Absolutely. Heteronormativity cares as much about regulating appearances as it does about regulating actual sex acts (or lack thereof) in order to hold on to its hegemony. As long as aces and the rest of the LGBT community are both working to disrupt that hegemony, it makes more sense (to me) to work together rather than be divided and conquered.

Thank you for this. I think people forget that we face a lot of the same discrimination and dangers, depending on who we’re holding hands with. It’s something I always bring up when arguing asexuals have a place in queer safe spaces and discussions.