If someone asked you if you are asexual, you would probably say 'no, I'm normal'. If so, it's time to add a word to the dictionary. Get acquainted with homosexuality or homosexuality, as you wish.
"The term homosexual is used to describe someone who is not asexual," says Rena McDaniel, an expert on gender and sexual identity.
In other words, the use of the term homosexual undermines the idea that sexual attraction is standard and those identified as asexual are not normal.
To better understand what we mean, you need to understand what it means to be asexual. In the thick of it, asexuality means not feeling sexually attracted to others. There are asexuals who have sex regularly, there are asexuals who are in a romantic relationship, there are asexuals who masturbate. However, none of this makes an asexual person any less such. It all lies in identification.
It is worth repeating that the term homosexual makes asexual persons just as normal as everyone else on the sexual spectrum. No one identity is more normal than another.
In conclusion, if you feel sexually attracted to others, you are gay. Congratulations.
