The marriage of an asexual to a sexual is one in which the asexual partner either does not experience sexual desire or attraction, or experiences low desire or attraction. These marriages are often based on romantic love, however they experience challenges around sexual relations. For the asexual partner, the word "compromise" is used by the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) community to label the act of consenting to have sex with their partner for their partner's benefit. Sex simply does not occur to the asexual and, for this reason, it is most frequently up to the sexual partner to initiate. People in these marriages may need to address certain questions of acceptability, such as whether the sexual partner must be monogamous. Some persons cite spiritual reasons for getting married. One married homosexual man said his "spiritual identity" had always been "marriage and family . "  The filmed version of Brokeback Mountain helped bring the issue of mixed-orientation marriages to public attention, but several other movies had already dealt with the issue. Talk shows, such as Oprah, have also addressed this situation . My Husband is gay as well as TLC's controversial 2015 reality show My Husband's Not Gay about gay Mormon men married to women. Some of the movies and TV shows that deal with mixed-orientation marriages include:
The marriage of an asexual to a sexual is one in which the asexual partner either does not experience sexual desire or attraction, or experiences low desire or attraction. These marriages are often based on romantic love, however they experience challenges around sexual relations. For the asexual partner, the word "compromise" is used by the Asexual Visibility and Education Network community to label the act of consenting to have sex with their partner for their partner's benefit. Sex simply does not occur to the asexual and, for this reason, it is most frequently up to the sexual partner to initiate. People in these marriages may need to address certain questions of acceptability, such as whether the sexual partner must be monogamous. Some persons cite spiritual reasons for getting married. One married homosexual man said his "spiritual identity" had always been "marriage and family " . The filmed version of Brokeback Mountain helped bring the issue of mixed-orientation marriages to public attention, but several other movies had already dealt with the issue. Talk shows, such as Oprah, have also addressed this situation , My Husband is gay as did TLC's controversial 2015 reality show My Husband's Not Gay about gay Mormon men married to women. Some of the movies and TV shows that deal with mixed-orientation marriages include:
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