Asexual is a medical term not cultural.
Heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual are medical terms.
Based on history and common motives etc lesbian, gay, queer, bisexual (used in both) at the time are cultural terms. LGBTQ
Like bisexual, asexual can be used as a cultural term and medical term (per definition). Everyone has their own reason to use terms that they identify. Personally, I don't see asexual as a cultural term. That's just me.
Maybe Ace? I don't know. The division really throws outsiders off.
Is that online? I only heard of those terms online. Outside on t.v., movies, in person, etc, even to the older gay community that would make us scratch our heads.
Since our experiences are so mixed, what name can we use that would define our experiences in respect to who we are not just who and how we are attracted to someone?
Asexual, bisexual, hetero, homo, pansexual, are all medical terms. It defines someone's attraction or lack of attraction to another person(s). If it has to do with biological attraction, it is medical. If it's based on culture, it is not.
In my opinion, there is a difference between gay and straight and homosexual and heterosexual. Outside these two terms, maybe cultural and medical terms overlap. Bisexual is used as cultural (LGBTQ) and medical hetero,homo,bisexual, pansexual, etc. I guess nowadays asexual works like bisexual in that the two words overlap, I'm not sure.
It does sound confusing when words are so divided it makes youth coming out very confused more about labels as a definition of their experiences. That's just me. It makes things more confusing. When I was growing up, it was LGBT. I didn't hear about Q until later, but I think it meaning Questioning is somewhat modern.
I don't know. It's just my opinion.