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“Asexual orientation currently estimated to describe 1 percent of the population. Asexuality is usually defined as the experience of not being sexually attracted to others. Less commonly, it is defined as not valuing sex or sexual attraction enough to pursue it.”   —Julie Sondra Decker, The Invisible Orientation .   I   My experience was not pleasant, and I want to make that clear from the very beginning. Throughout my youth, I had to go through a number of unpleasant, painful, dark, and even unhealthy situations. To a large extent, these situations were related to my sexuality, but also to many other factors.   My intention is to recount what I experienced on an internal, individual level, primarily, so I will try not to speak about the other people involved in the story. Even so, I know this will be difficult. I ask only one thing of those who read these lines: understanding. This will be a partial truth, but no less true for that. I will speak about my feelings an...

“ We’re all stars, and we deserve to twinkle. ” —Marilyn Monroe.   Does the ACE community have representation in cinema and television series?     This is not a new question; but it is certainly a recurring one. It is not unusual to find conversations on this topic in forums such as AVEN or on social media. The interest of any person or collective in having representation in the audiovisual medium is evident and natural. All of us, in one way or another, encounter this question at some point in our lives or during our process of self-recognition as ACE individuals. My case was no different.   On one occasion, I was browsing posts in an asexual Facebook group. By chance, I came across a post by someone who had asked this very question. They commented that, apart from Sherlock Holmes —a recurring figure within the community— and a few others, they had not found many fictional characters —clearly or hypothetically— who were asexual. That question resonated in my mind fo...