Role Models:
Yasmin Benoit

Yasmin Benoit is a British model, multi-award-winning asexual activist, writer, researcher, and speaker. Described as the “unlikely face of asexuality” by Cosmopolitan Magazine, she quickly became a leading voice for the community after publicly coming out in 2017. She started the #ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike movement for diverse asexual visibility and representation and co-founded International Asexuality Day (April 6). This year, she launched the UK’s first asexual rights initiative – the Stonewall x Yasmin Benoit Ace Project – in partnership with Stonewall, which is producing a report into asexual discrimination in the UK. This year, she won ‘Campaigner of the Year’ at the Rainbow Honours Awards 2022.