Ace and Aro Positivity!

ok real talk aro to aro one of the best things you can do for yourself is find other aros irl. i know that sounds literally impossible and it sure as hell can feel like that but being able to talk about our issues and our culture and our experiences face to face with an actual person and not just an icon and handle on a screen will literally change your life. i’m not even being hyperbolic. go out and find other aros. it’s worth it

to those in the tags asking for advice on how to meet people irl: if it is safe to do so, talk about being aro. talk about it a l o t. be open about your experiences and contribute to conversations. point out similarities in experiences with others. unfortunately, the fact of the matter is a lot of people, even those who are active in queer circles, don’t know enough about the aspec experience to even consider it as an option. the amount of people i’ve met who ended up being aspec (not necessarily aro but it has happened with people figuring out their aromanticism !!) but didn’t realize it because they thought being aspec was a singular narrative is unreal.

aces have whole week, be aware of us

LOVELESS & LOVEQUEER SOLIDARITY

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i am not loveless myself but i am lovequeer, and i think both communities play a major role inside the aro community of defying amatonormativity and resignify what love (or lack of it) means to us.

because of that i really wanted to create a piece that portrayed the solidarity we have. i used arrows, since they are the main symbol of aromanticism, and the background is a gradient of the loveless and lovequeer flags, uniting in the middle with the green.

*reminder that loveless and lovequeer are not polar opposites! one can totally identify as both if they want to.

Wishing a happy pride month to all aspec folks 💜💚

Special note to loveless aros because I know it's going to be a month where everyone talks about love and romantic attraction (or lack of) among other stuff

But you being loveless doesn't make you less queer, less of an individual or less anything. You matter as much as anyone else and I just want to take a minute to tell you all that.

Happy pride to you, loveless aros!

Kinky asexuals are an astonishingly irreplaceable pillar of the community

Hello Everyone! Today is the first establishment for Aplatonic Day Of Visibility! On this day we support those who identify on the Aplatonic Spectrum by giving them support and recognition!

If you are Aplatonic, feel free to reblog this post with yourself or something you enjoy with your Aplspec Pride Flag!! Alternatively you can also use the hashtag, #AplatonicDayOfVisiblity!

I also ecourage all Alloplatonics to reblog anything related to this amazing day!

[ID: a pair of handcrafted circular pink earings with white text. The left one says: love is in the air. There is an aromantic colour heart below it. The right one says: Wear a mask [exclamation mark]. It has two aromantic hearts. End ID]

Sorry mom!

A two-headed angel for Aromantic pride.

❃❃❃ ASPEC JOURNAL: History And Mythology  ❃❃❃

Open For Preorders!

ASPEC JOURNAL is a charity LGBT+ art and literature zine, created by asexual/aromantic people and dedicated to the aspec community.

This issue contains 40 pages of content, exploring the history of asexuality and aromanticism throughout human history. Featuring; ancient Sumerian aspecs, real-life figures like J.M. Barrie and Florence Nightingale, Disney princesses re-imagined as aspec icons, this issue of ASPEC JOURNAL wants to celebrate the history, lore, and future of the aspec community.

Preorders will be open January 1st - March 12th.

Check us out here!

Preorder bonus: if we reach 150 orders, a brand new ‘aspec princesses’ sticker sheet is unlocked!

All profits will be donated to the National Center For Transgender Equality, a USA-based nonprofit activist organization dedicated to policy advocacy and media activism.

10 days left of our preorder period!

Preorders will end March 12th! Get your orders in before then!

I love seeing info posts about qprs that never mention aros once :))))))))

I support aromantics who tend to be swept under the rug by the rest of their community because they’re seen as fulfilling stereotypes or “making aromantics look bad”

I’m here for aromantics who don’t want any sort of QPR

I’m here for aromantics who don’t replace their lack of romantic attraction with “love for friends” or “love for family”

I’m here for aplatonic aros

I’m here for extremely romance-repulsed aros who have their boundaries trounced upon and constantly ignored

I’m here for aromantics who enjoy sex, have lots of sex, and/or have one night stands

I’m here for aromantics who have low empathy or no empathy at all

I’m here for aromantics who feel heartless, loveless, or inhuman- and the ones that embrace that label, even when others make them feel bad for reclaiming it

I’m here for the tough aromantics, the bitter aromantics, the aromantics who are tired of society’s obsession with romance and who are tired of appealing to alloromantics

You are not “making the community look bad.” You are not “fulfilling stereotypes.” You are not a “bad aro” for being yourself. You are a valuable member of the aro community and your voice deserves to be heard.

Asexual angels for my Pride Angel series! I’m really pleased with this version. Let me know what you think!

reasons i’m happy to be aro

mysterious aura of unattainability comes free of charge

Concept: heavy duty face mask that says 'love is in the air'.

@aromanticduck It is not particularly heavy duty But. In honour of aromatic spectrum awareness week;