remember that bit the other day where I was complaining that I wanted more numbers?

[sciatrix]

There's a new census going up as an Asexual Awareness project! Granted, the questions are mostly basic demographics, but it'll still be pretty cool to look at when the results are in.

And hey, they're learning--you do not need an AVEN account to fill this one out and it's actually being promoted in non-AVEN spaces! Mind, they've missed two asexual communities I can think of--neither asexual_fandom or the Transyada forum are mentioned--but this actually looks like AVEN-based asexual organizers taking baby steps to acknowledge other communities.

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[theletterfour]

OH THE ROMANTIC ORIENTATION QUESTION.

I checked and unchecked so many different combinations of options for that question that I don't even know *what* I ended up putting. (I was at one point sorely tempted to put in the "other" box, "My orientation doesn't fit your puny checkboxes!" but I thought that was a bit too bitter of a response, given they appeared to be trying to acknowledge more diversity of romantic orientations than is usually acknowledged.

[sciatrix]

Hah, you and me both--I think I had to explain in the checkbox provided.

You know, I would be much more comfortable just saying "fuck it" and checking the aromantic box (which is, as I've been saying downthread, at least technically correct for me? I think?) if there wasn't that gender differential there. But it IS there, and it does actually matter to me, and just checking "aromantic" with no clarification just feels like not enough information to understand the situation.