i need non aspecs to imagine lacking something that the world sees as "fundamentally human"
living in a world where having a romantic partner is the natural progression of life, but youre straight up just not built for that
This pride month don't forget that aro/ace ppl ARE queer and part of the LGBTQIA. Thats what the "A" stands for (not ally) we deserve equal amounts of love and support just like every one else.
And just a heads up, no, it's not the same as celibacy
happy pride month to all the neo-pronoun users & the micro label hoarders & the lesbians on t & trans women who dont voice train & nonbinary drag queens & trans men that let em hang your queerness doesn't not have to be palatable for you to be valid or for us to be family!
ngl as an aroace, i tend to dread pride month every year because of how many bigots come out. but at the same time i wanna celebrate louder every time i see the aphobia
Disney privately: Cut the gay scene! We might lose precious pennies from Russia & China!
Disney publicly: 🤡 Honk honk we put rainbow bumper sticker on Lightning McQueen today CONSUME OUR PRODUCTS TEENS
“During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night, and it was the dance that kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.” – Dan Savage
it's a bit confusing when someone's response to the eternal "aces aren't queer" discourse is "you know that aces can experience same gender attraction too, right??" because doesn't that just...reinforce the idea that asexuality alone doesn't count lol