Originally a comment by Your Name’s not Bruce? on Happy Asexuality Day to those who celebrate.

If you’re not announcing your “asexuality” to the world, how does anyone know to oppress you on the basis of this supposed asexuality? It’s completely invisible, or at least it is until you wave the flag and/or wear the Approved Colours, and having looked them up in the appropriate volume of the Official Licorice All-Sorts Field Guide to Gender Identity Vexillology and Hair Dye Selection (or nearest British Rail Inclusivity Poster), innocent bystanders now know that they probably should be oppressing you in order for them to do their bit, so that you can earn your LGBTQIA%$?@√π Community Martyrdom Merit Badge. It’s the polite thing to do, like a little old lady allowing a Boy Scout to help her across the road, and thereby performing a Good Deed.

Though one has to wonder: in what ways are asexual people “oppressed” by anyone? What rights are being withheld from them? Are they just tired of unwanted advances from undesirable potential partners? (Okay, all potential partners.) There are lots of people in the same boat, even though they don’t claim to be “asexual”, they just say “No”, or, if pressed, “Fuck off.” Why do asexual people believe they are deserving of attention that they are, simultaneously, so vociferously trying to avoid? If you stop making yourself conspicuous, nobody will notice, nobody will care. Or is that a problem for you after all? How do you get to be downtrodden if you’re completely ignored? How can you be targeted for abuse if you’re not on anybody’s radar? It is almost a koan-worthy conundrum. If nothing falls in the forest, does anybody give a shit?

Really, how are “Aces” being discriminated against? How would we address this alleged discrimination if we were ever inclined to do so? Trans “oppression” is alleviated by giving them everything they want, so they don’t kill themselves, or hound you out of your job. Rude, but simple. What do Aces want us to give them in order to get them to shut up ,and go away to make their lives complete and fulfilled? If it’s for us to leave them alone, then fine. Here’s a tip. Don’t parade around in lingerie, drop the flags, stop yelling about your condition/preference/whatever, and cancel this day that draws all this supposedly unwanted attention on you. Even simpler. Please feel free to start doing this immediately, and surrender this date in 2026 to some other group that actually needs it.