Yasmin Benoit

Yasmin Benoit (born ) is an English YouTuber who makes videos about asexuality.
==Personal life==
Yasmin grew up in Reading, Berkshire, England. She has Trinidadian, Jamaican, and Barbadian ancestry.
In 2019, Yasmin graduated with an MSc Crime Science degree from .
Yasmin became an alternative model at the age of sixteen, after she "exhausted every other hobby [she] could think of." She has been a lingerie model since 2014.
===Asexuality===
Yasmin is asexual and aromantic. At the age of ten, she "started to wonder if there was something wrong with [her]." She was bullied for most of her time in education, and was a goth. When she was 15, Yasmin learned the word "asexual." Her friends had asked me who she fancied. Yasmin said that she "thought [she] was straight, but [she] didn’t really like guys." One of her friends suggested asexuality. Yasmin had previously "only really heard the word 'asexual' used about organisms in biology class."
==Activism==
Yasmin came out as asexual online in 2017, when she uploaded Things Asexual Girls DON'T Want to Hear.
Yasmin started activism because of a lack of black and asexual people in the public eye. She is on the Asexual Visibility and Education Network's board of directors. She is the creator of the hashtag #ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike.
Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists spread rumours that Yasmin was a gay porn star, which they used to try and get her fired from a job she did not have at .
===2019===
In 2019, Yasmin was on the cover of , making it the first magazine to feature an openly asexual woman on the cover. In November 2019, she became the first openly asexual person to be profiled in .
===2021===
In 2021, described her as "the world’s most prominent activist for asexuality."
In February 2021, Yasmin began working as a researcher with the Asexualities Research Advisory Board at California State University. In April 2021, Yasmin discussed asexuality on the show . She wrote a chapter on the asexual community for Milly Abraham's book We Can Do Better Than This, which was published in 2021.
===2022===
In April 2022, Yasmin partnered with Stonewall for the Ace project, which looks into discrimination in the workplace, education, and healthcare. Stonewall did not fund the project.
===International Asexuality Day===
Yasmin founded International Asexuality Day, which occurred for the first time on April 6, 2021. The four theme of the day are Advocacy, Celebration, Education, and Solidarity.
The date was chosen by an international committee, aiming to avoid clashes with other significant dates. In 2024, April 6th will fall during Autism Awareness Week, which could lead to a new choice of date.
==YouTube==
In March 2021, Yasmin gave a TED Talk on asexual media representation.
==References==
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2017
Category:LGBT YouTubers