#aromanticism

[prototypesteve]

Transgender rights are our rights.

I’m an aromantic asexual, cisgendered GenXer, so what do I stand to lose if younger, probably-allosexual, transgendered people get stepped on by a government who doesn’t even know I exist? Everything.

Everyone’s freedom to be their true self is tied to everyone else’s freedom to be their true selves.

Everyone’s inherent dignity is tied to everyone else’s inherent dignity.

If a principled stance doesn’t appeal to you, then take a cold, pragmatic stance. If you want to build a world where asexual and aromantic people can be themselves without being forced to undergo treatment for our “disorders”, then build a world where trans people can be themselves, too. Trans people today’s easy target. We’ll be tomorrow’s easy target¹.

¹ “We need to talk about the growing movement attempting to stop an entire generation from having kids. They’re trying to wipe out the species with their no-sex agenda!” You know they’ll do it once they have a solid win against our transgendered friends in the books. Aspec people fit perfectly into their batshit conspiracy narratives about race-replacement and and and.

[aro-polls]

Aromantic people, what's your sexuality?

Straight

Gay

Lesbian

Bisexual

Pansexual

Omnisexual

Asexual

I don't know.

Other (Say in tags!)

I'm not aro (See Results)

i think this is a repeat poll too but thats ok

[rottingwithers]

I like all genders. I just don’t love or want to fuck any of them.

[abcwordsurge]

are you ever so obsessed with something that it makes you feel physically ill. like it gets harder to breathe. butterflies in my stomach. the name of my favorite character makes my heart beat faster. is this what attraction feels like for you allo people

[watcherw0rld]

the aromantic struggle of people straight up not believing you when you tell them you’re aromantic

[kyrielyyy]

An angel loses its wings every time an aroace coded character is forced into a romantic/sexual situation by the fandom/creators of their media.

[hallows-personal-hell]

"what if you just haven't haven't the right person yet!!1!1!1!1!" what if I hit you with a car

[garlicbreadish]

i feel like the best thing about being aroace, personally, is being yourself. like you aren't trying to act perfect 24/7 as if your crush's got cams on you 24/7 and your friends like you for who you are.

[aroace-anomaly]

what if

aromantic characters

[killingmyselfbutnotdying]

"Friends dont look at friends that way" COWARD. I look at my friends with awe in my eyes, my chest is filled with love, im glowing because i get to be near my friends. I look at my friends and i would give them my everything. SO SKILL ISSUE, look at your friends with all the love that you have

[42-clocks]

[image ID: Bernie Sanders meme with a small aromantic flag captioned “I am once again asking for you to include aromantics in your pride art/posts/merch” End ID]

[knifearo]

here's the thing. "ace people can still have sex" and "aro people can still be in relationships" are objectively true statements. this is because people can do whatever the fuck they want forever regardless of their label/orientation. however some of you have GOT to get your shit together and stop using those statements to undermine larger conversations about aspec identity. following up "ace people don't owe you sex in a relationship" with "ace people can still have sex in a relationship though!" is not fucking helpful! yes it's true. yes it's a reality for many people. however if we used our fucking brains for a second and thought about how following up "people don't have to conform to societal expectation" with "but people can still conform!! don't worry they can still conform!!!!" is counterproductive and very frustrating for a lot of people then we could get back to the actual point which is not "aspec people can still have sex/be in relationships" but "aspec people can do whatever they want with their relationships and their bodies". which they can, by the way. they can do whatever they want forever. and you should give them 200 dollars every time you see them for dealing with this shit

[rottingwithers]

No, you misunderstood. When I said I can’t feel romantic or sexual attraction I wasn’t complaining, I was bragging.

[pinnakoladda]

hey as a local aroace, i want to specify something.

were no strangers to love. you know the rules and so do i (do i). a full commitments what im thinking of. you wouldnt get this from any other guy. i just wanna tell you how im feeling. gotta make you understand. never gonna give you up. never gonna let you down. never gonna run around and desert you. never gonna make you cry. never gonna say goodbye. never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[hello-im-queer]

I want to find out how many people are aromantic and/or asexual on Tumblr so i made this

[merely-a-caricature]

Normalize super close friendships instead of assuming there must be a romantic and/or sexual factor—friends are a wonderful treasure!