Growing up, Noelie Boardman felt like there was something different about her.
“As I hit puberty, I noticed a lot of people around me were getting into relationships and talking about sex, especially in high school,” Boardman, a 2021 Simpson College graduate and now age 23, said. “That was just never a thing I cared about. It wasn’t something I was interested in.”
The 23-year-old recalled how one day as a high school junior she scrolled through Tumblr, a social media website. She stumbled upon a blog about asexuality.
“I was like, ‘What is this?’ I started reading it and was like, ‘Hmm, this sounds sort of cool.’ As it started to marinate in my brain, I started to realize that everything they were talking about hit a little too close to home,” she said.
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The rainbow flag is known around the world as a symbol of LGBTQ Pride. But there are also multiple variations representing different queer communities that you may not be familiar with.
LGBT Pride Flag Guide: Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary and Others On 6/1/21 at 7:57 AM EDT
Several pride flags feature a variety of colors and symbols that represent different members of the LGBTQ community.
Rainbow flag
The rainbow pride flag.
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The lesbian pride flag designed in 2018.
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The transgender pride flag.
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The bisexual pride flag.
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The asexual pride flag.
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A non-binary pride flag.
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The polyamorous pride flag.
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Asexuality: The ascent of the invisible sexual orientation
By Jessica Klein11th May 2021
Long in the shadows, asexuality is finally becoming increasingly visible. It could help young people find themselves and their identities, and change the way we think about sexuality.
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In a live video stream on 6 April, UK-based model and asexual activist Yasmin Benoit moderated a panel featuring participants from Belgium, Brazil, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nepal and Nigeria. All of them identify as somewhere on the asexual (“ace”) and/or aromantic (“aro”) spectrum. The panellists discussed their involvement in their respective countries’ asexuality community, as part of an event honouring the first ever International Asexuality Day.