Last week, I had the privilege of joining Dr. Wendy O’Connor and Jenni Wilson as the guest on their podcast: The Relationship Show. I originally met Jenni through her work for LA-CAMFT, a professional organization for Los Angeles based therapists. She coordinates speakers for monthly networking events, and I told her I wanted to speak about asexuality.
As I’ve written about before, asexuality is sorely misunderstood by laypeople and therapists alike. Folks who know what it means bring a lot of assumptions to the table… things like:
- Asexual folks are broken and need to be fixed so they can enjoy sex like everyone else.
- All asexual people have a history of trauma.
- All/No asexual people want romantic relationships.
- All/No asexual people are repulsed by sex.
She told me their speaker series was full for the year, but was really excited about our conversation – so she invited me to be a guest on her podcast! It was a lot of fun – we had a great conversation about myths and facts of this community, and especially about the diversity within it.
For the whole podcast, you can listen here:
You can also get the episode on Podbean or iTunes.
And as always, when discussing demographics I’m not a member of, I want to refer you to another resource that represents the voices of the community I’m discussing. The best resource on the internet for asexuality is AVEN: The Asexual Visibility and Education Network.