you know what shoutout to aroaces shoutout to aroaces who have distinct and separate aro and ace experiences shoutout to aroaces who canāt separate their aromanticism and asexuality shoutout to aroaces who feel more aro than ace shoutout to aroaces who feel more ace than aro shoutout to aroaces who had sex and/or were in a romantic relationship and are told they canāt be aroace because of that shoutout to aroaces who still have sex and/or still are in a romantic relationship and are told they canāt be aroace because of that shoutout to aroaces who enjoy shipping and smut/porn in fandom and are told they canāt be aroace because of it shoutout to aroaces who are romance- and/or sex-repulsed and are disgusted by all the romance and sex in media, their everyday lives, and in fandom shoutout to aroaces who are out and proud about it shoutout to aroaces who have to give a long vocabulary lesson every time they come out shoutout to aroaces who are afraid to come out or canāt come out because of bad situations and unaccepting family shoutout to aroaces who are out but whose family and friends rejected them or acted like it was a tragedy or didnāt believe them shoutout to aroaces who are out but whose family and friends act like theyāre straight or pretend theyāre not aroace shoutout to aroaces who are told theyāre straight by members of the lgbt+ community and are told they donāt belong and are invalidated when they try to find comfort and reassurance shoutout to aroaces who donāt identify as lgbt+ for any reason shoutout to aroaces who are told āitās just a phaseā shoutout to aroaces who are told āthatās too bad, because youāre really hotā shoutout to aroaces who are told āyouāre just saying that because you think no one will date youā shoutout to aroaces who come out and have people try to make the conversation all about themselves and their romantic/sexual experiences shoutout to aroaces who are told that theyāre broken and can never be happy shoutout to aroaces who have to deal with amatonormativity and allonormativity every single day of their lives shoutout to aroaces whose friends try to set them up on dates or are āshippedā shoutout to aroaces who have had to face corrective rape in the hopes that it will āfixā them shoutout to aroaces who are told ābut you wonāt know until youāve tried itā shoutout to aroaces who are asked invasive and rude questions when they come out shoutout to aroaces who have no positive representation in media and nothing to relate to shoutout to aroaces who are told that their aro&ace headcanons are wrong or problematic shoutout to aroaces who are told that they canāt be aroace for any reason shoutout to aroaces who are told theyāre āfaking itā or ājust doing it for attentionā shoutout to aroaces who have people who try to define their identity for them shoutout to cold or withdrawn aroaces who are told theyāre āperpetuating stereotypesā shoutout to aroace youth who are told theyāre ātoo youngā to know theyāre aroace shoutout to poc aroaces who have to deal with hypersexualization shoutout to neurodivergent aroaces who are told itās āall in their headā or that theyāre ājust confusedā shoutout to aroace girls who are told that theyāre ābasically straightā because they arenāt attracted to other girls shoutout to aroace boys who have to deal with hypermasculinity telling them that theyāre less of a man for not wanting romance shoutout to trans aroaces whose gender is ignored when they try to add to āace discourseā shoutout to aroaces with other marginalized identities who arenāt talked about or forgotten shoutout to aroaces whose identity is erased by people who claim āthe A is for Ally!ā shoutout to aroaces who face myriads of other issues that didnāt make it onto this post that is already far too long just. shoutout to aroaces. you face so many different problems and youāre so underrepresented and untalked about. I love you all so much, and you are so, so valid. stay strong <3
