Asexuality has become increasingly widely used and understood over the last twenty years. The Oxford English Dictionary has recognised this by including ‘asexual’ in its latest update.

Educating New Zealanders about asexuality.
Asexuality has become increasingly widely used and understood over the last twenty years. The Oxford English Dictionary has recognised this by including ‘asexual’ in its latest update.
Asexuality is only rarely discussed in today’s media. Even rarer is asexual individuals telling stories about their asexuality in their own voices. Three young US filmmakers are seeking to challenge that.
In a historic day for the New Zealand asexual community, a dozen aces from across New Zealand have become the first asexual group to march in the Auckland Pride Parade.
Asexuality has historically been under-represented in discussions in the LGBTQIA+ community. Exciting developments show that may be changing.
Statistics Minister James Shaw has indicated that a sexuality question will appear on the 2023 New Zealand census after the question was omitted from this year’s census.