theasexualityblog:

spacexualkids:

ok but like correct me if im wrong (bc i don’t watch that garbage show) but he’s not canonically gay??? so how are u overriding anything?

also do those people not understand that gay aces exist, or? awkward.

Sherlock Holmes has been read as ace since the books and even before there was a commonly acknowledged word for asexuals.

Seriously. He’s legit always been a representation for asexuality. While I, as someone who is a huge fan of BBC Sherlock, can see why people might read that particular adaptation as gay, it’s far from homophobic to read him as ace. Especially, as @spacexualkids mentioned, gay ace is a valid orientation that exists. (Personally, I read BBC Sherlock as homoromantic demisexual/asexual, but that’s just me).