my friend's newest bf has become the first one he's had so far to join our group of friends which is very slay and cool but going to be horribly awkward if they break up i fear

peace and aromanticism on planet earth

peace and aromanticism on planet earth!!!!!! :D

I'm seeing increasing evidence that this isn't as common knowledge as we thought so, to aces:

Please do not tag content as aromantic if it's only about being asexual.

Even if you yourself are aro.

Even if it can technically apply to both.

If the post or pic or meme or whatever doesn't specifically include aromantics, it shouldn't be in the aro tags. It doesn't matter if you're aro yourself, that would be like me tagging every post I make as "bigender" just because I happen to be bigender even if the post itself isn't related.

We ask this because aromantic and asexual are not the same but many people mistakenly believe them to be, and constantly having ace content in aro-only spaces perpetuates this misconception. There are also many aromantics who aren't also ace and seeing them as the same thing excludes them in their own spaces.

Thank you.

The aromantic tag is absolutely clogged with posts about asexuality awareness day. If your posts isn't about aromanticism, it doesn't belong in aro tags.

being aro is the best. it’s like Oh. I Literally Do Not Need To Put Myself Thru All That

[ID: A selfie of me holding up a peace sign. I'm a pale trans man with a dark buzzcut, glasses, a white and black shirt and black undershirt. End ID]

Happy tdov I'm Axel, a genderqueer trans man, and today is my 8 month HRT anniversary 🌈

AROMANTICISM. YOU AGREE. REBLOG

Good morning to aromantic kinksters, polyamorous aromantics, aromantic doms, aromantic subs, aromantics in long term sexual partnerships, aromantics who enjoy casual hookups, hypersexual aromantics, and all aromantics who have been stereotyped as manipulative or heartless for having sexual relationships

my sister has been complaining to me that her meds are causing her to gain weight thus making her feel ugly and i don't want to sound insensitive to her so i can't tell her this but i really do not want to hear it as someone who's been fat xyr entire life. idk just cope and use your experiences to dismantle the systematic hatred of fat people ig

this is bc imma be a very personal rant and if anyone tries to bring discourse i Will kill but god being aromantic and still feeling romantic attraction at times is so alienating. i’m too aromantic for allo people but too “allo” for aromantic people. every post and in-joke about aromanticism is always about disliking romance and being better alone and i can’t relate to any of it. 90% of the time the sentiment of “aromantic people can still date though!!” is shared by allos erasing aro rep for the sake of a ship. i’m so tired.

(okay to reblog as long as you don’t try to start discourse btw)

can y'all BELIEVE transmasculinearomanticism was an available url

I feel like the uwu soft boi-ification of transmascs make people sanitize us a lot, so they get squicked out when we actually transition medically. So this a positivity post specifically for the "gross" side effects of T, for the hairiness and the receding hairlines and the bottom growth and the male pattern baldness. They're hot and gender-affirming and the fact that HRT can make those achievable for is next to miraculous.

hiiii be my mutuals w me on my main? i write lots of image descriptions and post about viddy games and transgenderism and bug and i'm very nice and interesting i promise

hiiii be my mutuals w me on my main? i write lots of image descriptions and post about viddy games and transgenderism and bug and i'm very nice and interesting i promise

hiiii be my mutuals w me on my main? i write lots of image descriptions and post about viddy games and transgenderism and bug and i'm very nice and interesting i promise

You've heard of the character who is disinterested in romance but suddenly changes their mind and gets into a relationship by the end of the story, now consider:

Character who starts out as a hopeless romantic obsessed with the idea of love and after some introspection realizes they're aromantic

I'm seeing a influx of people using the wording "aroace spectrum" as opposed to aspec, or using aroace as if it covers all aros and aces, like...

Do I really have to explain why that's not as inclusive a move as you'd think it is?

If someone addressed me, a aro, as "under the aroace spectrum", I would be questioning their allyship even if they themselves are aspec because no where in that's sentence did I say I'm also ace.

Using that wording instead of aspec is as much dismissive and hurtful to non-ace aros as it does when people shove our aromanticism under asexuality without thinking on why it's not helpful or disrespectful.

I feel so strongly on demanding that aroness and aceness is seen as separate, on demanding proper recognition and respect for aroallos and non-SAM aros, on demanding that my aroness is seen as enough on its own because calling me ace or aroace is erasure on my identity; It pushes the wrong narrative and box onto my experiences. It promotes misunderstandings on not just aromanticism but also asexuality. It treats my label something not worthy of taking up space in the aro community, in the aspec community, in the queer community.

Stop using 'aroace' or as the umbrella word to cover the aspec community.