Asexuality, in my understanding, has little to do with Platonic tradition or idealism or celibacy. There is a full spectrum of sexual drive or libido in humans. Asexuals are at one extreme of the spectrum.
One of my kids has a few friends who identify as asexual. They are very liberal people.
What’s at the other extreme?
People with a very high sexual drive of course. 
That’s the definition of being “agender” or “nonbinary.”
Why is community acceptance of asexuality so much a bigger deal than community acceptance of people who aren’t into video gaming?
??? Are you just being deliberately offensive or what? Sexuality, gender, race, etc. are often MUCH more central to the person’s identity than “I play video games.” People can get ostracized for being gay. People can get killed for being trans. People can be threatened and stalked for being female. People can get beaten for being black, shot for being Muslim. Are you saying that kind of thing happens to people who don’t play video games?
Because those things happen, it is sometimes important to LGBTQ individuals and other types of minorities to be in an environment where it is less likely there will be angry people who disagree with them. Angry people can make life miserable. And perhaps it’s nice to be around people like you.
I think what’s perplexing some people is that many of us have been around people who didn’t exhibit any interest in sexual relationships, and it wasn’t a big deal. I take it, though, that what’s being discussed here is the idea of being openly asexual.
@bodangles
Since it’s been explained to me that asexuals aren’t androgynous people, but just people who aren’t into having sex, then I really don’t see what the big deal is. Not having sex is not like being gay or being a particular race. Lot’s of people with a strong sex drive don’t have sex because they can’t get any, and I haven’t noticed any pitchfork waving mobs coming after them.
If you read the other posters in this thread, it’s clear I’m not the only one puzzled why would anyone care if someone is asexual.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/asexual-discrimination_n_3380551.html
Ever heard of that happening to people who “can’t get any”??
I’m sure it’s not super-common. But any identity that falls under the LGBTQ(A) umbrella faces discrimination and backlash nowadays. Less of it, I would assume, in an accepting community.
I definitely do not condone “corrective” rape. But let’s face it, people who make a big deal all the time about their religious beliefs, political beliefs, sex life (asexual or over-sexed) are just plain tiresome. My friends who keep posting on FB about how they’re saved by Jesus or PO’d by the whatever political party-- I just unfollow them.
If you aren’t into sex, then fine. I don’t need to keep hearing about it. Just tell me about you pets & your vacation.
An asexual student looking for colleges with groups centered on asexuality can be looking for like minded friends or even partners as much as dealing with any persecution. Asexual people can have romantic relationships as well that don’t involve sexual intercourse, perhaps just snuggling or sharing activities.
I would imagine that living in an often sexually charged college environment, having a support group of understanding peers could come in handy.
I can appreciate wanting to being in a supportive community. But an early poster claimed that some colleges posed a hostile environment for asexuals. That I’m having a hard time believing.
Maybe unwelcoming instead of hostile? I think anytime folks diverge from societal norms or expectations of what is “normal”, in certain environments there can be unwelcoming behavior or being ostracized.
I’m with you 100% here.
Frankly, I don’t know why this is being made such a big deal… I imagine the vast majority of students at all but the most extreme religious schools are going to be indifferent towards sexual preferences.
I went to a fairly conservative small engineering school myself which had an active LGB population. There were never any issues that arose in my 4 years there. If you were gay, great. If you were straight, great. People just didn’t care!
Well, I think some of the skepticism & comments on this thread are indicative of what OP might face in a less accepting college environment–skepticism, dismissal, gaslighting. Not life threatening, but unpleasant. Of course OP could attend a lot of colleges and simply not tell anyone they are ace and people might think they are a bit outside the norm and nothing would happen. Or OP does the same and gets into situations where romantic partners become hostile that they never “put out” and worst case there’s a sexual assault, best case a really awful, rough dissolving of the relationship. Though, of note to OP: I’m not ace but I attended a school that is 60% female where dating isn’t a huge part of the social scene (at least not mine) and no one would have noticed at all if someone didn’t date/hook-up with anyone. We were way too focused on school/there were almost no straight boys to date XD (my apologies if I’ve assumed you’re straight & you’re not, OP) So if you’re a woman, a woman’s college or majority woman environment might be a fit in that there tends to be less dating pressure in college there, in my experience.
But that said, I think what OP is probably hoping for, which I think they have every right to hope for, is an open, supportive community where there might be like-minded, out individuals. While ace can date non-ace, it’s certainly easier to date a fellow ace person–and have a fully developed, romantic, but not sexual relationship. @SouthernPoet sorry I can’t help with any specific schools, but hopefully some of the other suggestions will be helpful. Oh, actually, are your stats good enough for Stanford? It’s a really open-minded, “crunchy granola” school and I bet you dollars to donuts there’s an ace community there. Check it out!
Smith College has an asexual club. I typed in asexual club and that what came up on google.
Here’s the web site for AVEN, for those of you who are interested in the why’s and what’s of asexuality:
http://www.asexuality.org/home/
For the record, David Jay, the guy who is responsible for identifying the movement, developed it
while a student at Wesleyan Univ.
Are there support groups for people who don’t drink beer or eat pizza? After all, if I’m in college, I’ll likely be pressured to drink beer and eat pizza.
This need of some to identify as belonging to a victimized identity group is ridiculous.
It’s not whether you’re liberal or conservative.The lack of tolerance exists among people at the extremes of both.
If you’re going to mock the wishes of the OP, you need to get off this thread. You’re neither helpful nor funny.
You’re being very intolerant.
I know a lot of factors go into choosing which college people attend, but I happen to think whether a school is accepting of asexuals is a non-issue and a ridiculous consideration. It needlessly eliminates schools that may ultimately be a better fit for the OP.