Asexuality: A fourth valid orientation?
Xendara, 22, has never been sexually attracted to anyone. The Albany, New York, college student might have felt, and almost certainly would have been told by shrinks as well as society, that there was something wrong with her and that she was alone. But thanks to the Internet and bolstered by a growing body of scientific research, Xendara and others like her are becoming increasingly visible as a community. They call themselves asexuals, and they insist that theirs is a valid, fourth orientation, after straight, bisexual and gay. There’s nothing wrong, they say; it’s how they were born. And as powerful as the sex drive is for many people, they’re just not interested.
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