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Hello, International Asexual Community! 
Let me tell you what happened these days in Italy. It's about asexual and LGBTQIA+ visibility & awareness and journalism.
A THREAD (1/?)
Let me tell you what happened these days in Italy. It's about asexual and LGBTQIA+ visibility & awareness and journalism.
A THREAD (1/?)
An Italian aroace activist started a petition to ask @Treccani, one of the most important Italian encyclopedias, to add the definition of asexuality as a sexual orientation. Unfortunately, Treccani added an incorrect definition :( (2/?)
"Che, chi è privo di interesse per le relazioni sessuali e dichiara di non sentire bisogno di praticarle." = "asexual: who has no interest in sexual intercourse and declares they don't need to have it", more or less.
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We know ecyclopedias work this way: when they add a new term, they look for instances that show how that term is used. (4/?)
It's true Treccani didn't pick the best instances: there's no trace of articles written by actual ace activists and most quoted articles date back to when asexuality was still considered a disorder (before 2013 - a quoted article dates back to 2004!) (5/?)
But the problem is deeper than that. The (sad) truth is, most information in italian you can easily access online is.. how do I put this? GARBAGE.
The first page of EVERY search engine is flooded by clickbait articles which spread misinformation. (6/?)
The first page of EVERY search engine is flooded by clickbait articles which spread misinformation. (6/?)
WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS?
Because I know being misrepresented is something the whole asexual and aromantic communities have to face, everywhere. But I also want to ask AVEN for help.
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Because I know being misrepresented is something the whole asexual and aromantic communities have to face, everywhere. But I also want to ask AVEN for help.
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Dear AVEN ( @asexuality),
here in Italy we have a BIG problem with misinformation about the aroace community. The fact that the Italian AVEN section is run by elitist and gatekeeping people DOESN'T HELP.
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here in Italy we have a BIG problem with misinformation about the aroace community. The fact that the Italian AVEN section is run by elitist and gatekeeping people DOESN'T HELP.
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AVEN should be the most reliable source of information about asexuality. If a journalist decided to interview an Italian AVEN admin, they would probably write an article about how graysexuality doesn't exist and if you have or like sex YOU ARE NOT ACE.
This is unacceptable.
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This is unacceptable.
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Please help us make a change!
We want better information and representation for the asexual and aromantic communities.
Want to know what asexuality and aromanticism are?
Ask us. We know better ;)
#chiedeteanoi
#weknowbetter
We want better information and representation for the asexual and aromantic communities.
Want to know what asexuality and aromanticism are?
Ask us. We know better ;)
#chiedeteanoi
#weknowbetter
