#Asexual PSA

[acewithobsessions]

Asexual PSA

"Oh you're asexual? Okay, but you can't identify with the LGTBQ+ community. It's not just a fun party to join."

No. No it's not. We're here because we want representation. We're here because we want equal rights. What part of "equal rights" do you not understand? If asexuality isn't under the LGTBQ+ umbrella, then what is it? Can we please just stop with the acephobia. We are real, and we go through all the hate other queer people do. We deserve recognition.

#Asexual #Asexuality #asexuality is valid #lgbtq #Queer #lgbtqplus #lbgtqcommunity #lbgtq rights #Asexual rights #Asexual PSA #Understanding #Open mind #Fr though I'm so tired of this

[my-lonely-thoughts]

Kisses can be platonic!!!!!! Cuddles and handholding can be platonic!!!! Physical affection isn't inherently romantic!!!!! You get to decide what is/isn't romantic for you!!!!! And as always, consent is key!!!!!!!

#this is your psa of the day #platonic affection #aromantism #aromantic #asexual #asexuality #aroace #lgbtqia #queer #qpr positivity #my lonely thoughts

[mythweaverarts]

*clears throat*

THIS IS A PSA.

ASEXUAL PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ARO.

AROMANTIC PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ACE.

Thank you for your time, y'all are beautiful and valid ❤️

#aromantic #asexual #lgbtq #lgbt psa #aro #ace #aroace #aspec

[ugly-anarchist]

Friendly reminder that "aroace" is NOT the umbrella term for the whole aromantic/asexual community

The correct umbrella term is Aspec

Aroace is its own specific identity and alloaros don't want to be placed in the "aroace" community

#this has been a psa #aspec #aroace #aroallo #alloaro #arospec #aro #aromanticism #ace #aromantic #asexuality #acespec #asexual

[nonexistentface]

How do people like not understand aromanticism or asexuality? Like you ever see someone and you don't want to date them? Now imagine that but with everyone you see. That's aromanticism. Ever see someone and you don't want to have sex with them? Imagine that but with everyone you see. That's asexuality. Extremely easy to understand

#lgbtq #aromantic #asexual #queer #aro #ace #aroace #psa

[codthefishgod]

To all the people who think aspec people aren't LGBTQIA+ because we aren't "discriminated against enough", here's a lovely list of reasons why you need to educate yourself:

- We suffer from dehumanisation, people actively devaluing or even erasing our humanity because of our identities (The voidpunk community is heavily supported by aspec people because of this)

- We suffer from self hatred due to feeling as if and being told we are broken, that no one can be happy unless they're in a romantic/sexual relationship, because of allonormativity and amatonormativity that actively damages our mental health

- Amatonormativity shapes laws that put us at an active disadvantage, such as giving married people financial and legal benefits

- Aspec people have been victims of conversion therapy, correctional rape, a lower quality of life, and other effects of being a marginalised and oppressed group

- We suffer from our identities being pathologised and deal with medical stigma because of this, causing many of us to feel unwelcome in and even avoid health care settings

- We suffer from our identities being erased, which can range from people completely denying our existence and people equating it to celibacy, to an almost complete absence of aspec representation in the media (It's been getting better lately, especially for alloaces and aroaces, but I have yet to ever see a canon aroallo character, and representation for those on the spectrum rather than in the extremes is often ignored)

- YOU are creating a hateful, exclusionary space in a community meant to be about inclusion. The same thing that happens to us happens to bisexual people, to polyamorous people, and other identities that are "disputed." In a community meant to be about rejecting the norm, YOU are shoving us out because we don't fit the norm of being LGBTQIA+. Because we're not enough like you.

These are only a few examples of aphobia that people like me deal with. Discrimination and oppression against aspec people stretches far beyond this.

But even if it didn't, it is disrespectful and harmful to everyone involved to gatekeep membership in the community based on oppression and discrimination.

We aren't LGBTQIA+ because we experience oppression. We are LGBTQIA+ because our existence alone goes against heteronormativity and other societal norms forced upon us.

#lgbtq #lgbtqia #aromantic #asexual #aromanticism #asexuality #ace #aro #aspec rights #aspec #aro pride #aroace #arospec #ace pride #ace rights #acespec #aro rights #this has been a psa #psa #information #important psa #aroaceprideispridetoo #we are enough #allonormativity #amatonormativity #discrimination #aspec discrimination #oppression #inclusion #educate yourself

[i-platypus]

I'm begging you all again to remember:

Not all Aros are Ace

Not all Aces are Aro

You can not, and should not, use "aroace" as a catch-all, short-handed term for ace-spec or aro-spec identities

Our nuances are just as important as yours. Please respect them.

#asexual #aromantic #arospec #ace spec #words mean things #labels matter #psa #why don't we get drunk and queue

[rjalker]

yeah fucking PSA

there's an "aromantic" survey made by aromanticandhappy that I'm pretty fucking sure has been made by a fucking crypto TERF. It is blatantly fishing for people to answer with "Yes AFAB people are more oppressed", equates AFAB and AMAB with, and I quote, "biological men and women", and is just?????

It literally reads like it was written by a TERF who's trying to hide the fact that they're a TERF. Especially because that's a brand new blog created for the sole purpose of posting the survey.

It's suspicious as fuck. Be wary.

#aro #aromantic #PSA #aromantic survey #aspec #arospec #queer #MOGAI #pride #LGBT #Queer #aroace #ace #asexual #so morep eople see it

[meerawrites]

I am rather loudly tapping the sign.

#meera.txt #psa #important #queer #bisexual #lgbtq+ #asexual #aromantic #pansexual #lesbian #gay #transgender #trans #genderqueer #nonbinary #queer as in fuck you #safe to reblog #safe to rb

[somebodysaidimpulsive]

So I was overthinking things, as is my wont to do, and I had a realization (This is something I've had anxiety about before, and judging from past experiences, I think other people might've too):

If you're aromantic, you can still listen to love songs. You can still enjoy those. Same for asexuals with songs about sex. You can still enjoy those all you want. Hell, blast them in your car and sing along if it makes you happy.

I know it can feel scary, like someone might point and go "Ha! You're not really aromantic, you're listening to a love song!" or "Ha! You're not really asexual, you're singing a song about sleeping with someone and clearly enjoying it!", but honestly? If anyone does that, you shouldn't listen to them anyways. Listen to the people who understand that you just like the beat or whatever and that this makes you feel happy.

People who try to gatekeep your tastes based on your sexuality, orientation, or anything else aren't worth listening to.

#random shit #gremlin psa #aromantic #asexual #aroace #aspec

[acewithobsessions]

Asexual PSA

Never, never, let anyone tell you that you're "not ace enough".

All asexuality is is a lack of sexual attraction. Nothing else is required. Some aces do experience sexual attraction! These can be aceflux, acefluid, demisexual, grey-ace - on and on.

You can be ace and still want to cuddle. You can be ace and still like kissing. You can be ace and still like sex. You are ace enough for us.

#asexuality #Aspec #Asexual #Asexual PSA #Questioning #We love you <3 #Counter aphobia #lgbtqiia+ #lgbtqplus #Queer

[receivingtranny]

i think it's important to recognize as a person on the anattractional spectrum (personally i'm aroaceflux, acoplatonic, greyfamilial, neurosensual, to name a few) that a huge part of breaking down amatonormativity is about designing your own meaning of love/attraction, deciding what *your* boundaries are, and what different relationships mean to you.

i think that people on the aspec are more susceptible to hyper-individualist propaganda that exists in our capitalist society. due to amatonormativity causing so much social ostracism for us, it's easy to become hyper-independent and feel like you don't need anyone, or any form of community more specifically.

it's easy to push yourself into a corner and isolate yourself. but we need people, to lean on, to have our back. not in a romantic, platonic, or even familial sense.

i'm talking about when a stranger holds the door open for you when your hands are full, when your mutuals reblog your art, or when the worker at the local sandwich shop remembers your name. humans are still social creatures, even when loveless. and it's important to recognize the validity of being loveless/anattractional without cutting yourself off from the world.

(obviously, it'd be a lot easier if amatanormative bullshit wasn't literally everywhere you look.)

#this is just based on some aroace/aplatonic memes i've seen recently #that i read and was like 'that's funny! are they okay tho?' #psa #anattractional #acoplatonic #aroaceflux #neurosensual #greyfamilial #getting down from my soapbox now #aromantic #asexual #aplatonic #asensual #demiromantic #aspec #acespec #arospec

[gray-ace-space]

everybody block @actual-asexuality. they are an asshole exclusionist trying to undo the work we're doing. the fact that they frame it as 'debunking myths' is laughable and insulting.

#og post #psa #community #anti exclus #grayphobia #ace #gray ace #demi ace #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #asexual #gray asexual #demisexual #graysexual #anti exclusionist #inclusionist #tw exclusionism

[kipandkandicore]

have you been reblogged by @/did-is-not-real? are you a system or asexual person who’s being harassed by a troll?

did-is-not-real is going around system and aspec spaces making fun of individuals and claiming they’re not real or invalid. this is gross, childish behavior, but we can work together to get the account suspended!

if you’ve been reblogged by the troll, here’s what you can do:

report the blog. select that you are personally being targeted or harassed.

include the link to the post where did-is-not-real reblogged from you.

tumblr will ask you to describe the post and specify why it violates tumblr rules. be sure to mention that you are being targeted because of your protected identity (either as a disabled person if you’re a disordered system, or as a queer/lgbt+ person if you’re aspec)!

once you’ve submitted the report, tumblr will ask if you’d like to block the user. go ahead and do this for your own safety!

we’d encourage anyone who has been reblogged by this awful account to go ahead and report + block. you’re welcome to just block if you’d like, but reporting is one way we can try to get the account taken down.

reports will be more effective if the people who were actually targeted file their own reports, so if you’ve been reblogged by this account, please go ahead and report it!

stay safe out there and look after yourself! together we can get this account off tumblr :)

#psa #syscourse #did osdd #dissociative identity disorder #asexual #asexuality #aspec

[nonexistentface]

Aro/aces CAN be in a relationship, but if your only representation of aro/aces are in relationships, thats not representation.

#aromantic #asexual #lgbtq #queer representation #psa

[actuallyasexuality]

Aphobia may not be as apparent as homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, but it is still an issue that needs to be fought against.

In reality, asexuals face a lot of the same negativity, hate, and ignorance that other LGBTQ+ people receive.

Homophobes blame WLW and MLM couples for the population.

Ex. "The population is going to decline because of the increase of gay marriages."

Aphobes try to pressure aces into having children.

Ex. "I'm still waiting for my Granbabies, Sarah," or "You just haven't met the right woman yet, Kevin. Once you meet the right girl you'll want to have a mini you running around"

Biphobes and Transphobes don't treat bi and trans people seriously.

Ex. "It's just a phase," or "Jayson is just doing it for attention."

Aphobes don't treat ace people seriously.

Ex. "It's just a phase," or "Lauren is just a late bloomer."

Homophobes treat homosexuality as a mental illness.

Biphobes treat bisexuality as a mental illness.

Transphobes treat being transgender as a mental illness.

Aphobes treat asexuality as a mental illness.

Biphobes and homophobes think they can turn gay and bi people straight.

Aphobes believe they can turn aces into allos.

There are difference, but there are also many similarities. It's important that we lift each other up and fight against inequality together.

#ace #asexual #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #lgbtqia #asexuality #acespec #aphobia #gay #lesbian #trans #Bisexual #transphobia #homophobia #biphobia #psa