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I'd never had any dilation( which would have kept the passage open), so it was just a shock to my body. I left that moment being like' That really hurt !' but Cosmo( magazine) said it would get better. It didn't get better in terms of pleasure, but it got better in terms of not hurting as much every single time. – Pidgeon Pagonis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
These elements of intimacy are what I needed at the time, tickling is my hurrah ! – Pidgeon Pagonis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I let the shame of having a different body and not looking' normal,' debilitate me, i needed that permission and Bo Laurent gave it to me. – Pidgeon Pagonis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm really persuaded by things, like the idea of what high school should be. I really wanted a high school experience and part of that was dating a boy and having sex with that boy. – Pidgeon Pagonis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I wanted to be so drunk that sex felt OK. I thought I'd feel less reserved and that sex would feel good. You strive to be normal when you know you're not normal. Instead of talking it through, I would just drink. – Pidgeon Pagonis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
If people would just be honest and talk to you about your body, you might still make the same decisions, but I might not have -- and I would have had someone to talk to and make healthier, safer choices. – Pidgeon Pagonis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I'm only writing a book about a black girl who is allergic to watermelon if I get a blurb from you, Cornell West, Toni Morrison, and Barack Obama saying this guy's OK. – Daniel Handler	Found on CNN 9 years ago
She took the time to photograph his little hands, his little feet, his hair, his ears, everything about him, ...All his beautiful little features, which in the seven hours he lived, I didn't have time to fully appreciate. – Maria Cecilia Mosquera	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I treasure each and every photo as the seven hours we had with him, we can never get back -- except through these photos. – Maria Cecilia Mosquera	Found on CNN 9 years ago
That night was the worst night of my life, but when I look at the images, I am not reminded of my worst night. I'm reminded of the beauty and blessings he brought. – Cheryl Haggard	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I meet families at the most difficult time, it is not a portrait of a dead child, but rather this incredible unfolding story of love and loss. – Todd Hochberg of Evanston	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It literally changed my life in 45 minutes. – Todd Hochberg of Evanston	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It is not a portrait of a dead child, but rather this incredible unfolding story of love and loss. – Todd Hochberg of Evanston	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The most difficult picture often becomes the most important one for them. And it doesn't mean it's pleasant. – Todd Hochberg of Evanston	Found on CNN 9 years ago
She understands what I'm saying but just can't comprehend how it's possible herself. – Sandra Mellott	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Sometimes I think they take my orientation as some kind of personal attack and they can get really hostile about it. – Sandra Mellott	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Before the advancement of technology I believe many who now identify as asexual knew they were somehow different from their peers but never truly understood themselves, however since the founding of AVEN and its website, many asexuals have gathered to better understand themselves. It was finally a place where you realized you weren't alone, nor were you a freak. – Ellie Carlin	Found on CNN 9 years ago
There are older asexuals as well in the community. I've found that they themselves had not realized they were asexuals until the existence of the Internet. Many of them had sexual experiences, and even had children. They seemed to think there was either something wrong with them medically, or they just figured sex wasn't as good as it was hyped to be. – Ellie Carlin	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I tried to discuss this with my sister once, and with my parents, both proceeded to make bets with me that I would change my mind someday. I put it in writing both times, they're in my dad's safe. In about nine years, it'll be fun to collect the hundred dollars. – Megan Allen	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I wish the public knew that we exist and we aren't 'sick' or 'wrong' i also wish the LGBTQ community would just get over themselves and accept us ... we're awfully isolated and little-known. – Megan Allen	Found on CNN 9 years ago
All of those bodily fluids and being in such a vulnerable position, and the diseases it could cause, and just... eww. – Megan Allen	Found on CNN 9 years ago
No one has ever tried to set me up on a date or even insinuated that there is something wrong with my desire to be single, i feel very fortunate because I know that many people face pressure to date and get married. – Heather Runyan	Found on CNN 9 years ago
For a long time I thought I was a late bloomer, i thought that I should feel attraction, but I didn't, so I felt like I was broken. When people asked, I just told them I was happy single and didn't feel the need to date. In my head, I often referred to myself as asexual, but I didn't realize that it was a valid orientation. – Heather Runyan	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We exist. That may sound simple, but too often when someone says they are asexual, the first response from others is to deny or question it, it also sends the message that there is something wrong with us. I do not need to be fixed or cured, I am asexual and that's OK. – Heather Runyan	Found on CNN 9 years ago

I'd never had any dilation( which would have kept the passage open), so it was just a shock to my body. I left that moment being like' That really hurt !' but Cosmo( magazine) said it would get better. It didn't get better in terms of pleasure, but it got better in terms of not hurting as much every single time.

– Pidgeon Pagonis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

These elements of intimacy are what I needed at the time, tickling is my hurrah !

– Pidgeon Pagonis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I let the shame of having a different body and not looking' normal,' debilitate me, i needed that permission and Bo Laurent gave it to me.

– Pidgeon Pagonis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I'm really persuaded by things, like the idea of what high school should be. I really wanted a high school experience and part of that was dating a boy and having sex with that boy.

– Pidgeon Pagonis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I wanted to be so drunk that sex felt OK. I thought I'd feel less reserved and that sex would feel good. You strive to be normal when you know you're not normal. Instead of talking it through, I would just drink.

– Pidgeon Pagonis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If people would just be honest and talk to you about your body, you might still make the same decisions, but I might not have -- and I would have had someone to talk to and make healthier, safer choices.

– Pidgeon Pagonis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I'm only writing a book about a black girl who is allergic to watermelon if I get a blurb from you, Cornell West, Toni Morrison, and Barack Obama saying this guy's OK.

– Daniel Handler

Found on CNN
9 years ago

She took the time to photograph his little hands, his little feet, his hair, his ears, everything about him, ...All his beautiful little features, which in the seven hours he lived, I didn't have time to fully appreciate.

– Maria Cecilia Mosquera

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I treasure each and every photo as the seven hours we had with him, we can never get back -- except through these photos.

– Maria Cecilia Mosquera

Found on CNN
9 years ago

That night was the worst night of my life, but when I look at the images, I am not reminded of my worst night. I'm reminded of the beauty and blessings he brought.

– Cheryl Haggard

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I meet families at the most difficult time, it is not a portrait of a dead child, but rather this incredible unfolding story of love and loss.

– Todd Hochberg of Evanston

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It literally changed my life in 45 minutes.

– Todd Hochberg of Evanston

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It is not a portrait of a dead child, but rather this incredible unfolding story of love and loss.

– Todd Hochberg of Evanston

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The most difficult picture often becomes the most important one for them. And it doesn't mean it's pleasant.

– Todd Hochberg of Evanston

Found on CNN
9 years ago

She understands what I'm saying but just can't comprehend how it's possible herself.

– Sandra Mellott

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Sometimes I think they take my orientation as some kind of personal attack and they can get really hostile about it.

– Sandra Mellott

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Before the advancement of technology I believe many who now identify as asexual knew they were somehow different from their peers but never truly understood themselves, however since the founding of AVEN and its website, many asexuals have gathered to better understand themselves. It was finally a place where you realized you weren't alone, nor were you a freak.

– Ellie Carlin

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There are older asexuals as well in the community. I've found that they themselves had not realized they were asexuals until the existence of the Internet. Many of them had sexual experiences, and even had children. They seemed to think there was either something wrong with them medically, or they just figured sex wasn't as good as it was hyped to be.

– Ellie Carlin

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I tried to discuss this with my sister once, and with my parents, both proceeded to make bets with me that I would change my mind someday. I put it in writing both times, they're in my dad's safe. In about nine years, it'll be fun to collect the hundred dollars.

– Megan Allen

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I wish the public knew that we exist and we aren't 'sick' or 'wrong' i also wish the LGBTQ community would just get over themselves and accept us ... we're awfully isolated and little-known.

– Megan Allen

Found on CNN
9 years ago

All of those bodily fluids and being in such a vulnerable position, and the diseases it could cause, and just... eww.

– Megan Allen

Found on CNN
9 years ago

No one has ever tried to set me up on a date or even insinuated that there is something wrong with my desire to be single, i feel very fortunate because I know that many people face pressure to date and get married.

– Heather Runyan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

For a long time I thought I was a late bloomer, i thought that I should feel attraction, but I didn't, so I felt like I was broken. When people asked, I just told them I was happy single and didn't feel the need to date. In my head, I often referred to myself as asexual, but I didn't realize that it was a valid orientation.

– Heather Runyan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We exist. That may sound simple, but too often when someone says they are asexual, the first response from others is to deny or question it, it also sends the message that there is something wrong with us. I do not need to be fixed or cured, I am asexual and that's OK.

– Heather Runyan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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