from the actually definition I see aces as part of the community no matter what gender they prefer or not prefer. Also they deserve somewhere to go as some people in the a LGBTQ+ don’t even accept aces at all even the gay, lesbian, bi, pan or trans ones. It’s really important for people to know they are normal and there’s a place to go. I would have been better off in my life if I knew I wasn’t broken for being an ace.

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Lol I posted like 5 days ago but I also wanted to say that they do get discriminated against, a lot. Every time my friends tell people they are asexual responses range from, “does that mean your lesbian?” To, “lol, but sex is so fun! Why wouldn’t you want to have sex?” To, “it’s just a faze, you’ll get over it once you try it/get older” Asexual people get discriminated just as much as another person part of the lgbtq+ community.

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Yes! And Aromantics too!!! (as well as any grey- , or demi- , etc). They should be considered LGBTQIA+.

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Somebody did a study a while back and it turns out most landlords are even less likely to rent to aces than to gay or Muslim tenants