#aromanitc

[schrodingers-intelligence]

Someone low key aphobic: Romantic and sexual attraction is what makes us human!

The A-Spec community, holding up a penguin: BEHOLD A HUMAN

#aspec #asexual #aroace #aromantic #aro #ace #asexuality #aromance #aromanitc #aromantism #pride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqiia+

[thecommunalfoolboy]

Why can’t we have a campy musical about an aroace person figuring out what they are, complete with a running gag where they constantly almost throw up when sex is mentioned

#aroace #aro #ace #aro memes #aromanitc #asexual #asexual memes #musicals #theatre #sex repulsed

[drizzledrawings]

Happy pride!!!

#ID in alt #happy pride 🌈 #lesbian #asexual #aromanitc #transgender #nonbinary #genderqueer #pansexual #inclusive pride flag #lgbt #lgbt art #lgbt pride #bisexual

[warm-tap-water]

i think some people need to realise the lgbtq+ community isnt the fucking oppression olympics. "ace/aro people arent a part of the community because they havent faced as much oppression and violence as the rest of us!" okay but theyre still queer. they dont experience love and attraction the way straight people do. theyre always welcome at pride, lgbt youth clubs, queer safe spaces etc.

people ALSO need to realise that just because you're queer in some way doesnt mean you get to be hateful to other queer people because you dont understand it/ dont think theyre "queer enough"(?)/ dont think they are actually queer.

gatekeeping and excluding certain groups who come to you for support and comfort makes you just as bad as any other homophobe. but in this case you're just hurting your own community.

#lgbtq #lgbtq+ #queer #trans #non binary #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #gay #lesbian #asexual #acespec #aromanitc #aroace #genderqueer #panseuxal #bisexual #omnisexual #polyamourous #agender #enby #panromantic #biromantic

[daybringersol]

as someone in the aro community (and i think this is also applicable to the ace community, which is why y’all are included), i think there is something to be said about people trying to find a moral explanation to their repulsion. in a some situations, it is helpful and there is a conversation to be had about it but in a lot of others, it’s just recycled purity culture, i’m going to be honest.

before you send a post about how you think it’s actually exhibitionist to kiss in public, or predatory to talk about people you want to sexually pursue with your friends, please ask yourself first if there is genuinely something wrong morally going on there, or if it’s just something that grosses you out. it’s completely okay if it’s something that grosses you out. you don’t need to make up a moral reason behind it. you can just say ‘it grosses me out’ and find a way to remove yourself from that situation, for exemple, by looking away, or asking your friends to not talk about those topics around you (if they refuse, that’s another problem entirely and you should get better friends).

it is as unhealthy for allo people to repress their romantic and/or sexual attraction than it is for us to repress our aromanticism and/or asexuality. this isn’t like an theoretical extrapolation, this is a proven phenomenon, we’ve seen it with the catholic church. i understand and empathize with the fact that it feels like all of this is forced upon us, because it is, but there is a difference between someone telling us ‘i like this’ and someone telling us ‘you’re weird/broken if you don’t like this’.

anyways, sorry for the rant, i keep seeing posts in the aro and/or ace tags that try to justify their repulsion with morality, and i don’t want to single out anyone so i thought i’d make this post. there is no issue with posting about repulsion itself, for the record, it’s the moral justification that i think is unhelpful.

you don’t need any justification for your repulsion, you can just be repulsed. that’s fine.

#aromantic spectrum #aromanitc #aromance #aro pride #aromaticism #aroace #acespec #ace pride #aceallo #aroallo #alloaro #alloace #asexuality #asexual spectrum #asexual #aromantic #romance repulsed #sex repulsed

[no-fear-queers]

FRIENDLY REMINDER #5

BISEXUAL MEN ARE REAL AND ARE VALID

BISEXUAL MEN AREN'T "sEcReTlY gAy"

BISEXUAL WOMEN ARE VALID

BISEXUAL WOMEN AREN'T "eXpErImEnTiNg"

BISEXUAL TRANSMASCULINE ENBIES ARE VALID

BISEXUAL TRANSFEMININE ENBIES ARE VALID

BISEXUAL TRANSNEUTRAL ENBIES ARE VALID

BISEXUALS REGARDLESS OF GENDER (or lack thereof) ARE REAL AND VALID

BISEXUALS ARE STILL BISEXUAL AND VALID REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY'RE DATING

BISEXUALS ARE STILL BISEXUAL AND VALID IF THEY'RE NOT DATING ANYONE

BI ACES AND BI AROS ARE REAL AND VALID

#lgbt+ #lgbtq #lgbtq community #lgbtqia #asexual #aromanitc #lgbtq positivity #bisexual #bisexual positivity #bisexual pride #lgbt pride #lgbtqplus #pride

[thegenderisnope]

you gotta accept the entire lgbtq bro, it’s all or nothing

#lgbtq #lgbtqia #pansexual #aromanitc #asexual #transgender #gay #lesbian #bisexual #intersex #nonbinary #genderfluid #demiboy #demigirl #1k #2k #3k #aromantic #4k #5k #why did this get so many notes lmfao #6k #7k #9k

[spindlekick]

Can you believe it took me over a decade to come to this realization

#digital art #cartoon art #aromanitc #itsa me! #for the longest time i thought i was some form of asexual but it never quite felt right #i finally started dating and almost immediately got hit with “maybe you're just aromantic” #life changing

[whoopsie-do0dles]

Just a little vent

#arospec #asexual #aromanitc #aro #aroace #aspec #aroacespec #aromantic #aro pride #acespec

[rocksanddeadflowers]

character: *shows the slightest disgust/disinterest in romantic or sexual anything*

me, grabbing them and shaking them violently around, chanting: ASPEC ASPEC ASPEC!!!!!!!!

#gotta project somewhere when representation is so minimal ya feel? #reblog with your fav aspec headcanons mine rn is jotaro and so so so many tma characters #pls I'm not actively in jojo but i just remembered the way jotaro acted #he's so aroace coded??? pls tell me I'm making sense??? #ace #aspec #aro #aspec community #asexuality #aromanitc

[disbestyx]

It's Pride Month, which means I crawl out of the fetal position in the corner of my room to produce these spectacular pride memes for you, the people of tumblr!

#aromantic #aro positivity #aromantism #arospec #aro culture is #platonic #aro memes #friends #humor #aro pride #aroace #aromanitc #lgbtq community #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqplus #loveless #funny memes #lgbt pride

[samijami]

Aro/ace people can be otherly orientated too, so aro/aces can be pan, bi, gay, whatever.

And if you don't understand that, then that's fine. But please respect others and not make it your personal mission in life to make it your problem.

#asexuality #asexual #asexual spectrum #asexuel #aromantic #aro #aroace #aroallo #oriented aroace #aro/ace #ace stuff #ace pride #acespec #ace #ace/aro #aromantic spectrum #aromanitc #asexual aromantic #aromantic asexual #aro ace #ace aro #lgbtiq #lgbtq rights #lgbt pride #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbt rights #lgbtqi #lgbtqia #lgbtqia+

[beawritingbooks]

Here is how I explained asexuality to my mother:

*

My Mom: What exactly is asexual?

Me: It means that I experience little to no sexual attraction.

My Mom: I just don’t understand that. You thought [name redacted] was cute.

Me: I still think [name redacted] is cute. I just don’t experience any sexual attraction towards them.

My Mom: That doesn’t make any sense to me.

Me: Well, I can recognize when someone is ugly, cute, uniquely hot, and when they are considered sexy, but I still don’t experience sexual attraction to any of them.

My Mom: I’m not saying that you don’t feel this way, or that I don’t believe you, but how could that be possible?

Me: Okay, so, let’s say that I have 4 pairs of shoes in front of me. The first pair are crocs, the second pair are ballet flats, the third pair are those chunky spice girls platform sandals, and the fourth pair are red stilettos.

My Mom: Okay…

Me: Now, I would classify the crocs as an ugly shoe. Do you agree?

My Mom: Yes.

Me: I would classify the ballet flats as cute.

My Mom: So would I.

Me: I would classify the platform sandals as ugly-hot. I know you hate them, but they call to me, and I still love them to this day. Does that make sense?

My Mom: *laughing* Yes.

Me: Lastly, I would classify the red stilettos as hot and/or sexy. Like, that’s a sexy shoe.

My Mom: Absolutely!

Me: Okay, now, even though I can recognize that these shoes have varying degrees of attractiveness, I do NOT want to fuck the shoes…and that is also how I feel about people.

My Mom: Ooohhhh, that makes way more sense to me. I get it now. Well, I don’t “get it,” because I’m straight, but I understand what you mean.

*

Basically, this is how I felt trying to explain things:

#aspec #asexual #asexuality #demisexual #graysexual #aspec stuff #demiromantic #grayromantic #aromanitc #aspec pride #aspec community #aspec friendly #biromantic #homoromantic #panromantic

[wonder-womans-ex]

what if I told you that

"aromantic and asexual are two separate identities and grouping them together/conflating the two only further propagates stigma and misinformation about both"

and

"asexuality and aromanticism have faced many of the same struggles when it comes to rights, representation, and visibility, and that's one of the reasons it's so important that we stand up for each other"

and

"for some people, their own lack of romantic attraction and lack of sexual attraction are intrinsically linked, and it's important that those people feel included in all aspec spaces because they are an important part of our community"

are all ideas that can and must coexist

#aromanitc #asexual #alloaro #alloace #aroace #demiromantic #demisexual #arospec #acespec #aspec #queer #pride #aromantic

[manyminded]

”I’m uncomfortable with (others/myself) shipping aromantic characters” and “I ship aromantic characters because aros can still date” are statements that can and should co-exist.

sincerely, an aro who likes to ship fellow aro characters

#aro #aromance #aromantic #aromantism #aromanitc #arospec #aroace #shipping #fandom #fandom discourse

[daybringersol]

just to be clear, i dont hate being called aroace or treated like im aroace because being aroace is bad. i hate it cuz its constantly forced upon me by people in and out of the community. i feel like thats fair.

its like when people say it’s misogynistic to react badly at being called a girl/woman when you’re transmasc. no. im just straight up not a woman. stop calling me that.

sorry i just saw a post that had good points but someone said something along the lines of “some aroallos and alloaces really act like its an horrible thing to be aroace” and like no. its an horrible thing to be called and expected to be aroace over and over again when youre not. and at some point, some people will stop correcting you nicely and will start being less polite cuz its fucking annoying.

im just tired of being expected to put up with shit constantly from people who should be on our side and then be treated as the problem when i stand up for myself.

anyways, love you aroaces that dont do that /gen

#aroallo #aromantic spectrum #aromanticism #aromantic #aro #aromanitc #arophobia #aroace #aromance #alloace #aceallo #alloaro #asexuality #asexual #asexual spectrum #aspec #solsthoughts