(and aros) if they are comfortable with that label

It’s normal and healthy to be a-spec.

arosapphics

raise your hand if you’re tired of seeing aro wlw get accused of being predatory

splend-aros

Daily Affirmation 1047.

Remember that your voice is heard. No matter how futile you may think your efforts for aro awareness are, someone is listening. You are reaching a person - whether it’s another aro, someone questioning their romantic orientation, or a future ally - who needs to hear what you’re saying.

forkless-a-spec-wonder

I always leave the door open for questioning and uncertainty here, and so does the majority of the aro and ace oriented positivity I see. And there’s good reason for that - not because it’s somehow any worse to make a mistake with aspec labels as opposed to any other ones, but because absolutely everybody deserves an environment where they can change their label freely. That way, nobody feels pressured to stick with anything that feels wrong for them.

But I also want to state that you are under no obligation to continually question yourself or agonize over it - you’re allowed to be sure that you’re aro or ace. You don’t have to hedge all the time. You don’t have to keep one foot out the door in perpetuity, just in case some random, unforseen circumstance changes things.

Being sexually attracted to others doesn’t mean you have to be sexually active. A lot of allosexual aro people still aren’t sexually active, or have sex very rarely, and that’s a really common aro experience too.

outoforderaro

shoutout to my fellow aro(spec)s! we’re aro before it’s cool which is pretty cool of us

being aro is great and while the community is rather new (and growing) that’s not bad and there have always been aro people

Reminder that being a-spec is about attraction, not behaviour. There are no past, present of future actions that bar you from any a-spec labels. If you feel like your a-spec label(s) match your attraction, then that’s all that matters.

angryqueerautie

You can be asexual and polyamorous. You can be aromantic and polyamorous. You can be aroace and polyamorous. These things are not mutually exclusive.

aceofcourse

All a-spec people are wonderful

I’m talking ace spectrum, aro spectrum, all wonderful

All asexuals and aromantics are wonderful

#positivity #ace positivity

neuroqueerwicca

Attention

Your asexuality is valid even if you’re 13

Your asexuality is valid even if you’re 80

Your asexuality is valid even if you’ve been sexually abused

Your asexuality is valid even if you’ve had sex before

Your asexuality is valid even if you’ve never tried sex

Your asexuality is valid even if you’re on the aromantic spectrum

Your asexuality is valid even if you’re NOT on the aromantic spectrum

Your asexuality is valid even if you like sex

Your asexuality is valid even if you’re neurodivergent

Your asexuality is valid.

justanaroacedisgrace

Ace and Aro are umbrella terms.

If you’re demisexual or greysexual you can call yourself ace if you want to.

If you’re demiromantic or greyromantic you can call yourself aro.

You don’t have to; maybe you prefer the specificness of grey or Demi. Just letting you know that you can.

#positivity #ace positivity #aro positivity #demi positivity #gray positivity

arodabi

Hey

I got a fun fact for y’all

Being aromantic

Is really good

And you’re a cool person

lezbeon

Aromantics deserve respect. If you say you support aros, then you need to support all of them. Support the ones who don’t want any sort of partnership. Support the ones who are both aro and ace. Support the ones who are romance-repulsed. Support the ones who are deemed “stereotypical”. Support aromantics.

arokaladin

support the aromantics who aren’t asexual. support the ones who see being aro as a huge part of their identity, the ones who see being aro as the biggest part of their queer identities. support the ones who ask for you to think critically about our society in ways that may be difficult for you, the ones who make you have to earn the right to call yourself an ally. support the ones that are angry. support aros who are disabled, neurodivergent, poc, and respect how they tell you those experiences intersect. support us please.

ace-and-proud

It’s okay to love that you are ace/aro, and it’s okay if you’re still learning how

herefortheace

Black aros are incredible and worthy of love and support and kindness, and all their wishes should come true.

Black aces are incredible and worthy of love and support and kindness, and all their wishes should come true.

All black ace-spec and all black aro-spec people are simply incredible and deserving of happiness and good things

The struggles you’ve been through because of your a-spec identity matter.