#Aro Pride

[redbeardace]

Giant flag hanging in my house again. Must be getting close to Pride Month.

[lemonadecuredme]

I'm aro but l too, am weak around pretty people.

[lilithsmisadventures]

Getting ready for pride month.

[acexualien]

[our-arospec-experience]

My aro experience is telling people irl that im aromantic when in truth i had been keeping aAaaaaaAAALL my microlabels in my pocketsies and fiddling with them like they're fidget cubes or else i will explode

same :)

[sunn-kist]

i am begging you to please stop confusing aro and ace. when someone shows a disinterest in romance dont say "oh yeah ace moments." when someone says they've never been in love don't say "wow they're ace." when someone says THEY DON'T FEEL OR EXPERIENCE OR UNDERSTAND OR WANT ROMANCE PLEASE STOP EQUATING IT WITH BEING ASEXUAL. WE ARE ARO!! WE ARE AROMANTIC!!! OUR EXPERIENCES MAY OVERLAP WITH ASEXUALITY BUT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AND WE ARE SICK OF BEING IGNORED!!!

[sillycourtjester]

I dont know how to explain it, but being aromantic means having to do the translation of "what do you want in a partner" to "what do you want in a healthy relationship" and look past the romance part. Why do we value romantic or sexual love over any other.

[lust-for-ultraviolence]

[palatteflags]

Robots, Mechanic, Steel, Cold based Ace and Aro moodboard~ ^^ For @theknightandhersteed :) Hope you like the look!!

Want one? Send an ask! -mod Jay

[cany0nm000n]

It's really sad to come out as aro and see how much people don't care about friendship, it doesn't mean anything to them and the minute they fall in love they leave you because "there's nothing better than being in love".

Friendship is as important as any other kind of relationship

[velociraptorlasagna]

I think almost every aro I see really likes green so I'm wondering what specific shades we like the most

[goth-blahaj-advocate]

this is specifically for aromantics who experience platonic attraction but if anyone else has insight or would like to share their experience feel free

so kind of a weird thing but does anyone else have sort of a “type” when it comes to specifically platonic attraction? i’ve noticed that when i feel it it’s only to a specific kind of person

just to clarify i’m not saying i’ll only be friends with one type of person but specifically when i feel platonic attraction towards someone i don’t know, it’s only to people who act/dress a certain way

[canonically47]

“there is no straight explanation for this” neither is there a gay one. there is however an aromantic one

[daybringersol]

fun fact (not fun at all fact actually) :

aromanticism and asexuality are still treated as issues to be fixed in most therapy settings, at least in the western psychiatric institution. i cannot fucking mention my aromanticism or asexuality to a therapist or it’ll immediately become their primary concern and goal to fix. whether or not i have a partner/am trying to have a partner is actively being used as an indicator of my wellness, regardless of if i WANT one. i cannot have access to needed mental health ressources because of fear of conversion therapy. aro and/or ace conversion therapy is the norm in most psychiatric institutions and we are getting told by the rest of the queer community that our oppression isnt real and that there is no link between our struggles and theirs.

more thoughts on the medicalization of asexuality and/or aromanticism

answers to common notes

aplatonic perspective

ressources

background information

tips to avoid aro and/or ace conversion therapy

[acexualien]

I made an Aspec Songs playlist that you can listen to on Spotify! Check it out :)

Feel free to recommend even more Aspec songs!

[our-arospec-experience]

rant/vent, swearing

i yearn for the day where alloaros can talk about their issues, rightfully pissed, without other apsecs having a problem with it. for context, i am an aroace. and i see the CONSTANT lumping together of aro and ace and it even gets on MY nerves immensely. esp the fact its the posts with the highest notes in the tags that do it. i want to see posts about aromanticism without ace always being there. and someone might see this as me and alloaros "hating" on alloaces & aroaces but its not. we're/they're just pissed because this keeps happening and people just dont listen. I've seen people say "terfs are causing the infighting in the aspec community" (there was a meme attached of someone venting about alloaces using aro tags and whatnot) and can we not fucking do that. please. yes, asshole human beings (terfs) will try to be assholes. i think its because of the tone of the posts some people might misunderstand and thus that they come to that conclusion. but i get the anger. and you should be rightfully angry when your identity constantly gets erased and forgotten to the point you have to explicitly say you're an alloaro/aroallo. and some alloaces and other aroaces can be dicks about it. ive seen it recently.(note: SOME) I've seen the same thing in transmasc spaces where someone describes their experience with transfems that treated them like shit and they're angry, and people will always jump the the dumbass conclusions "oh wow you hate transfems now." or "You're trying to divide the community". and no, noone actually wants that. it's like people keep forgetting that any queer person can be a dick to other queer people. all that alloaros want is to have their own space and not create new ones for themselves just because of this afaik. aromanticism should be talked about without asexuality. and the thing is, this only happens to alloaros iirc. I've never seen the opposite (alloaces having the issue of having their stuff tagged as aro) happen. it could very well also be a problem, i dont want to say that can't happen. and please, please do not take this as hate against any other aspecs. i have just seen people taking this as "hating" when its really not.

-a tired aroace.

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