#Arospike

[theaceofarrows]

Since Pride Month is almost upon us, I just want to make sure that ANYONE who identifies as aspec knows that this is your month, too!

Whether you identify as ace, aro, demi, grey, or any micro label, or combination that's well known or hardly know at all. You are valid, and YOU ARE part of the LGBTQA+ community. Never forget that!!

[arokalypse]

some arospec flag gifs below for your aro doomscrolling experience

[someoneq]

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

[our-arospec-experience]

Some Arospec Identities:

This is a list of some Arospec identities! It may be incomplete, and I am not an expert, so please let me know if there are any mistakes/identities you want added. :D

Aromantic: experiencing little or no romantic attraction to anyone; not having romantic feelings.

Aro flux: someone who fluctuates between experiencing romantic attraction and not experiencing it, and/or experiencing romantic attraction to different strengths.

Abroromantic: a fluid attraction, that can mean a fluctuating attraction between genders and/or on or out and/or throughout the aromantic spectrum, to some it's just one or the other, and to others it's both. (explained here by an abro person)

Akoiromantic/lithromantic: an individual who experiences romantic attraction but has no desire or need to have their feelings reciprocated. Sometimes an akoiromantic person’s attraction may fade if a romantic relationship is established.

Alloromantic/zedromantic: someone who does experience romantic attraction. An alloromantic person may be allosexual as well, but not necessarily. This identity is not on the aromantic spectrum.

Cupioromantic: someone who does not experience romantic attraction but has a desire to be in a romantic relationship.

Demi(a)romantic: someone who only experiences romantic attraction after establishing a strong emotional connection to someone.

Frayromantic: someone who experiences romantic attraction, but this attraction fades after getting to know the object of attraction.

Grey-(a)romantic: someone who sometimes, occasionally, or rarely experiences romantic attraction. The attraction they experience may be weak, or it might be infrequent. Also used as an umbrella term for all romantic orientations that fall between alloromantic and aromantic.

Quoiromantic/WTF-romantic: someone who finds romantic attraction confusing, or cannot differentiate between platonic and romantic attraction, or is unsure of whether they experience romantic attraction. It can also mean someone who feels like the concept of romantic attraction doesn't apply to them.

Nebularomantic: is a neurosexuality specific to neurodiverse individuals, and it falls on the aromantic spectrum. It's a label for individuals who have difficulty telling the difference between romantic and platonic attraction specifically due to their neurodivergence (or can't tell the difference at all).

Caedromantic: having been able to experience romantic attraction in the past, and not experiencing romantic attraction any more, with the feeling that the romantic attraction was taken away/destroyed or left because of a traumatic experience.

Aegoromantic: Someone who is aegoromantic enjoys the concept of romance but does not want to participate in actual romantic activities. An example of this would be an aegoromantic individual enjoying watching a romantic show or reading a romance novel. However acting out these romantic stories in real life would not be appealing to an aegoromantic person. An aegoromantic individual would typically not desire a romantic relationship.

Apothiromantic: individuals on the aromantic spectrum who consider themselves to be romance-repulsed, are called apothiromantic. A romance-repulsed aromantic is repulsed by the idea of romance all together. Like with any romantic identity, apothiromantic individuals can have any sexual orientation. Their aromantic identity is not directly connected to their sexual identity.

Arospike: is an aromantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum. This identity is for those who usually do not feel a romantic attraction. Sometimes however, an arospike can experience a (rare) sudden spike of aromantic attraction that will last for a short amount of time. After this they will return just as quickly, to aromantic.

Autoromantic: is a term for individuals who experience a romantic attraction (exclusive or not) towards themselves. It can occur in different forms, such as: fantasizing about a romantic relationship with yourself. Or, as described above: feeling little to no romantic attraction to others but being able to feel romantic attraction to yourself.

Bellusromantic: defined as someone who has interest in (certain aspects of) traditional romantic behaviour such as holding hands and cuddling. However, a bellusromantic would not experience romantic attraction and does not want an actual romantic relationship. So they keyword here is ‘interest’. The interest is there, but a bellusromantic can’t and wouldn’t want to put it into practice.

Fictoromantic: falls under the aromantic spectrum as they do not experience romantic attraction to (real life) people. Fictoromantic is a term used for individuals who experience romantic attraction exclusively towards fictional characters. Fictoromantic is also known as fictonromantic.

Myrromantic: Someone who identifies as myrromantic is on the aromantic spectrum but might feel confused as to where exactly, as they can experience multiple aromantic identities at once. They can also rapidly fluctuate. As an example: a person who considers themself to be both demiromantic as well as grayromantic. This might be confusing to some, which is why myrromantic can be a more comfortable label to identify with.

Recipromantic: (also known as reciproromantic) someone who does not experience romantic attraction until they know that the other individual is romantically attracted to them first.

Requisromantic: someone who experiences a very limited, or no romantic attraction and interest due to some form of emotional exhaustion. The reason of emotional exhaust may have many reasons such as (bad) past experiences dealing with romance or other emotionally draining reasons.

Amicusromantic: means you don’t have romantic attraction to someone unless you form a platonic bond/ friendship with them.(explained here by an amicusromantic person)

Uniromantic: also known as oneromantic or unianthroromantic, refers to someone who feels romantic attraction toward one person and one person only for advanced periods of time, or perhaps one’s whole lifetime.

Desinoromantic: when one does not experience full-on romantic attraction, but a romantic attraction akin to "liking" someone rather than "loving" them

Idemromantic: when one experiences no notable internal differences between platonic and romantic feelings, often categorizing relationships (and feelings) as platonic or romantic based on external factors.

Alicoromantic or Agnoromantic: someone who knows they are somewhere on the aromantic spectrum, but their romantic orientation does not fit in any aromantic spectrum label.

Iamvanoromantic: the desire to not show romantic affection to someone but you may have the desire to receive some (via @/aroace-safe-space-for-all)

Placioromantic: you don’t have the desire to receive romantic affections but you do have the desire to show some (via @/aroace-safe-space-for-all)

Arohaze: alabel for an arospec individual who’s other orientation(s) are in between or both allo and ace/void. source

Apathromantic: Someone whose orientation form of "romance indifferent" which can also be used as a title. It does not distinguish if the person does or does not have romantic attraction, but just that they are indifferent in receiving it or acting it out. Source

Loveless Aromantic: describes someone who is on the aromantic spectrum that is in some way disconnected from the concept of love, does not feel love, may doubt that they feel love, or rejects the idea of experiencing love. source

Lovequeer: someone who fully rejects the concept of “love” as society applies it for romance, and to redefine the word around oneself and the types of love neglected by amatonormativity. source

Subtiliaromantic: someone who experiences zero romantic attraction.

Non-SAM aro: an aromantic individual who doesn’t use the Split Attraction Model, aka the SAM.

Again, tell me if there's any I can add/ have got wrong :)

[skyedancer2006]

ASPEC PRIDE POST GO

Happy Pride Month to:

Alloaces and Aroallos

Gray Aces and Aros

Demisexuals and Demiromantics

Aegosexuals and Aegoromantics

Acespikes and Arospikes

Fictosexuals and Fictoromantics

Trans Aces and Aros

Nonbinary Aces and Aros

Xenogender Aces and Aros

Aspec system members

People who are Aspec due to trauma

Aces who want sexual relationships and Aros who want romantic relationships

Sex averse Aces and romance averse Aros

And any other aspec folks we didn’t mention here! All of yall are so cool and we hope you have a wonderful Pride Month!!

(Everyone feel free to add on other specific aspec labels that we didn’t include!)

[yourlocalcourtfool]

I just came out to my dad as aroace and he said "don't worry there's someone out there for everyone" like no

[aerisbeloved]

not being able to distinguish between platonic and romantic attraction is a BIT annoying. like do i find you aesthetically attractive, am i deeply in love with you /p or am i deeply in love with you /r

oh the woes of being arospec /lhj

[aroacearchangel]

do people genuinely feel a …. need? for romantic attraction? It isn’t something they feel that they can opt in or out of?

[scribbyizhere]

acespec = asexual spectrum, this includes asexuals. This is for asexuals.

aspec = aromantic, asexual, and aplatonic spectrum. This is for everyone that uses these labels

also, the A in LGBTQIA stands for aspec. clearing this up for you guys <3

[that-siege]

The Aspec Questionaire

Aspec is such a vast category and one some folks (especially allo folks) tend to treat like a monolith. So I thought it’d be good to do a little questionnaire to demonstrate.

(Skip anything you don’t want to answer.)

1. How do you identify?

2. How do you feel about the following, one word answers are fine if you want:

- - Romance

- - Touching

- - Hugging

- - Kissing

- - Sex

- - Love

- - Queer Platonic Relationships

- - A Significant Other

- - One Night Stands

- - Porn (Video)

- - Smut (Written)

- - Dates/Dating

3. What is the thing you think most people misunderstand about your identity?

4. Have you encountered aphobia in your life?

5. Anything else you’d like to add on the topic?

[agrebel18]

I just wanna send some love to aromantic/arospec people who HAVE experienced romantic attraction and/or feeling romantic attraction right now. this DOES NOT magically make you allo, since your form of feelings are Different from them, and you’re aspec enough <3

[genderstarbucks]

Happy pride month! Reminder that aro(spec) and ace(spec) people are queer!

[gnarlygoth]

reminder

shout out to all Aroflux, Aegoromantic, Apothiromantic, Aromantic, Arospike, autoromantic,Bellusromantic, Caedromantic, Cupioromantics, Demiromantic, Fictoromantic, Frayromantic, Grayromantics,Lithromantic/Akoiromantics, Myrromantic, Quoiromantic, Recipromantic, Requisromantic + more people !!

u guys are so amazing and super valid /g /pos

[zarathelonewolf]

I think the label aroaceflux, aroflux and aceflux need more popularity... Y'know, as a treat...

Or maybe I am just desperare to get to know more peeps like me ��

I care about QPRs! I care about alterous relationships! I care about romantic and sexual relationships! I care about relationships that are strictly romantic or strictly sexual!

Having said that...

*gigantic inhale

I am fond of all aromantics and asexuals, of all labels, microlabels and flavor of pies!

You aren't bad for never feeling romantic and/or sexual attraction and not wanting anything to do with romance or sex!

You aren't bad for occasionally feeling romantic or sexual attraction!

You aren't bad for feeling sexual or romantic attraction only after you have forged a bond with a person!

You aren't bad for not feeling either attraction but wanting sex and romance anyway!

You aren't bad for not wanting either sex or romance, no matter what circumstance you're in in regards to attraction, whether you never have It or you occasionally do!

You aren't bad for only wanting either sex or romance, or feeling only one type of attraction!

You aren't bad for wanting sex or/and romance one day, and then not wanting it, abhorring it, or feeling indifferent the next day! You aren't bad for the absence or presence of you attraction!

You aren't bad for not having crushes! You aren't bad for having crushes in the past and not having them anymore! You aren't bad if you've never had them and now you have one!

You aren't bad for having a crush on a person and not having it anymore, either because the person reciprocated or just because!

You aren't bad for not having a crush on anyone unless they confess to you/are attracted to you first!

You aren't bad if you are confused about what type of attraction you are feeling, or if you feel an attraction that isn't romantic or sexual, whether It is platonic or alterous!

You aren't bad if you are loveless, heartless! You matter just as much as aspecs that aren't! You are appreciated!

You aren't bad for only wanting friends! You aren't bad for not wanting them!

You aren't bad for only wanting a QPR! You aren't bad for seeking out other relationship types either!

You are valid! Don't let the system get you down!

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I wanted to add more tags and make many others flags with the color emojis but it's impossible!

I feel like I am missing some people! Sorry!

Bye! You are all welcome in the aspec community!

Foxy says hi and she hopes she hasn't missed anyone even though she probably has, but I can only put thirty tags max and I have forgotten some labels but no matter what labels or flavor or aro, ace, or aroace or aspec you are, I really cherish you and wish you good days!

[aromanticmina]

do you love the colors of the arospec?

which ones?

[arokalypse]

made some flags wavy [2]

Moving photos ahead with vibrant colors, can possibly cause eyestrain

Aroflux W A V E

Arospike W A V E

Arofluid W A V E

Grayromantic / Greyromantic W A V E

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thank you for the suggestion by jell-o-mel! pls lmk if something's wrong, thank you