If you can become asexual because of abuse (change the orientation you were born with), then I would draw the conclusion you can be gay or lesbian because of abuse. I'm not sure this would fly in the gay/lesbian community...

Being asexual is basically like being straight or gay, straight people are not attracted to same sex, and gays are not attracted to the opposite sex. The same way asexuals are not attracted to the same sex/the opposite sex/trans people.

Some asexuals watch porn, most asexuals have a sex drive and will please themselves. They just do not have another person to be attracted to. If someone wants to look at boobs in real life, I'd think they are not fully asexual actually, because the real person would be someone they should not be attracted to.