Asexuality has been more accepted in the recent past than it had been previously.
Many who identify as asexual also choose to adopt other identities, which often include gender identity and classification of romantic orientation
A 2010 paper written by KJ Cerankowski and Megan Milks, titled New Orientations: Asexuality and Its Implications for Theory and Practice, suggests that asexuality may be somewhat of a question in itself for the studies of gender and sexuality

