This week, October 25-31, is Asexual Awareness Week, and to help mark the occasion, the Trevor Project is releasing new research on the Ace community. The definition of asexuality varies by individual, but it generally refers to a diminished or lack of sexual attraction to others.

The new findings from the Trevor Project show that one in 10 LGBTQ+ youth actually identify as asexual or on the ace spectrum. The study looked at over 40,000 LGBTQ+ youth, and found that 10 percent said they identify as some form of asexual. Asexual youth were then given further options to describe how they identify.

Fifteen percent of ace youth identify as demisexual, meaning that they don’t experience primary sexual attraction, only secondary attraction after they’ve gotten to know someone. Nine percent also identify as greysexual, a term meaning that a person experiences infrequent or rare sexual attraction. Additionally, nine percent of ace youth are polyamorous, and many chose romantic attraction labels such as panromantic (20 percent), biromantic (17 percent) and aromantic (13 percent).

"Asexual youth are often forgotten in both research and outreach efforts," Myeshia Price-Feeney,Ph.D., a research scientist at the Trevor Project said in a statement. Read more via Advocate