Asexuals need media representation | Yasmin Benoit | TEDxUAMonticello

What's an asexual? That this is still a question is the inspiration for Yasmin Benoit's powerful talk. In a world where LGBTQIA acceptance is increasing, asexuals are regularly left off the acronym, out of discussion, and off of media. As an asexual activist and model, Yasmin powerfully argues that equality means asexuals getting representation on our TV and movie screens. Filmed 3/14/21 in London, UK. Yasmin Benoit is a fashion model, writer, activist, and Masters graduate based in Berkshire, England. At 18, she began modelling with the goal of diversifying the fashion industry and became one of the UK's most prominent Black alternative models. In late 2017, she publicly came out as aromantic-asexual and became an unlikely face for those communities. She focuses on raising awareness for asexuality and aromanticism, and dispelling misconceptions about the identities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx