Yasmin Benoit, co-creator of International Asexuality Day, has criticized JK Rowling for her dismissive comments about asexuality. Rowling mocked those observing the national awareness day, claiming asexual people cannot identify their sexual orientation without experiencing attraction. Benoit argues that Rowling's comments have skewed public perception of asexuality and have led to the propagation of misconceptions about the community. This backlash has opened up discussions about asexuality but has shifted the narrative to one of negativity rather than awareness.
A lot of people's introduction [to International Asexuality Day] has now been through JK Rowling hating on it, it's becoming a conversation in so many spaces I haven't seen before, but for a negative reason.
I've had people commenting saying that asexual people don't exist, the asexual community doesn't exist, but it's like there's literally a community of asexual people talking right now.
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