#asexual activism

[acelosangeles]

Small but mighty! Ace Los Angeles representing at Long Beach Pride 2023 🖤🤍💜

Fur babies support ace and aro people too 😎

#asexuality #acelosangeles #ace los angeles #lgbtqia #asexual #ace pride #ace spectrum #asexual activism #aromantic #aromantic pride #aromantic spectrum #demisexual #Demisexual pride #Long Beach pride #Long Beach pride 2023 #lgbtqiaplus #lgbtqia2splus #asexual spectrum #asexual pride #pride event #dog #dogs #dogs for asexual and aromantic people #dogs at Long Beach Pride

[ihateliterature]

Yasmin Benoit has the patience of the fucking devil. An asexual aromantic black woman who does lingerie BDSM modeling. I hope she has a great therapist and support system because she really needs it after the shit she is put through every time she says ANYTHING on the internet

#asexual #asexuality #asexual activism #yasmin benoit #aromantic #aromanticism #aromantic activism #we'll never forget our queen for all the work she's done for us over the years

[corvusthecryptid]

y'know what? fuck it! shout out to all my fellow "stereotypes!"

shoutout to my fellow autists who do feel like a kid in an adult’s body because their mind works differently. shoutout to my fellow systems who have alters that lash out, and/or alters of fictives from popular media. shoutout to my fellow bpd folks who get clingy and have abandonment issues. shoutout to the autists who act "robotic" and love trains or dinosaurs. shoutout to the people with OCD/OCPD who do get obsessions with cleanliness and orderliness, who do wash their hands over and over, who do lock and unlock the doors a specific number of times. shoutout to the people struggling with intrusive thoughts that do get the violent ones and the sexual ones, not just the self-injurious ones.

shoutout to my fellow flamboyant gays. shoutout to the lesbians who wear flannel and have buzzcuts. shoutout to the aces who like space and cake and dragons. shoutout to the aces who are stoic and don't have an interest in bonding with people even non-romantically. shoutout to the nbs with neopronouns and names like "star." shoutout to the queers(or otherwise lgbt+ folk if you don't use that term for yourself) who have dyed and cut hair, wear a shitload of pronoun pins, wear a rainbow binder that can be seen, and love talking about how much they love being part of the community.

shoutout to my fellow activists who yell and get mad. shoutout to my fellow activists who bring up the problems in things, even if it means "always making it political." shoutout to the feminists who don't wear bras or shave, and don't get along with men.

shoutout to the men who struggle with emotions. shoutout to the men who love blue and camo and trucks and fixing things and sports and hunting. shoutout to the women who cry easily. shoutout to the women who take hours getting ready. shoutout to the women who love pink and shopping and shoes and cooking and taking care of kids and cleaning.

i'm very white so i'll summarize the next one: shoutout to all the BIPOC fitting into "stereotypes" as well. if anyone who is BIPOC wants to give specific shout outs, go for it!

to anyone who fits these or any other "stereotypes":

You are not a stereotype. You are a person with traits and qualities. You are not doing anything wrong by being true to yourself, whether that means fitting expectations or not.

Anyone who hates whatever group you are in for these "stereotypes" would hate your group regardless; anyone who accuses you of "giving your group a bad name" is deflecting the hate onto you because it's easier to pretend that it's nothing they are doing that gets that hatred; the truth is, bigots are bigots and they will always find a "reason" to be hateful. You trying to avoid "stereotypes" will never change that.

(do not fucking clown on this post. you will not get a debate from me, you will get blocked.)

#long post #important #autism #systems #did #osdd #bpd #borderline personality disorder #ocd #ocpd #gay #lesbian #ace #asexual #nonbinary #neopronouns #queer #lbgt #feminism #activism #anti transmed #stereotypes

[love-too]

My aroace toxic trait is that I believe that under some extremely particular and planets-aligning circumstances I could experience the most heart wrenching and fluffiest romance ever

#all of this just through action and not feelings #and despite my obliviousness and repulsion #but the perfectionist in me believes that if i #- of all people - #would ever (improbably) actively seek out a romantic relationship #then it would be the best to ever grace this earth #not even poets could imagine it #Humility and so on i guess #aromantic #asexual #aroace #roba mia #asexuality #love #words #am i aromantic? #am i asexual #like

[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

[skeletalroses]

My (recently married, alloro ace) friend sent me this article tonight. I highly encourage everyone to read it, especially aspecs and people who are otherwise nonpartnering or sexual minorities. The women featured in this piece are awesome and so is their community-organizing game (which is why anarchists and people interested in mutual aid should read this too).

I reiterate: aromantic+asexual liberation and women's liberation are inescapably intertwined.

I hope everything these Korean women are doing takes off and expands to other communities and continents, because I cannot WAIT to join a No-Marriage Women's club.

Me and the girls destroying marriage and the nuclear family: 🎉🍾🪓🔥🎆🔪🎊🎇🪓🥂🔪🔥🎉

#aromantic #actually aromantic #actually aroace #anarchism #activism #arophobia #asexual #acephobia #women #Korea #links

[artiststarme]

Eddie loved to read. He enjoyed immersing himself in books, letting the stories wash over him, and escaping his own reality for the imaginations of another. He adopted new personas and became someone else as he skimmed every word. He put himself in the shoes of people he could only dream of and let their lives replace the problems in his.

On the other hand, Steve hated reading. He sat alone for hours staring at words without meaning with letters that floated through paper and dripped from the pages. He couldn’t derive any knowledge from books nor could he enjoy the lives of the characters or the storylines of novels. As soon as the wretched piece of paper flipped, whatever contents were on it were swiped from his memory. He never understood the literary importance of any book much less hidden meanings somehow woven into the pages that the English teachers talked about.

After escaping the talons of both Vecna and the mob out for blood, the boys were left with too much time and too little to do. No one wanted to hire someone that associated with the town’s not-so-secret-teen-killer and on the off chance that they went into public, they were persecuted by their peers.

To deal with the boredom, loneliness, and restlessness alike, Eddie turned to reading. He would dive right into the words like Steve had dived into Lover’s Lake. He would adopt the lives of the characters and pretend that maybe his life wasn’t so bad after all.

Steve watched Eddie flip each page, a look of innocent wonder on his face and a hopeful smile on his lips. They couldn’t do book club or share notes on what was being read but Steve could still follow the emotion of the story through Eddie’s expressions and the trace of a finger along his jumping pulse. Eventually, Eddie would read aloud. He’d keep Steve entranced in the story with his raspy voice combing through every word. Sometimes he’s stumble, his eyes moving faster than his mouth could speak, but it was still the most satisfying thing Steve had ever heard.

On a random Thursday when they finally finish the book, Steve holds Eddie’s face in his hands and delicately kisses his lips for the first time.

“Maybe now it’s time we start our own story, Eds.”

And so they do.

#their favorite activity is sitting on the couch or laying in bed with Eddie reading and Steve dozing off #(I’m asexual and it shows lol) #the rest of the Party find it disgustingly mushy #however Steve and Eddie ignore them like they always do and make an even bigger effort to read in front of them #Eddie even starts reading the horrific romance books old ladies read to really piss them off #stranger things #steddie #ficlet #steve harrington #eddie munson

[lovelessrage]

Pro-kink advocacy goes hand in hand with aspec advocacy and if you don't understand this you need to start.

#note: yes this includes advocacy for the sex repulsed and averse! the point is that both communities are villified for living outside norms #both communities are actively hated for not conforming to what society deems the natural way of things #the freedom to be proudly kinky comes with the freedom to proudly not participate #it's about a collective shared goal for relationship freedom and personal choice #if you're pro aspec but anti kink you're not getting it. same if you're pro kink but anti aspec. #we have so much in common. i've never felt more accepted than when i've been around kink positive people #we're valuable allies for each other #we're all freaks to normative society. linking up pulls all of us forward #aromantic #asexual #aplatonic #atertiary #aro #ace #apl #arospec #acespec #aplspec #aspec #scowl corner #you don't have to live the lifestyle of someone else to want to see each other succeed.

[breaking-news-the-aroace-has]

#aroace #aromantic #asexual aromantic #aromantic asexual #asexual #breaking news #brought to you by ^him #what has the aroace done today #aromaticism #aroacespc #aroacespec #aspec #arospec #be gay do crimes #lgbtq #alphabet mafia #crime #criminal activity #lgbtqia #lgbtq community

[sokkabackbender2021]

honestly i think it’s so gross how many adults i have seen on this app upset that heartstopper is a show rather mild in its sexual content. it’s a show that’s target audience is young queer people….about young queer people……played by young queer people. the show is not “anti-sex” at all, if you actually watched the show charlie and nick discuss that they WANT to do more, that they want to “go further” some day. charlie has a boat load of trauma (including trauma about having his physical boundaries ignored) however and nick is still processing his sexuality, so why are you pushing for them to be intimate?? i’ve known people who have dated for years and didn’t actually have sex until they were adults and mature enough to do so.

viewing this show as a adult woman i find it honestly disturbing that there is this fixation on the necessity of sexual content including children. because that is who these characters are. children.

the show does not bash sex (uhh the teachers very clearly banged??), it merely advises against forcing yourself to be sexual before you are ready. the queer community has always been demonized as a “hypersexual” group of people, but that is merely a label forced upon us. heartstopper is the one of the only queer pieces of media that defies this expectation, and tells queer kids everywhere that it’s ok to take your time, and that sex is not the end all be all.

#no that does not mean sex is dirty or gross #it’s just not everything in life #or in a relationship #i think it’s a relief to finally see that represented #heartstopper #nick nelson #charlie spring #nick and charlie #i’m so sorry to any aro/ace people who have seen this content on this platform :( #i know it’s very invalidating to see this kind of hate against the show #asexual #queer #TW: discussions of sex/sexual activity

[eziojensenthe3rd]

82,970 so far. Go a sign it already

#kosa #stop kosa #kosa bill #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #trans #transgender #internet freedom #internet censorship #asexual #queer #us politics #eclipse #astronomy #911 abc #fandom #boop #artists on tumblr #bad internet bills #palestine #gaza #free palestine #free gaza #petition #activism #sign this petition #dammit #shitpost

[acelosangeles]

Ace LA's very own Izzy is featured in this new video from Anthony Padilla! 

This video is about different assumptions that people make about asexual people. It already has over 200K views! Please go and support! 💜

Type in "Is Asexuality Even Real? Assumptions" on YouTube to watch! Or click here ✨

#asexuality #asexualawarenessweek #asexual spectrum #acespec #ace pride #asexual pride #acelosangeles #ace los angeles #lgbtqia #ace la #asexual activism #demisexual #demisexuality #demisexual pride #ace LA #meetup

[gayvampyr]

“queer spaces should be inclusive of people who don’t enjoy sex and who have “strange”, negative or repulsed relationships with sex” and “sex is an important aspect of lgbt community, history, and activism and queer people should be allowed and able to talk freely about sex without stigma or shame” are ideas that can and should coexist.

#‘queer people were banned from and shamed for having sex and that’s where a lot of our activism stemmed from’ and #‘not liking or having sex is considered abnormal and a mental illness and also needs to be destigmatized’ are concepts that not only can but #often do coalign #it’s esp important to consider that a lot of lgbt ppl who have a tricky and strained relationship with sex are like that because of trauma #which is very common for queer folks #it’s really not an ace-only thing #like i am sex repulsed but it’s very hard to discern if it’s because i’m asexual or if it’s the trauma. either way i deserve to have those #feelings and be included in lgbt spaces and discussions about sex and treated as just another queer person with a different experience #instead of being alienated because my feelings about sex don’t directly line up with yours #im so sick of people in this community trying to pit us against each other. as an ace lesbian that shit is so toxic and harmful #my relationship with sex is fluid. im sex-positive always‚ but i often find myself sex repulsed. im otherwise neutral about it but im sick #of people acting like it’s either you enjoy sex and have it frequently or you hate it and you shame everyone who has it like youre a puritan #and it’s often aphobes who bought into that ‘aces are puritanical celibate straights who want ppl who have gay sex to die or think they’re #‘dirty’ or some shit. and it was literally 90% crypto-aphobes pretending to be aces to get people to adopt that into their belief system #the same way crypto-t/rfs pretend to be trans women who want to prey on the ‘innocent women’ #and y’all will use those posts/screenshots as ‘evidence’ that whatever scapegoat you’ve selected is actually inherently bad/homophobic/ #misogynistic/etc and not even #acknowledge the giant hole in your logic cuz you’re too busy trying to find a scapegoat #it’s the same tactics and y’all fall for it every time #text post #like. lesbians are CONSTANTLY getting hounded and told that we’re broken or mentally i’ll for not showing interest in (having sex with) men #for the same reason asexuality is considered bad or wrong or weird #not showing interest in heterosexual relationships or sex is why this is so important #anyone that falls outside the scope of heterosexuality is part of this community whether you like it or not

[g3othermal3scapism]

im sick again so that means more community text posts 🔥🔥

#my fav sickly activity #some chang and dean in there this time #literally why is the troy one so low quality #t4t redstreet real and true #the sillies ever #😘 #asexual annie #(canon+factual+real) #nbc community #community text posts #redstreet #abed nadir #annie edison #troy barnes #ben chang #dean craig pelton #britta perry #jeff winger #goobers…..

[worm-jpeg]

i think being aroace is pretty cool of me actually

#aromantic #asexual #juni posting #aroace activity

[artemispanthar]

If I had the time and patience I would compile a collection of gifs of every time the show strongly implies Monk is asexual, because there's quite a few examples. Like there's one episode where he's at a football game with Stottlemeyer who says "This is better than sex" and then Monk, who could not care less about football, is like "Well, what isn't?" Like how am I supposed to take that?

Like, do I think this early 2000s show written by a bunch of boomers actively set out to make an asexual protagonist? No. And yet they absolutely did.

#artie thoughts #monk #monk tv #I may do this at some point if I can find the time #I love me some gif compilations #canon ace honestly #like yeah yeah I know it was probably just to make him seem 'weird' #but like it never seems mean-spirited or anything it just genuinely seems like an aspect of his character #like they almost intentionally made him asexual but also probably didn't actively intend it