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Only one in six asexuals have ‘universally positive experience’ of being out
(www.thepinknews.com)
Some stats from it:
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5.7 per cent of ace people are open with all family members they do not live about their identity, compared to 21.5 per cent of all respondents
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26.3 per cent asexual people are open about their sexuality with friends, a number which is below the 33.1 per cent figure for all respondent
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ace respondents are the most likely group (83.8 per cent) to say that they avoid being open about their sexuality for fear of a negative reaction from others, compared with all respondents (69.6 per cent).
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just under half of ace people (49 per cent) said they not out to their colleagues, a far higher figure than the rate for all LGBTQ+ respondents (18 per cent).
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17.6 per cent said they had a universally positive experience of being out, this is once again a significantly different figure to than of the wider LGBTQ+ community who were surveyed (40.8)
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ace people were 50 per cent more likely to have never told healthcare staff about their asexuality, with a quarter (24.3 per cent) citing fear of a negative reaction and 8.4 per cent having had a previously negative experience.
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18.1 per cent of ace respondents said sharing their ace identity had a negative impact on their care, with the researching finding these issues were principally in reproductive health – such as smear tests – and having their asexuality assessed as a mental health condition.