hey. do whatever you want btw. it’s your identity. kiss people for fun. enjoy sex. nobody’s stopping you. being aro and/or ace doesn’t mean you have to be repulsed by romantic or sexual activities if you don’t want to.
and also! things only mean what you meant them to mean. you can have platonic sex and platonically make out with your friends. it’s true. just be sure to communicate so that everyone involved understands and you’re good.
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it's aro week!
happy aro-spec awareness week to all aro-specs including but not limited to:
aromantics
greyromantics
demiromantics
quoiromantics
frayromantics
cupioromantics
lithromantics/akoiromantics
recipromantics
apothiromantics
caedromantics
amicusromantics
vallisromantics
apexromantics
arospikes
arofluxes
alicoromantics/agnoromantics
platoniromantics
nebularomantics
aegoromantics
bellusromantics
idemromantics
requisromantics
non-sam aros and arospecs
non-partnering aros
aros in romantic relationship
aros in queerplatonic or alterous relationships
aplatonic aros
loveless aros
lovequeer aros
lovepunk aros
aroaces/acearos
aroallos/alloaros
aromids
romance repulsed aros
romance ambivalent aros
romance favourable aros
triple/quadruple a batteries (arospec acespec aplspec agenderspec)
anyone questioning if they are arospec or where they fit on it
anyone else whose arospec identity I missed
happy aro week to all <2
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not strictly aromantic not strictly alloromantic but a secret third thing (weird varying levels of romantic attraction under certain circumstances to certain people)
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It’s the start of Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! Here are more larger, free-to-use, no need to credit, Aro-Spec buns. Joining us this year are the non-SAM Bun and the Loveless Bun.
[ID Start: Four icons of various aromantic spectrum identities’ flags all with “aro-spec as heck” curving around a binkying dark brown dutch rabbit. First is the Non-SAM aro flag: blue, light blue, white, light green, green. Second is Loveless Aro; Dark grey, grey, light grey, green, light green, green, light grey, grey, dark grey. Third is Demi Aro; A black triangle on left points towards the middle over three stripes white, green, and grey, with the green stripe being thinner. Fourth is the Grey Aro flag: green, grey, white, grey, green. /End ID.]
This link will take you to the post with buns of Aro-spec, Allo-Aro, Aro-Ace, and Aro flags. This one is for Aro-flux, fray, orchid, and cupio! And this one for akio/lith, aego, abro, and angled aro ace. More coming as ASAW 2023 continues. If you want to request a specific aro flag, send me an ask or DM and I’ll make it!
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s/o to grey aro and demiromantic folk!
(gifs via @redbeardace)
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Are you...
Grey Aroace is an orientation on the Aroace spectrum in which one experiences some level of romantic and sexual attraction, but a small amount or otherwise much less than what is expected of a typical alloromantic and allosexual person.
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Being arospec is just being asked how many crushes you've had/who you've been romantically into and all that comes to mind is like two unobtainable celebrities, five fictional characters, and the 1 (one) real person you think you might have had a crush on 6 years ago
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yknow. i’m actually not romance repulsed. i just think i was so uncomfortable with the idea of someone wanting something i can’t give. i want to love someone forever with undying devotion and engrave their likeness into marble. and i will. have. often. is it romantic? probably not. not based on what i’ve heard about what it’s supposed to feel like, physically and emotionally.
i think as long as whoever was into me in that way knew that my feelings were adjacent but not exactly matching, and they were cool with that, that i would be alright with being romantically or sexually desired.
i still have complicated feelings about sex, but that’s less about identity. i do think i’m not sex repulsed, either. it’s weird realizing these things, using other aroace experiences to try to understand my own and understanding that my story of self understanding is my own.
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growing up in the neurodivergent side of the queer community is just watching as more and more of your friends come out as aro/ace spec and nodding along
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Drew/made these aro/grey aro backgrounds
(No reposting! Reblogging is always appreciated though!)
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