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So let's jump straight into it. I knew what I was a long time ago. Or who I was rather. I didn't consciously accept it for a long time because of all of the hate for Ace people and the lack of acceptance even within the lgbt+ community. With everyone around me saying asexual people were broken or just not knowing the term, it took me a while to not feel like there was something wrong with me.

I went through the stages of identifying as lots of different things in attempts to be something other than what I thought was wrong. I even went so far as constantly doing things mainly sexual people do. It actually took me till I was 17 to accept myself.

So to not start rambling I'll just say this. No matter what people say about you, if it's who you truly are, just accept it. There is nothing wrong with you. You don't have to be anything other than what you are. Even trying to be something else is tiring and in a way a betrayal to yourself. To anyone who reads this, it's not worth listening to those who hate or don't understand you. It'll only hurt you if you do. So please, learn from my experiences, be who you are, even if you aren't sure who you are yet.