3. some advice for the little ones.

some advice for the little ones.

I'm not OP but I think the reason they included that is:

the root word "sex" in sexuality (__-sexual) is about the sex (outdated term for gender) of the people you're attracted to, not about sexual attraction.

arguing otherwise is inherently homophobic.

if you define "homosexual" as "sexual attraction to the same gender" rather than "(romantic) attraction to the same sex (gender)" than you are reducing gay people's love down to sex only. and you are agreeing with homophobes who argue that homosexuality is not appropriate for children because it's only about sex.

things that are only about sex /are/ inappropriate for children - I'll get to that in a moment. homosexuality, however, is about (romantic) attraction between people of the same sex (gender), so it is perfectly appropriate. it may /include/ sex, but it is not /only/ about sex.

the word "asexual" throws this concept out the window because it was coined by a homophobe. instead of aligning with other sexuality labels to mean "not attracted to any sex (gender)," it means "not /sexually/ attracted to anyone"

straight/gay/bi 13 year olds are proclaiming their (romantic) attraction to people of a certain sex whereas asexual 13 year olds are proclaiming their absense of sexual attraction. they're /children/, its developmentally normal for /children/ to not experience sexual attraction. it's not healthy for them to sexualize themselves at that age by claiming an identifier that's /only/ about sex.

if an adult doesnt experience sexual attraction, then ok, use the word. but it's not appropriate for adults to encourage children to use it. that's probably why OP grouped it with "you're not a top or a bottom / you're not a sub or a dom / you're 13" under a post titled "some advice for the little ones"

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