ABOUT OUR PROJECT
We want to use filmmaking to bring
VISIBILITY, EDUCATION, + COMPASSION
to the asexual community.
Welcome to our website! Here, you will find information about our short film, "Tr(ace)y", as well as educational content about the asexual spectrum and various resources. We intend for this website to be a fun and easy place to learn more about asexuality. Our ultimate goal is for our film to normalize & celebrate asexuality in today's society.
LGBTQIA+
So what's the 'A' in "LGBTQIA+" stand for, anyway? It could mean one of many things: agender, aromantic, or asexual.
What is asexual, you ask? Asexuality (or "ace" for short) is a sexual orientation (not to be confused with romantic orientation) in which the person experiences little to no sexual attraction to others.
No sexual attraction? That sounds pretty rare...
Nope! More than 75 million people worldwide are asexual.
(Source: Advocates for Youth, 2019)
You've taken a sex-ed class at some point in your life. But why were you never taught about asexuality? Although it has been around since the beginning of time, and the term "asexual" was coined in the 1800s, asexuality is still not widely known about nor acknowledged. Sexual education classes are structured around "typical" students - allosexual (meaning those who regularly experience sexual attraction), straight, and cisgender. Gay, trans, and nonbinary sex and sexual health is often ignored, and the possibility of a student being asexual is not even considered an option.
(Source: Cottais, Camille. GrowThinkTank. December 20, 2021)
So what can we do to help uncover the "invisible orientation"?
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Most ace people have known for a majority of their lives that they are asexual, but without any education on it in school or ever being exposed to the idea, they never knew there was a term for their experience.
An excerpt from the 2021 article "Asexuality: A Sexual Orientation Still Unknown and Pathologised" by Camille Cottais states:
"Many ace people claim that if there had been more representation, they would have realized their asexuality much sooner. Under-representation or misrepresentation thus results in a significant number of people being asexual without knowing it. Representation is important in that it makes it possible to make asexuality visible, to show that it is possible."
The more representation there is, the more we can help people! We are creating educational media and a short film to help normalize and celebrate asexuality. We just want to make it easier for the kids after us - if we can save them years of turmoil and help them figure out just a portion of their identity, then our job here is done!
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
We've already done all the hard work - countless hours of research, recruiting interviewees, booking studios, shooting on weekends, scheduling Zoom calls, writing & re-writing, composing music, animating videos, creating graphics - and much, much more!
Now you get the easy part! Share our content on your social media, share our website with a friend, get ace voices out there! This project is not just for asexual people, it is just as much for allosexual people - to be educated, promote understanding and practice compassion. Take the time to learn about asexuality.
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