Yasmin Benoit on the casting of asexual and aromantic characters | BFI Flare 2024

An interview with award-winning asexual activist Yasmin Benoit.
Flare Programmer Wema Mumma and asexual activist Yasmin Benoit discuss the history of asexual and aromantic characters in film and TV. From Riverdale’s quirky Jughead Jones to Sex Education’s teenage therapist O, they analyse gender, race, homoromanticism and other factors that seem to determine who can and cannot be labelled ace.
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