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martian-mellow1 · 3 months

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Here’s a question that I’m conflicted about:

Should you be able to sexualize a canonically asexual character?

I personally think no. But one could make the argument that asexual =\= above sex. I’m mean there is sex repulsion but unless the creator says they’re a sex repulsed asexual, it should be fine. On the other hand it’s still in a way erasing the representation of an asexual character by only depicting them as sexual.

It’s very confusing to me cause when I see a asexual character being sexualized (especially if it’s an aroace character) it makes me sad, cuz the people depicting the asexual character in typically sexual situations are blatantly ignoring their asexuality. I’d compare it to turning a canonically gay character straight. But at the same time I recognize that depicting asexuals as strictly not into sex is very damaging to the asexual community as it could lead to misunderstanding what asexuality is? This just may be a personal problem :/

What do you guys think?

#asexuals are valid #asexuals are lgbt #being asexual #asexuality #aromance #aroace #asexual #lgbtq discourse #ace discourse #acephobes fuck off

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accidentalally · 5 months

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That's right! Asexual people are welcome around trans people.

#asexuals are lgbt #barbeque #comfy #bernie sanders

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chancematter · 8 months

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I’ve just thought of a half-decent analogy to describe asexuality to allosexuals, perhaps even for aromanticism as well. It works best for sex-indifference, but I think it applies either way, so. Bear with me.

Have you ever seen a pair of mittens and immediately, instinctively, unprompted, thought about what it would feel like to wear them? What their fabric feels like? How your hands would feel inside them, what they look like on the inside? Precisely how warm they’d be? To the point where even if you’d never seen those mittens before and never see them again, you might even think about them after? No? Yea, me neither.

Imagine you’re out shopping with a group of friends and you see a lineup of mittens. Everyone’s jumping over eachother to point out, “oh, I’ve gotta wear this one,” “guys, look at this one,” “I need these” “this is totally my style” “I bet these are so comfy” and then someone looks at you, just standing there because…wtf. And they go “What about you? Which mittens do you wanna wear? C’mon, I know you want at least one!” Would you pick a pair of mittens? It seems like a relatively low stakes social interaction, they all seem to be having fun, nothing about this will truly affect the mittens at this time, you don’t have to buy anything, and there’s plenty of aesthetic criteria to base the choice on if you want. Would you pick one? I would. Many of us did.

Imagine right now, you learned a new fact that has always been true about the world and that everyone else sees as normal: 99% of people see some pair of mittens, maybe 1 in every 20, and immediately and instinctively think about wearing them, like I described earlier. They want to, they feel what’s described as a biological urge to wear those mittens. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t, sometimes they check out the mittens first, sometimes they just wear a pair of mittens they found on the sidewalk without knowing anything about them. Feeling this was is considered normal, and everyone has assumed you feel this way too, because this is the default. That inclination is normal, and you’re weird.

What would you think? Perhaps some level of what the fuck? But there’s no problem with wearing mittens, you guess, you just didn’t realize people actually felt that way, you thought they were exaggerating or joking around, but no. Would you struggle to believe it? Would you pretend to feel the same? What would you say the next time someone asked you about what kind of mittens you want to wear, knowing that’s what they really mean, knowing you’ve never felt that way about a pair of mittens?

People judge you now for not feeling as inclined to wear specific mittens as they do. Even some friends stick their hands in their pockets when you walk up, and stop talking about mittens at all because they don’t want to make you uncomfortable. Perhaps they act as if you don’t have hands, or insist you just haven’t found the right pair of mittens yet. For all you know, you could still find that “perfect pair” but time just keeps going and you’re clearly missing something. People accuse you of lying, laugh at you, maybe even try to shove mittens onto your hands just to show you how it feels, to “fix” you. Will you wear mittens just to appease the masses? Will you pretend to want mittens you don’t really care about? None of this makes any sense to you!

I think the analogy is pretty clear at this point, but I really want to emphasize that I’m not exaggerating here. The analogy isn’t perfect, but as far as I’ve taken it, it emotionally follows. The idea that someone could look at someone else, especially someone they don’t know, and immediately imagine them naked or want to touch them or whatever sounds just as ridiculous as someone achieving climax from wearing a pair of mittens. When people asked me who my “crush” was as a kid, like many aces and aros, I just picked a random person because I didn’t understand.

I have nothing against sex, I feel quite neutral about it and if you’re having it and enjoying it, I’m happy for you… but I just don’t care to try it. I shouldn’t have to. Just accept that I don’t care that much about the mittens.

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chisecco · 5 months

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"we need weirder queers" you guys couldnt even handle asexual people in 2016 (and probably still cant handle them)

#queer #asexual #txt #ace #lgbt #lgbtq #1k #5k #10k #damn people liked this one

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strawby-jelli · 3 months

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Okay so I just watched a video of a boy who once identified as trans still got bottom surgery after he realized he was cis and people were so fucking rude? Like just because this cis dude has a vagina people were calling him transphobic and wishing death upon him.

So this is a reminder that when we as a community advocate for bodily autonomy and gender surgeries that means everyone regardless of gender can do whatever they want with their bodies.

If someone who is cisgender wants top/bottom surgery THEY CAN GET IT. If someone wants facial plastic surgeries that we usually find creepy like buccal fat removal or eye lifts THEY CAN GET IT. And here’s the really controversial one but if someone wants to do things that harm their body like hard drugs or diy mods THEY CAN DO IT!

Because body autonomy isn’t just “I can get bottom surgery to pass” or “I can get an abortion” it’s also all the wild stuff that makes us uncomfortable and that’s okay.

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tcustodisart · 11 months

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Happy Pride Month!

Faust the Crow loves you even more than she did the last 2 years!

#let's gooooo #pride #pride month #lgbt+#lgbt #lesbian #gay #bisexual #pansexual #transgender #nonbinary #asexual #aromantic #oc #oc:faust #crow

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fagbearentertainment · 3 months

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I wanna see how much of the tumbr user base is queer so I made this 😋

Reblog for larger sample size! ☺️

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kayina-san · 12 days

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Oh how the tables have turned

#straight #gay #lesbian #bi #bisexual #aromantic #lgbtq community #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia #aroace #asexual #pansexual

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cheesy-cryptid · 9 months

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Sharing a recent commission that holds a very special place in my heart 🥹🫶

My commissions are still open!!

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martian-mellow1 · 2 months

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If your reasoning for changing a character’s asexuality is because you’re doing it for “fun” ask yourself why you think asexuality is boring in the first place. Whats more, if you feel the need to use asexual terms to find “loop holes” in asexuality to justify your shipping, you need to reevaluate your whole view on asexuals if you think weaponizing our terms against us is ok (this includes asexuals within the community too, you may not care but others do!)

I’m just sick of being a broken record constantly having to defend my view that asexuality should be treated with the same respect as any other lgbt+ identity. Cuz it’s not even about the fictional characters at this point, it’s about respect. If you wouldn’t ship a lesbian with a man and try to justify it by saying “well maybe she’s bisexual”, than it should be the same for asexuals :/

#asexuals are lgbt #lgbtq discourse #lgbt+#asexuality #being asexual #asexuals are valid #i’m just sick of this

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mushroomyhouse · 11 months

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Happy Pride Month! 🌈

Pride Flag Stamp Washi! Brand new and on sale to celebrate Pride Month 🥰

🏳️‍⚧️ mush.house/pridemonth 🏳️‍🌈

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queerrambles · 2 months

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If you don't know, take your best guess

Immediate family is your parents and siblings, and that's it. No grandparents, cousins, aunts, nephews, etc. No in-laws, either. I'm also not counting the immediate family you may have made as an adult (children and spouses).

Adoptive and step family count.

I want to see how common it is to have multiple queer people in the same family.

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mime-rodeo · 3 months

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give me ace characters who are unabashedly sexy and flirtatious.

give me aro characters who are emotional and clingy.

give me bi characters who can't even make eye contact with anyone, let alone flirt with them.

give me pan characters who are deadpan (haha get it) and have black cat energy.

give me non-binary characters who dress completely femme or masc, who don't “look non-binary”.

give me trans characters who don't completely pass as their gender but are still respected and not the butt of a joke.

fuck the stereotypes, give me more variety in queer representation.

#queer #queer representation #lgbt #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #bisexual #pansexual #asexual #aromantic #transgender #trans #non-binary #non binary #lgbt community #queer community #gay #lesbian

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prideknights · 1 year

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We are the Pride Knights, and this is our battle cry No enemy can shake us, as hard as they can try There’s a fire in our eyes that no hatred can kill A passion in our hearts that’s as strong as our will To our fellow queers who fight their battles on their own We promise to fight with you, you are never alone To our fellow queers who have fallen with the pain We thank you for your courage, your fight is not in vain We are defenders of the right to be proud of who you are To love who you love and to accept every scar We are your knights, protectors of our pride Together we stand, together we ride

AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY(!) The Pride Knights Playing Cards are now available for pre-order in our store until March 31, 2024!

prideknights.com ⚔️🌈

#lgbtq+#lgbt #bisexual #gay #trans #aromantic #demisexual #queer #genderqueer #asexual #nonbinary #non binary #genderfluid #pansexual #lesbian

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whatareyoureallyafraidof · 3 months

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deancaskiss · 1 year

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rb to have a super gay 2023

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