Check out recommendation 4 of 8 from PRIDEnet’s community listening sessions in collaboration with ThePRIDEStudy! See the diversity of thoughts and experiences of the #aromantic community around romantic attraction and partnership. #ASAW2025
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Image 1: A square graphic that reads “Recommendation 4: Acknowledge the diversity in individual attitudes towards romantic attraction and partnership within the aromantic community with an increased awareness of the disparities that some individuals face associated with romantic attraction and/or partnering.
Some aromantic people are in partnering relationships while others are not, which can have economic, medical and legal implications."The text is in a box bordered in green. Below the text are cliparts of, from left to right: a stack Yen bills, a medical report and a courtroom gavel.
At the top of the graphic are the words “Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, #ASAW2025”. At the bottom of the graphic is a text box with the PRIDEnet and AUREA logos. The logos are connected by the words “In collaboration with”. Next to this is another text box that reads “Based on responses from aromantic participants” with a green arrow pointing to the right.
Image 2: A square graphic featuring a quote from a community listening session participant. It reads “...just the assumption that like, oh, of course you want this [romance] because it's totally normal to want this. Everyone wants this. And, yeah, it's awkward when you don't want that...
I have the same thing in a very different problem in that I am an incredibly tactile person. I love nothing more than to cuddle and snuggle with people, and people see that and they're like, oh, well, I don't get it. You clearly like this person cause you're, like, sitting in their lap. And it's like, no, I just like hugs. So it's sort of the same idea of like, well, you did this in the past, so that doesn't make sense that you're aro [aromantic].” To the right of the text is a clipart of two blob-figures hugging.
At the top of the graphic are the words “Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, #ASAW2025”. At the bottom of the graphic is a text box with the PRIDEnet and AUREA logos. The logos are connected by the words “In collaboration with”. Next to this is another text box that reads “Stanford University School of Medicine and PRIDEnet. Community Listening Sessions with Aromantic People: Summary and Recommendation Report 2024 January.
Image 3: A square graphic featuring a quote from a community listening session participant. It reads “I feel like I am a queer person. I belong in queer spaces, but I am also sort of romance-repulsed, sort of sex-repulsed, and a lot of queer folks who are not aro [aromantic] or not ace [asexual], that's their safe space to be very, very open about their sexuality or their romantic attraction, and they deserve that space to be able to do that. So it's, yeah, it's hard to find sort of like what is that balance[...].”
At the top of the graphic are the words “Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, #ASAW2025”. At the bottom of the graphic is a text box with the PRIDEnet and AUREA logos. The logos are connected by the words “In collaboration with”. Next to this is another text box that reads “Stanford University School of Medicine and PRIDEnet. Community Listening Sessions with Aromantic People: Summary and Recommendation Report 2024 January.
Image 4: A square graphic featuring a quote from a community listening session participant. It reads “Another thing that I would say is just the way that health insurance works in this country and how if you're going to get health insurance for a partner's employer, they'll typically want you to be married. I feel like the expansion of who we're able to include, like if we're under the system where we have to get healthcare through our employers, we should be able to elect people outside of our immediate family.”
Under the quote is a black text box that reads: “Read more recommendations from aromantic participants at: PRIDEnet.org/reports.” To the right of this text is a clipart of a clipboard with a health insurance application.
At the top of the graphic are the words “Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, #ASAW2025”. At the bottom of the graphic is a text box with the PRIDEnet and AUREA logos. The logos are connected by the words “In collaboration with”. Next to this is another text box that reads “Stanford University School of Medicine and PRIDEnet. Community Listening Sessions with Aromantic People: Summary and Recommendation Report 2024 January.
