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When Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, the daughter of New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, recently said she identified as demisexual, ears pricked up.
The 23-year-old revealed on an Instagram live that she is demisexual after previously identifying as pansexual and prior to that bisexual and gay. Demisexuality, Kennedy-Cuomo explained, is a term she is currently exploring and happens to be what resonates with her most in terms of her own sexual identity.
Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, the daughter of New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, recently said she identified as demisexual.
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What does it mean to be demisexual?
Demisexuality, which was coined about 2006 and became more widespread in 2008 according to The Asexual Vibsibility & Education Network, exists along the asexual spectrum, says Dr Megan Carrol, assistant professor at California State University San Bernardino, who researches asexualities and identifies as asexual.