I grew up totally bewildered, not understanding anything about the behaviour and priorities of my friends, desperately trying to fit in, feeling like I was the only person in the world who had no sexual feelings, didn't want relationships.
then I walked through London one day shortly after pride and found a leaflet from AVEN and realised who I was, and that there were many more like me - this is the point at which I stopped mucking up my own life, and other people's trying to be a sexual person.
A couple of years ago at Pride a young man jumped the barriers at pride and ran over to us, he was so pleased to meet us he was laughing and crying, he was nearly 40, and had always beleived he was the only one in the world.
Every year at Pride people meet other asexuals for the first time, and celebrate being with others who share so many aspects of their own life.
We are a tiny invisible minority, and this is the day when we show people we exist!
This year people travelled from Italy in the hope of meeting other asexuals for the first time.
Every year, people ask us who we are, and we explain, and more and more people learn not to set up dates/ pressurise/ try and persuade their friends and relatives to conform to societies expectations.
Every year someone realises through pride who they are, and learn for the first time that they are not alone, and they can accept themselves as they are, and go on to lead a happy life, totally outside of the relationships that the whole of society expect, and try and push you into.
Most asexuals don't want relationships, some do, and that's fine too, maybe if you came to meet us at Pride, some of the posters on here might have a better understanding now.
These are some of the reasons asexuals should be at Pride.
There is no requirement to come if you don't want to!
Pride is an amazing celebration of diversity, not just gays ad lesbians, but bi, pan, transexuals, transvestites, asexuals, allies, and many many more