From ‘Watchmen’ to ‘Barbie’: 10 movies & TV shows with excellent asexual representation
1 percent of the world’s population identifies as asexual, which according to The Trevor Project, are people who “experience little or no sexual attraction to others.
Asexual people, or ‘aces,’ often identify somewhere on a spectrum that includes their emotional, spiritual and romantic attraction to other people.”While queer people have become more visible in pop culture in recent years, asexual representation is still lacking in movies and television.
Scroll through below to some examples of asexuality from Watchmen and Heartstopper to the box office phenomenon, Barbie…Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Though the 2011 film might seem a little dated now, it is a good introduction to asexuality and the asexual community.
The description for the documentary, directed by Angela Tucker, reads: “Inside a sex-obsessed culture, people who don’t experience sexual attraction struggle to claim their identity amid a mountain of public misconception.”Streaming on tubiFlorence Simmons (Mirren Mack) appeared in the second season of the hit Netflix series.
