When Jaiden Animations came out, aroaces everywhere felt seen
This profile is part of Queerty’s 2022 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Intro: When you identify as asexual (ace), aromantic (aro), or both (aroace,) the world can feel like a cold, confounding place.
It’s especially hard to find oneself in a community that’s all about love, romance, dating, and sex when the thing that sets you apart from the hetero world is a total disinterest in all those things.
But, as animator and OG YouTube creator Jaiden Animations knows, there’s no wrong way to be queer, proud, and on the ace spectrum.
When Jaiden came out as aroace earlier this year in a heartfelt video, she put into words (and animations) something that aroace folks have silently struggled with forever: “[We’re told] that romance and intimacy is what makes someone human,” she explained. “[But] you don’t have to feel any kind of romance or whatever to be considered a real person.”Name: Jaiden Animations, 25Bio: Jaiden started her YouTube channel in July of 2014, after a few animated videos she made for the popular channel IHasCupquake blew up.
