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aroandawkward · 2 years

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I get so emotional thinking about the kids who will grow up knowing words like aromantic and asexual...

I visited a junior school (for ages 7-11) the other day and they had a display of pride posters including one for ace! My 13 year-old neighbour identifies as aroace and has told her parents!

I get so emotional thinking about the aspec kids who will grow up knowing that those identities are an option, knowing that it's a valid way of existing in the world, knowing that it's okay if they don't ever feel (a particular kind of) attraction.

#aromantic #asexual #Yeah there's still a long way to go #but thinking about this makes me feel hopeful #I nearly cried at both of these things lol #I learned about asexuality/ aromanticism aged 16/ 17 #so still pretty young in the grand scheme of things #but the idea that young kids could know about it makes me feel very happy #I spent so long in the limbo of waiting for attraction #Imagine if I'd just known I might never feel those feelings and that was okay #I wanna be an aroace elder to the baby aroace next door if I can #Maybe she won't identify this way forever but she does right now and I'm so happy for her #aroace #actually aromantic #actually asexual

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