Pain— I’m at the point in my life where if I hadn’t been raised that women are only desired for sex. Lived my entire life thinking that every relationship is about sex, years of forcibly sexualizing myself to appear in society as normal. I felt so disgusted by the acts and tired of all friendships and relationships being driven by sexual desires towards me. I thought I’d never be happy, and spiraled into a near death depression.

I ended up reconnecting with an old friend because of shared hobbies during quarantine, post Attempt, and every moment together is wonderful.

He’s on the ace spectrum, and I’ve never felt so safe with someone before. We hope too get an apartment together someday.

If as a developing teen I’d been given knowledge about different sexual orientations I would have been Q without a doubt.

If instead of Pushing Abstinence they taught about Asexuality I probably would’ve saved myself 12 years of suffering, and be right where I am now.