Alexa, pictured here, identifies as asexual.
Her fiancé, Adam, does not.
I’ve known Alexa and Adam both as individuals and as a couple since we were 16. We attended high school together in North Carolina.
Since that age I’ve known them only as the most made-for-each other, innately compatible people anyone could imagine.
It wasn’t until recently that Alexa illuminated for me the complexity of their relationship and recent engagement, explaining that she was asexual.
I joy everyday in watching my brilliant friends thrive in a non-traditional romantic relationship.
In my eyes, Alexa and Adam embody the twenty first century redefinition of love, romance, sensuality, and marriage.
Alexa will always be a pillar of strength and wisdom in my mind and heart.
A partnership with the strength of theirs can withstand anything.
A love like theirs has the power to affect change in themselves and in their world.