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“I’m still kind of in the process of self-discovery of exactly what I am but I think I am a bit more on the aromantic side,” Ryan said.

More than half of Gen Z wants to see more content focused on friendships and platonic relationships, with 39% saying they’re especially interested in aromantic and/or asexual characters depicted in film and television.

It centers on the authentic aspects of adolescence like the importance of platonic love and sometimes aromantic and asexual perspectives.

And when they hear "aromantic", she says, they think you "must just be quite cold-hearted and closed off or you have commitment issues".

She identifies as asexual and aromantic - a term for people who say they don't feel romantic connections.