Aro & Ace Positivity

[simakai]

And here it is. Finally. PART 2 OF MY PRIDE COLLECTION IS UP ON MY ETSY!!! Even more flags, for an even bigger Pride squad!!! If you want to skip the text and just shop, just follow the link here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Simakaihoodies?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=23881519

So! I present three lesbian flags. They were kindly presented to me as options that are 1. doable from a technical point of view - I can procure these colors without too much problem, unlike the Lipstick flag, and 2. are actually used by lesbians and have positive and inclusive symbolism. I chose not to choose between them: I am pansexual, not a lesbian, so I don’t think I have the right to. Customers will decide the one they prefer. :)

I made the demigirl hoodie for my model, but I also offer demiboy, demigender and demiandrogyne on the same listing. I also made demi-ace for my model, but demi-aro is on the same listing.

Just as last time, all my models are what they’re showing! It is very important for me to show actual people wearing their colors with pride. Most of them are friends and acquaintances who answered my call, one of them I recruited from a local center. Also I got more plus-size models this time! It just happened this way, but I’m glad I can show more sizes this time!

With these added to the first collection, I now have 20 Pride flags in my shop. If yours isn’t there, or if you prefer another version of a flag I make, just poke me for a custom one! As long as I can procure the right colors on the right fabric, I can make something for you - and it’ll probably be about the same price as a hoodie with the same number of stripes.

(PS: The first stripe on the first one looks quite red on the picture, but it’s actually a red-ish dark orange, I swear. I’m still looking for a more orange-ish dark orange. I’m also still shopping fabrics to offer the 7 stripes version of the orange and pink lesbian flag, but this might take a bit of time. Please bear with me until then, I’ll post news when I can do it. :) )

(PPS: I know the chevron on the Queer Community hoodie is not suuuuuper intense. I’ll make it more visible on the orders!)

[avenpt]

THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

[billyskullknits]

Oh my goodness these are amazing.

[reavebrooklyn]

ATTENTION: I AM BIROMANTIC!

Hi, I’m Reverie Brookes: Aspiring young author, friend, daughter, and biromantic female.

Now most people don’t know what biromantic is, even my spell check doesn’t as it’s saying I’m  spelling wrong. I checked it, though, and this is in fact the correct spelling. Biromantic is someone who is asexual, and bisexual. Asexual, for those of you who don’t know, is someone who does not feel sexual attraction to anyone. Asexual people can still feel romantic attraction though. The opposite of that is aromantic which means that someone feels little to no romantic attraction. This is also a sexuality that is often looked over. 

Last year I came out to my mother as biromantic. She is a very accepting person and believes in LGBTQIA+ rights. She was fine with the ‘bi’ part, but didn’t quite believe the ‘ace’ (Asexual) part of my sexuality. I just let it go and hoped that she’d forget about it. This worked out well until tonight. We were trying to pick a good movie for me to show at my Halloween party and I said that we needed to make sure that there were no major sex scenes. From there, suddenly, she was talking about my being biromantic. 

According to her, I couldn’t possibly know if I was sexually attracted to people or not as I am only fifteen. I’ve never had a boyfriend or a girlfriend, and according to her, I’ve never been in love. 

I stayed silent this whole time, and than pretended like nothing happened and went up to practice my violin. I played my heart out on an out of tune instrument while wearing a mask of black and purple (Two of the ace pride colors) and had to take a five minute break to gather my emotions and try not to cry. 

I am biromantic, and I know that. I don’t need to try having sex to know it, and I don’t need to be 17 to know it. That’s the consent age for sex, not love. 

To everyone out there who is questioning their sexuality, and to everyone out there who has been told that they’re too young to know, I understand how you feel, and I will stand with you. We may have never met, and probably never will, but I am with you. Every step of the way. You deserve love, respect, and a chance at being yourself. 

To all the parents out there who have children who are questioning or came out to you as something you weren’t expecting; just be cool. It’s not your sexuality, and it’s not your decision. You aren’t in their heads and you don’t know know they’re feelings. You don’t know if they’ve ever been in love, and you don’t know with whom. 

Please repost this, and share. I want this message to get to all the people who need to see it. If I can make just one person feel like they’re not alone, than I will have done more than I could ever wish. 

                                   -Reverie Brookes

[laurel-lake]

My friend’s coming out story. Please, please, please spread this and support her. 

[queer-bluejay]

anyways……. shout out to all the ace people this pride month. ur sexuality deserves to be accepted alongside the rest of us. i love yall so much, and i want yall to know that there’s a whole community here who loves you too.

[asdfghjklqwertyuiopzxcvbnmas]

🖤💜

[tasteoface]

!!!

[lgbt-dnd]

a d&d server for lgbt+ people

https://discord.gg/UGVZPq8

Tired of only having cishet people in your player group? wanna be able to talk about your non-cishet characters without eyerolls? Looking to set up a super gay a campaign? This is the server for you!

I made a discord server for lgbt+ people to chat on and hopefully find new players/play on. Welcome!

[frootpouch]

Prideful Plant Puns!!!

I’ve been working on these since pride month, and I feel bad they weren’t finished in time but I’m so happy with how they turned out! These basically happened because I called my best friend a lesbean-sprout and she loved it so much I decided to draw the first one, and things kinda,,, escalated. 

I really hope you guys love them as much as I do!

They’re all available on my redbubble!!

Please don’t repost/steal!

[queerfemme]

Inverted pride planets using @teacuphoneybee‘s art! (part one) (part two)

[thecoggs]

So apparently last year the National Park Service in the US dropped an over 1200 page study of LGBTQ American History as part of their Who We Are program which includes studies on African-American history, Latino history, and Indigenous history. 

Like. This is awesome. But also it feels very surreal that maybe one of the most comprehensive examinations of LGBTQ history in America (it covers sports! art! race! historical sites! health! cities!) was just casually done by the parks service. 

[tarastarr1]

This is really great??

Chapter 1: Prologue: Why LGBTQ Historic Sites Matter by Mark Meinke

Chapter 2: Introduction to the LGBTQ Heritage Initiative Theme Study by Megan E. Springate

Chapter 3: Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History in the United States by Leisa Meyer and Helis Sikk

Chapter 4: The History of Queer History: One Hundred Years of the Search for Shared Heritage by Gerard Koskovich

Chapter 5: The Preservation of LGBTQ Heritage by Gail Dubrow

Chapter 6: LGBTQ Archeological Context by Megan E. Springate

Chapter 7: A Note about Intersectionality by Megan E. Springate

Chapter 8: Making Bisexuals Visible by Loraine Hutchins

Chapter 9: Sexual and Gender Diversity in Native America and the Pacific Islands by Will Roscoe

Chapter 10: Transgender History in the US and the Places that Matter by Susan Stryker

Chapter 11: Breathing Fire: Remembering Asian Pacific American Activism in Queer History by Amy Sueyoshi

Chapter 12: Latina/o Gender and Sexuality by Deena J. González and Ellie D. Hernandez

Chapter 13: “Where We Could Be Ourselves”: African American LGBTQ Historic Places and Why They Matter by Jeffrey A. Harris

Chapter 14: LGBTQ Spaces and Places by Jen Jack Gieseking

Chapter 15: Making Community: The Places and Spaces of LGBTQ Collective Identity Formation by Christina B. Hanhardt

Chapter 16: LGBTQ Business and Commerce by David K. Johnson

Chapter 17: Sex, Love, and Relationships by Tracy Baim

Chapter 18: LGBTQ Civil Rights in America by Megan E. Springate

Chapter 19: Historical Landmarks and Landscapes of LGBTQ Law by Marc Stein

Chapter 20: LGBTQ Military Service by Steve Estes

Chapter 21: Struggles in Body and Spirit: Religion and LGBTQ People in US History by Drew Bourn

Chapter 22: LGBTQ and Health by Katie Batza

Chapter 23: LGBTQ Art and Artists by Tara Burk

Chapter 24: LGBTQ Sport and Leisure by Katherine Schweighofer

Chapter 25: San Francisco: Placing LGBTQ Histories in the City by the Bay by Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson

Chapter 26: Preservation of LGBTQ Historic & Cultural Sites – A New York City Perspective by Jay Shockley

Chapter 27: Locating Miami’s Queer History by Julio Capó, Jr.

Chapter 28: Queerest Little City in the World: LGBTQ Reno by John Jeffrey Auer IV

Chapter 29: Chicago: Queer Histories at the Crossroads of America by Jessica Herczeg-Konecny

Chapter 30: Nominating LGBTQ Places to the National Register of Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks: An Introduction by Megan E. Springate and Caridad de la Vega

Chapter 31: Interpreting LGBTQ Historic Sites by Susan Ferentinos

Chapter 32: Teaching LGBTQ History and Heritage by Leila J. Rupp

[reapingwithjoy]

I would like to add that this isn’t odd.

The Park Service is more than just Yellowstone and the Everglades, the National Park Service has custody over hundreds, if not thousands of historic sites, houses, and battlefields. It’s part of their mission to interpret US history and make it available to its citizens. They have completed studies for African American history, Native American history, women’s history, and more.

It’s sad that people let this aspect of the Park Service fall through the cracks.

[dragoncatcharli-deactivated2017]

Sensitive Tumblr Help

So tumblr staff, for some unknown reason (?????) decided to put a ban on what they call “Sensitive Content.” 

This would be fine if it ACTUALLY RESTRICTED SENSITIVE CONTENT. None of the nasty blogs following me are restricted at all, but other, totally SFW posts are???

Like, so far I’ve seen a video of a turtle, gifs of a kpop star blowing a kiss and waving, and a moodboard with some lesbians on it (not kissing, not naked, just laying there, being lesbians) all restricted by this sensitive content thing. 

So, here is one way for you to view sensitive content on browser (sorry mobile, I can’t help you)

1. First, go to chrome (idk how you do this on safari)

2. Go to tumblr, obviously

3. Right click on the blue part of the screen and click Inspect

4. This thing will pop up some where on your screen! Cool!

5. See that bottom part with all the red, angry text? Look down there and click on the gear (settings symbol) in the upper right hand corner

6. A box appears! Click the 🚫 button and uncheck the box labeled Autocomplete from history (not necessarily in that order)

7. Reload the page and enjoy your content!

You should be good after that (if you still find restricted posts, try pressing the 🚫 button again and reloading page again.

Hope this helps :)

thanks for nothing tumblr staff 

[ratfrogs]

[howling-wizard]

Some non-binary awareness pictures I made for a russian nb blog

[positivelylgbtq]

me, gently, but with conviction: ace and aro people are valid and lovely and beautiful and welcome in the lgbtqia+ community, no questions asked.

[brownsunbisexual-permarchive-de]

please let us all be loving and compassionate tomorrow and center latinx lgbt people, support lgbt muslims, and help lgbt people of color heal tomorrow. tomorrow is a day of remembrance. 

[brownsunbisexual-permarchive-de]

today is our day of remembrance. god bless every latinx lgbt person and every lgbt person of color, and may every victim rest in peace and power. 

[angel-of-death-diangelo]

To all my half-bloods who need some pride!

I hope you have an empowering and wonderful pride month

[aroacepositivity]

I know I’m a bit late, but happy pride month everyone!!!

[aroacepositivity]

Wait! Since my city isn't celebrating yet, reblog and tell me what you'll be doing to celebrate

[aroacepositivity]

I know I'm a bit late, but happy pride month everyone!!!

[thatsthat24]

wow another misinformed person who thinks that straight aces and aros are lgbt. why am i not surprised. not every one belongs everywhere. you can accept straight aces and aros, but do not tell them that they are lgbt because they 100% are not. lgbt spaces are for lgbt people case closed. maybe you should brush up on lgbt issues before you invite straight people to be a part of our community.

Please take a step back and listen to how you just conducted that sentence. I’m not quite sure where you’re coming from in life, but it sounds like you’ve been through quite a bit with your identity. So have I. And when I found myself a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I finally found a huge group of people who accepted me and supported me. I hope the same happened for you. And if not, I hope it happens soon, because everyone deserves that.

Consider people who observe no sexual or romantic attraction, which are legitimate identities, who feel wrong for one way or another. They’re asexual and/or aromantic, regardless of gay or straight, and that still falls under the A in the acronym, but I keep hearing that one half’s not different enough. Not oppressed enough. I would first say, none of us know everyone’s story, and there’s no way we will, so we don’t know what everyone has gone through with their identity. And second, when did this community become solely about how oppressed we are? [EDIT: Upon reviewing this, I should specify it is important to note the group was founded because of systemic oppression, and that is VERY important. I mean that we are also a group of support and lifting ourselves up and being proud of who we are as a diverse community, as well as continuing to fight the systemic oppression that faces many of us]. If we, as a group, achieve what I hope we can achieve idealistically and not be oppressed, are we still not a group to be proud of? Why wouldn’t we want this group to be an absolute celebration of all legitimate varieties? A celebration of all our unique experiences and struggles? They’re all different and valid.

Is this demographic of people with a legitimate sexual and/or romantic identity to make their own little group? To be made to feel like outcasts in the real world as well as in this group? I feel that this just furthers the negative, unfriendly attitude that already greatly exists in this world and I don’t wanna promote that. I just would think something like excluding would be for those who make us feel unsafe and that would only be on a case-by-case basis, not for a whole demographic who feel out of place and just want to belong, right? I don’t wanna be that way to people the way the world was to me. They’re not lgbt, but they are A, and that’s part of the LGBTQIA+ community, right? And of course I can’t change what you believe. And you’re right, I can accept them! I shall, because acceptance in this community is what inspired me and helped me when I felt lost, and I want to be that for others. [EDIT: I also want to stress that, the bottom line here is that all I’d like is for us to take time, ALL of us, asexuals and aromantics included, to educate ourselves, try to understand and respect each other’s individual struggles/experiences/stories, because they ARE all different. Empathy and trust is key because this line of distrust does not seem to be going in a positive direction. It seems to be leading to negativity, divisiveness, and name-calling and I don’t like seeing that. That’s not what I think many of us are trying to achieve. Sorry for typing so much haha]

[aroacepositivity]

Thank you for the support! It really means a lot