'I enjoy swinging parties — there's nothing shameful about it'

From bromance to throuples, friendship to marriage, asexuality to kink life, Amanda Cassidy examines the alternatives to “traditional” romantic connections

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Yasmin Benoit says people think her asexuality is a lifestyle choice like celibacy, rather than an orientation.

“There’s a misconception that romance and sex is the pinnacle of human connections. If you don’t have these, people assume you are incapable of love and affection,” the activist and model explains. “I experience relationships purely as platonic, but they can be intimate and long-lasting.