I know for me, awhile back, I sought out an asexual community because there was a period of time where all of my closest friends (15+ years of friendship) were getting into serious romantic relationships and I was sad and lonely. While I'm not interested in romance/sex, I also don't really want to live alone for the rest of my life either. Unfortunately, it's kind of hard to find a platonic life partner when you don't actually know anyone else who would be into that. (Is there an EHarmony for that?)
Honestly, I don't really participate much in ~asexual discourse~, I don't consider myself persecuted or anything, and, being physically disabled since birth, I don't really care about being broken or different or whatever, but at that point in time, I was really glad to find a group of people who have similar experiences and life goals.
Not sure if that answers your question, but I think it's just the same as any other group of people looking for like-minded individuals.
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Honestly, I don't really participate much in ~asexual discourse~, I don't consider myself persecuted or anything, and, being physically disabled since birth, I don't really care about being broken or different or whatever, but at that point in time, I was really glad to find a group of people who have similar experiences and life goals.
Not sure if that answers your question, but I think it's just the same as any other group of people looking for like-minded individuals.