#Aroace

[aroacesafeplaceforall]

“The LBGTQIA+ community is a cult!” Look, even if it was; I would rather be in the “love everyone, accept each other, do what you want to do if it makes you happy cult” then the “do one thing wrong, and you're going to burn for all eternity, things you can't control are your fault” cult.

[yujateaandpi]

As we near the end of aromantic awareness week, I offer up my spicy takes as your friendly neighborhood aroace:

Romantic attraction is one of the many beautiful experiences you can have as a human but it’s just that— an experience. Not an end goal or a threshold. Lived experiences are not universal because we have the wonderful privilege of living on a planet full of different kinds of people.

Tbh romantic relationships look fun when done right. But you know what else is fun? Eating a really good muffin. Reading a story that blows your brains apart. Telling your friends a deez nuts joke and hearing them collectively groan. All rich moments of joy are meant to be cherished. 

Sing it with me: platonic relationships are not lesser, weaker, or cheaper than romantic ones. I hope everyone reading this gets to someday experience a friendship so stalwart and loving that it anchors you through the worst and best of your life. I hope everyone reading this will have someone in their life who cherishes how beautiful they are to their core, regardless of mutual attraction or the obligations of courtship rituals. 

Sex jokes made by the aro and ace communities are superior.

If you’ve ever identified with aromanticism, then hats off to you fellow traveler. You are seen, you are respected, and you are loved. Have a nice end to your week y’all.

[n4rd0-n1nj4-sp1r1t]

Thank you.

WE ARE REAL! AND WE WILL NOT FORGET ABOUT OURSELVES! WE. WILL. FIGHT.

In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.

P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3

EDIT: Well this got a lot of attention! I got a few users asking to print or repost my art and I am unimaginably grateful to everyone's interest, especially since it's a really simple drawing I made on a whim haha! Anyone who is looking to print these out to hang or hand out or repost on another platform is free to do so, although I ask you to credit me and let people know it's from my Tumblr profile! If anyone wishes to do anything else with my art or post and wants to clarify what I consent to then they can message me privately and I'll explain! <333 all my love to my queer siblings

EDIT: I made an LGBTQIA+ version with a focus on trans and intersex folks, it's on my pinned if you prefer this version of the acronym.

[kleinergeist]

Admiring big muscular dudes in a very aro-ace-and-also-disabled kind of way. Damn, boy, you look like you can go up the stairs really easily

[aspecmemesdaily]

Source | Day 269

[asphyxiatedredherring]

A while back I posted some pride flags with the progress stripes added so for ASAW I wanted to share some arospec flags with the progress stripes

Flind the old post here!

Feel free save/use/whatever and send any requests to my ask box

There should be more arospec posts to come!

[simbistardis]

As someone who is aromantic, I don’t experience romantic attraction. I don’t ‘fall in love’ in a romantic sense. I don’t have romantic relationships. I don’t date anyone. I don’t have boyfriends or girlfriends, or any kind of romantic partner.  My emotional connections with other people do not manifest in a romantic way and I have no desire for that to happen – I’m just not that way inclined. It isn’t a lifestyle choice, I didn’t decide to avoid the world of dating because of a bad experience. It’s just the way I’ve always been. I first realised I was aromantic when my peers seemed to realise they weren’t. From a young age, girls are taught to value romantic love. The message was a fixture in almost everything marketed to us.  ... For years of my life, it was very rare for me to actually describe myself as ‘aromantic’. I avoided the subject of dating and romantic relationships. But when I did begin embracing the true nature of my orientation, I was met with a surprisingly disturbing backlash. The assumption is that if you don’t or can’t experience romantic love, then you must be cold-hearted. There’s something supposedly ‘evil’ about it, something that has led to strangers online dubbing me a ‘sociopath’ more times than I can count. I’ve been told I must not value human relationships at all, that there must be something wrong with my brain, that I must have no emotions. ... We are taught that you can have everything – great friends, a loving home, a beautiful family, a successful career, comfort within yourself – but if you’re single, you’re incomplete. You haven’t succeeded in life unless someone romantically loves you and you romantically love someone else. Some assume being aromantic must be a terrible thing – like you’re missing something essential. But romantic relationships aren’t the ultimate relationship, and I appreciate all of the others. While I might not experience the highs of romantic love, I also don’t experience the lows. Instead, I use that same energy to experience the other pleasures life has to offer. Being aromantic encourages me to appreciate these things more deeply, not as something inferior. I find love in so many things, including friendships, helping others, my hobbies and having my own adventures. My confidence is found in having a positive impact in the world, not in my relationship status. Which, by the way, isn’t single. It’s infinite. 

"I'll never fall in love and that's OK" what it means to be aromantic by Yasmin Benoit for Stylist (2022)

[write-it-like-disaster]

Netflix AND chili?? Yes please! 🙋🏽

Comic credit to @chrishallbeck

[suon-arted]

Happy Aromantic Awareness Week!!💚🤍🩶🖤

[bluesonthemoon]

please please please may 2025 be the year i finally let go of internalized aphobia and all the things around me that trigger it please pleaseee may i learn my lesson that i am so allowed to crave close and intimate and physical human connections after so many years full of fear of being misunderstood please please pretty please with sugar on top

google search how to unlearn extreme shame for feeling desire

[lunazepotato]

People said that Tumblr isn't a great place to post original art that isn't fanart, but I'm doing it anyway because I haven't got the motivation to draw anything else

Happy pride month lads! 🧡💛🤍💙

from an aroace potato :)

[axel-ambassador]

Bruh did I just get clocked wtf

[colorpuzzled]

my pride post i think

[shinydrawzsys]

Yoo i also had one!

But on my couch :3

there was a reflection on my carpet yesterday which looked like the aroace flag

[hairscare]

the way fandoms are desperate to make all aroace characters romance and sex favorable but then dont do anything remotely similar to any other identity is astounding. hmm i wonder why

PLEASE dont derail this about shipping characters of other identities please let this one post be about an aroace struggle