“We don’t talk about heterosexual sexual health, forget talking about homosexual sexual health. Discussing asexuality is much further away,” says Dr Pragati Singh. The public health professional is the founder of Indian Aces, a community for asexuals — those who don’t experience sexual attraction towards anyone. Founded in 2014, and reactivated a little more than a year ago, Indian Aces serves as a sounding board for asexuals, ranging from 15-year-olds to senior citizens, and organises meet-ups. “For some, sexuality is fluid. You can identify as asexual today and maybe later as homosexual or a pansexual,” says Singh, who is better known in the community as Grace. “The other school of thought proposes that sexual orientation is something you’re born with, that one discovers what one’s actual sexuality is with time.”
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Singh, who has been transitioning into the domain of public sexual health, is hoping to raise Rs1.3 lakh to be able to attend the 23rd Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), where her research paper on asexuality has been selected for presentation and publication. The largest congregation of sexologists and sexological societies will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from May 28 to 31. Singh will talk about the trends observed in self-identified asexuals in India and of Indian-origin.
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