Cody Daigle-Orians is an

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American author and social media personality using the name, Ace Dad Advice.

Career

Daigle-Orians previously worked as a company playwright. Daigle-Orians' first published work was a play, which was produced during their sophomore year of college. They have written several other plays. In 2017, Daigle-Orians started a

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, "Bearded Fruit", in which they discussed politics and queer culture. In 2021, they started "Ace Dad Advice," which is a

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account that provides users with advice about asexuality through the lens of a parental figure. In 2023, Daigle-Orians released a book, titled ''I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Ace Life,'' through

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'' describes the book as "feel nglike receiving guidance from a compassionate mentor" with a "no-frills, conversational style".‘I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life’ (2022) Publishers Weekly, 269(41), p. 148. Available at: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=b7df8af6-ae15-3d01-abb0-2097e43a544b (Accessed: 9 July 2024). That same year, they were nominated for a

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in the ''Online Influencer'' category. Daigle-Orians is a contributing author to ''Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection'', which was a finalist for Best LGBTQ Anthology in the 36th Lambda Literary Awards.

Personal life

Daigle-Orians grew up in

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. Daigle-Orians is

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(specifically

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) and uses both

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and he/him pronouns. Daigle-Orians came out as

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in 1994. They identified as asexual in their 40s, after learning about the label on

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in the late 2010s. They are

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