'As far as I can tell I'll be happy being single my whole life'
Julie - who writes fantasy, speculative fiction, and young adult novels – says that although she’s had more offers of sex than she ‘wants to count’ over the years but ‘without the feelings that usually go with that sort of thing.’
‘It’s kind of gross,’ she said.
Julie – who lives alone in a two-bedroom apartment – says she would be happy being single forever.
'I have very close friendships but don't want a significant other. I don't want to find another asexual to be roommates with.
'As far as I can tell I'll be happy being single my whole life.'
She has faced criticism for her feelings over the years and even her own family were convinced she was a 'closet lesbian.' Before she went to college her mother took her to the doctors because she wasn't expressing a 'normal' interest in boys.
She has also had male friends try and 'fix' her by kissing her against her will.
And since opening up about being asexual on YouTube and her blog, Julie says that she’s received death threats and been told she just needs a 'good raping.'
'When people hear that you're asexual, some take that as a challenge,' she told an online newspaper.
'They think that you really want sex but just don't know it yet. For people who perform corrective rape, they believe that they're just waking us up and that we'll thank them for it later.'
Miss Decker - who hopes to raise awareness about asexuality through her YouTube videos and online blog says that asexuality presents itself in many forms but she defines herself as 'aromantic' - meaning she does not have any romantic feelings.