by Sylvie-Blaire “Bean” Frey, Chancellor of Regnbue Ætt
Yasmin Benoit is an asexual and aromantic activist in the UK. She is one of the first and most successful black alternative models.
Pushing into a white-dominated field with Eurocentric standards of beauty, she got many questions from journalists and had to advocate for herself from the beginning of her career. As a model, she has also gotten many questions about her asexuality and fights many misconceptions about the ace community. Benoit has said in interviews, “I’m not trying to sell myself, I’m selling a product,” a refrain she has had to repeat over her career.
She has worked with AVEN, the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network (where she now serves on the Board of Directors), to increase the knowledge of and acceptance for the asexual and aromantic community. She is also lending her perspective to a movement that often is dominated by white voices, showing how diverse the queer community really is.
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