Interest in Asexuality Welcome Surprise for Shades of Gay Author

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Interest in Asexuality Welcome Surprise for Shades of Gay Author

Published on: September 29th, 2010 12:34am by: ShadesOfGay

http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=84725

Raleigh, NC (OPENPRESS) September 29, 2010 -- When Stephanie Silberstein decided to include an asexual character in her LGBTQ-oriented teen novel, Shades of Gay, she wasn't prepared for people's response. Not only was her press release republished on asexual-friendly blogs but several non-asexuals have approached her online to ask for more information about asexuality or about her personal experiences as an asexual.

"Writing Emily's character was immensely personally satisfying," Silberstein says. "There just aren't very many asexual characters in literature, and I was able to write about someone who was like I was when I was seventeen: a normal teen who just happened not to have any interest in sex."