I just gave a sermon at my church today about asexuality and how to be an ally. Not only did I get a lot of comments about how much people liked it (and how it was easy to understand for so many old folks), but one old lady came up to me afterwards with tears in her eyes and she said, "I'm 77 years old and I finally know what I am. Thank you." And that just made everything I've done worth it.
(also, thank you @onbearfeet for letting me use one of your blog posts. It resonated with a lot of people)
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IF YOUR NOT ASPEC DONT VOTE JUST WAIT
IF YOUR NOT ASPEC DONT VOTE JUST WAIT
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My friend @shellywith2ls found this on Pinterest during our homeroom today, and when she showed me I started dying laughing.
I asked her to send it to me and she just saved the photo and texted it to me, so I can’t properly credit the person who made this. If you see this, hi, I love this, let me know so I can properly credit you 🙃
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Aspec men deserve much more respect and recognition in the aspec community than they receive. They often face a different form of aphobia specific to them ("men are naturally sexual they can't be ace" "all men are unromantic that's not unique") this rhetoric is spouted by many, even members of our own community and I hope for a day where that is no longer the case. As an ace and demiro woman (demigirl but that's beside the point) I want to encourage folks to take the time to give the aspec men in their lives support and to the aspec men reading, you are who you say you are no matter what people say and you deserve the world. I'm sorry for the ways in which toxic masculinity has harmed you. You are a valued member of the aspec community and the queer community as a whole. No ace or aro person is broken and neither are you. I'm sorry if anyone has ever told you otherwise.
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Hey to everyone who needs to hear this.
You are welcome here. You are doing amazing. Your identity is yours and no one else can tell you what you are. If you say you’re a boy you’re a boy. If you say you’re a girl you’re a girl. If you say you’re non binary you’re non binary.
Your sexuality is yours and can’t be defined by anyone but yourself. If you like men that’s great. If you like women that’s great. If you like both that’s great. If you don’t want a relationship either sexual or romantic that’s great. You like who you like don’t let anyone invalidate those feelings
You are awesome. You deserve all the love and support you get.
From one weirdo on the internet to another.
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I am so deeply tired of being infantilised for being asexual. I am not a child with no understand of what sex is. I don't stick my tongue out and go "yuckie!!" Like a toddler at the thought of it. is some basic respect too much to ask for
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Here comes a small ramble about how RadioApple and your art kinda made my mind explode/pos
I used to be very icky about RadioApple and any Alastor ship, really... I'd go "Ew! Respect the aroace rep!" and block away anything with such contents... But after crossing with your tumblr I was enthralled. In special the "No touch Day" small comic, something about it made me feel happy.
Gosh, I never had seen that type of aroace representation... I kinda knew it was an spectrum, but never got the meaning of that, I'd just assume it wasn't for my understanding as a pansexual (supposedly the opposite).
But holy shit- With your Tumblr not only did I get the meaning.
Now guess why the "No Touch Day" comic makes me so happy? Because it made me go "haha, funny I'm kinda like Alastor in that one. Probably that's why not every single one of my relationships worked, sometimes I'd just not feel like romance or getting touchy, haha... OH"
... Guess who now knows they're pan and somewhere on the aroace spectrum? Exactly, me!
I feel a bit awkward sending this, but I felt like you needed to know the huge (good) impact your art got in someone's life :D
(Well, not so small ramble... Sorry lmao)
Don't worry! I enjoy reading rambles like these!
I'm very glad you like my No Touch Tuesday comic! In fact, it's very near and dear to my heart as well! On some days my friends want to cuddle, but I would feel too out of it to touch anyone. It happens to me Too!
Honestly I project a lot of my real-life experiences onto my art (has it been Obvious?), so when I hear that You feel the same way, I feel seen! So nice to know I'm not alone :)
I hope to do this Pair more justice in the future! It's very Fun to explore their dynamics and illustrate them in silly comics and such :D I hope you'll Look Forward to it!
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anyone ever considered using the ace of hearts as a symbol for specifically alloace people? I feel like that makes sense
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Here's a question: if you could choose to wake up tomorrow in an alternate universe where nobody desired sex in any way, felt sexual pleasure, or sexual attraction, would you? It would be easier wouldn't it be? And would you really miss what nobody around you desired?
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:33 < if someone whos aroace tells you they like someone and asks you to call them a (insert any form of teritary attraction) do it. youdont get to pick the name you call them. youdont get to call them a "crush". that isnt your choice. just tell me youre aphobic/see forms of teritary attraction as "lesser" or "not real" without telling me
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