By: Audrey

God, if I didn't have the Internet, I would be so confused about my sexuality. I'd also be sort of alienated because I wouldn't be able to connect with anyone about things like that. I mean, I still don't really know what's going on with pretty much every type of attraction besides sexual attraction (I identify as asexual), and sometimes I still feel a little disconnected around my overwhelmingly straight peers, but it would be so much worse without online communities. Accidentally stumbling onto the Wikipedia page for asexuality during one of my frequent wikiwalks when I was in eighth grade was one of the luckiest things I've ever done. And before I really found people I could talk to, or websites with a lot of information, I basically reread that Wikipedia article and the explanatory articles on AVEN that I found through Wikipedia like every night.