An aroace comic for pride month
Hello! For pride month I wanted to post a little comic about some internalized acearophobia I’ve been dealing with, and maybe other people on the aroace spec or aros/ aces can relate too. Or even people outside of those spectrums who might be dealing with mixed feelings about relationships. Aroace refers to people under the aromantic and asexual label who feel little to no attraction to any gender. This isn’t me trying to shame anyone on the aroace spec/ outside of it who do want relationships, I would never want to do that. I just wanted to highlight some internal struggles that aroace people face in an amatonormative( the assumption that everyone wants a romantic and sexual relationship and it’s more important than other relationships) society. Especially since I have been deemed in the past as less queer because I’m aroace, and my heart breaks for any aroace/ aros and aces out there who were told their struggles didn’t matter and that they weren’t apart of the LGBTQ+ community.
Anyway, I wanted to leave my comic off on a positive note. I have hope that I’ll come to accept my identity in spite of my doubts and I wish the same thing for anyone that’s going through this right now. To all the aroace specs and people on the ace and aro spectrum, you guys all matter 🧡💛🤍🩵💙. And thank you to everyone else in the LGBTQ+ community and allies for your support, you guys are awesome. Happy pride month everyone!!
