hate2breakittoya:

us: stripping gay people of the sexual part and attraction of our identities is and always has been a way to make homophobes more comfortable with gay people, as they buy into “love the sinner, hate the sin” rhetorics, where the ‘sin’ always refers to gay sex and sexual attraction between gay people is seen as dirty by default

headcanoning gay characters as asexual supports this trope and takes away representation from gay people who are already shamed enough for our sex

plus in the case of yuri from yuri on ice it’s plainly dismissing his character arch, which is about him coming to terms with his sexual attraction to a man; not to mention has ableist and racist connotations and plays into the desexualization of east asian men

yall: but ace people can have sex! let people hc characters as ace in peace!

us: if you dont want a character to feel sexual attraction, why do you still want to force them into sexual situations? it’s almost as if you want to enjoy smut that involves them while still retaining your view of them as “pure” and untouched by the ~dirty~ sexual attraction

and why do we never see straight characters be headcanoned as ace? it’s always gay (or gay coded) characters, poc (esp. asian men and black women) and ND/mentally ill characters, all of which play into societally established bigoted beliefs (homophobia, racism, ableism)

yall: ????? [cricket noises i guess, i’ve never fucking seen this addressed]