Sex when you're asexual – Close Encounters podcast
WARNING: explicit content
Jords has always known he was asexual, but his partners have struggled to understand. Can you compromise over your sexuality for the sake of companionship?
Real-life accounts of sex and relationships, with writer Alix Fox. This week Alix heads to Manchester to meet a man who has defined as asexual since he was a young teenager. But while university was where many people embraced their sexuality, for Jords it resulted in a series of challenging confrontations with a highly sexed culture.
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