Exist. Resist. Persist.

EQ, they/them, polyamorous queer af aro / icon by the-nebulates

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Tree Sparro! Shape is a bit off (the angle of the back), but... something something not conforming to society's expectations?

It's always really exciting seeing a bird that's like a common bird but a bit different and rarer (the black cheeks distinguish it from a house sparrow)

[scramratz]

Masculinity can be queer. Often is.

[sweethearticism]

while we're on the topic of aromantic, look at arodino

[mr-sir-elysian]

Here’s another digital coloring of a sketch from one of my high school notebooks. I gave this one a aromantic color scheme! I have one more sketch left. That one will have asexual flag colors. I might start transferring more of my old art into digital. These have been fun! Here is the original sketch.

[virtualtyrant69]

If you believe hard enough, every character can be aroallo

[nothorses]

A crucial part of the conversation around transandrophobia is the distinction between personal identity and sociopolitical categorization; or, to borrow one of my least favorite made-up grad school words, "positionality".

"Positionality" refers to where you exist in relation to power. It's "white" vs. "person of color" or other race-related classifications, it's gender, orientation, socioeconomic class, ability, "fat" vs. "thin", and whatever other axes of power you can identify.

"Personal identity" is how you choose to describe yourself; the words you prefer, the specific labels that make sense or feel right to you, and the words that may technically describe you, but that you don't want applied for any number of reasons.

The difference between these two things is why, for example, "bi" might technically describe pan people as well, but a lot of them don't actually identify as bi; and why, at the same time, a lot of statistics around bi positionality- the specific oppression that targets bi people- also apply to, and include, pan people.

The issue is a lot bigger than this, and there are a ton of arguments within the queer community based around the conflation of these two concepts in one way or another ("don't call it the queer community" comes to mind). But the one I'm interested in here is the way this impacts transmasc discourse, specifically.

There's a particular confusion that happens with trans people's identity vs. positionality in queer discourse. Cissexist society says that trans people's identities don't matter; that they do, and also should occupy the position of whatever gender they were assigned at birth. Position determines identity.

The common argument to this is to just flip it the other way around: trans people's identities do matter- and that those identities determine positionality.

This makes sense, to some degree:

Trans people face transphobia: identity = trans, therefore position = trans.

Trans women face misogyny: identity = women, therefore position = woman.

But it also concludes:

Trans men identify as men: identity = man, therefore position = man.

"Tans male privilege" is the notion that trans men, upon identifying as men, instantly gain access to the position of maleness.

But this is easy to poke holes in; telling someone you identify as a man doesn't stop them from seeing you as a woman, and that's kind of a vital function of transphobia in the first place. In fact, doing so would immediately subject you to transphobia.

So people think: okay, if trans men don't occupy the position of "man" because they identify that way, what does that say about trans women? Does that mean trans women do occupy the position of "man", despite identifying as "woman"? Does that mean they don't occupy the position of "woman" at all- and therefore cannot be subjected to misogyny?

Obviously, that's also not true! Trans women do experience misogyny; this is a well-documented fact.

And so do trans men.

And that adds to the confusion: if trans men experience misogyny, does that mean their position = woman? (And isn't that just what TERFs believe?)

The problem here is twofold:

We're still conflating identity with position- we're just arguing over which one determines the other.

We're ignoring that "trans" is itself a position. Trans people don't necessarily occupy the position of either binary gender; we are often just seen as "trans", and placed in that position.

This position is also a little bit unique in that it's particularly mobile: society doesn't want to acknowledge that this is a valid way to exist, and so the existence of the position is denied as much as possible. Trans people are, as a result, often categorized as "women" or "men" depending on what's convenient: if the transphobe in question can subject them to misogyny by categorizing them as a woman, or if they can paint them as "dangerous" by categorizing them as men.

If we can understand that position doesn't necessarily determine our identity- our actual gender- we can understand that trans women are both exactly as much women as cis women are, and that they occupy a very different position, and have very different experiences.

We can also understand, through these ideas, that trans men can identify as trans and as men, and that these identities don't necessarily determine position. Trans men don't occupy the position of "man", even though we identify as and are men.

We can also understand that trans men also aren't necessarily women, even if we do sometimes occupy the position of "woman", because every trans person can occupy that position if and when it's convenient to transphobia. The same is true of the "man" position and trans women.

[nonacearo-week]

apologies for the delay in getting out the prompts formatted nicely, life was life'ing you know how it is, but theyre here! in a nice list and everything!

now, for the good part, last year we had a lot of people just doin' whatever, and to be frank yeah i really fucked with that energy even if it was a byproduct of the event being rushed. so that said, if forever reason you cannot follow the prompts due to limitations of media being used (drawing, analysis, crochet, graphical edits, video edits, poetry, moodboards, etc), just go for it! please make sure to tag us in the posts though even if they arent following the prompts, we do wanna get everything in one place!

the Ao3 collection is gonna be made tonight, so we'll probably edit this post to include the link or make a freshie post for it in itself

that said, happy creating! hope the preamble downtime to create beforehand is helpful, and i hope that everyone who wants to is able to make something for this event regardless of what it is!

plain text/image id under cut!

non-ace aro week 2026 prompt list

aro4aro friendship

actually fake dating

"wait, those romantic gestures were serious"

romance/ship tropes as horror

aroallo health class horror

aro4aro friends with benefits

non-romantic kink relationship

remember the hashtags!

#nonacearo week 2026

and

#nonace aro week 2026"

background is a blurred out non-sam aro flag

[knifearo]

it’s really cool to see someone who is in the exact same kind of relationship that i am for once. i get comfort from both the “aros can be in romantic relationships too” as well as the “aros dont ever have to date” kinds of posts but it always feels as if both of these awkwardly exclude me. i never thought i’d find someone else who was fine with their partner calling the relationship romantic for them but not for themselves. relationships can be just as messy and nuanced as identity itself but i dont think most people are ready to admit that.

even in places where relationship anarchy is talked about (the aro community being a big one, at least from what i've seen) it's still difficult to find people's accounts of like. how they put relationship anarchy into practice. i don't know. relationships are like gender to me in the way that every social construct is the same. every person is an individual. every individual is going to have their own approach to gender: just because we have these two major categories doesn't mean that it isn't infinitely variable and extremely personal. relationships are typically categorized as romantic, platonic, or familial, but the truth is that those categories are just as made up as the binary gender system. sure, they pop up a lot, and sure, they might be helpful for you to apply for yourself, but ultimately, every relationship is unique. once you start thinking outside of those arbitrary boxes— hold on i got so caught up in thinking about how to explain it that i stopped writing this post to draw a diagram

with anything listed being a stand-in for whatever else you can think of, obviously. but that's the thing it's like. you don't have to use the presets. everything is infinitely customizeable. you are ALWAYS creating unique relationships with other people you just don't think of it that way... once you approach every relationship in your life with an open mindset suddenly there are beautiful beautiful possibilities for all kinds of connections with other human beings... as always i fall back on my favorite phrase. which is "you can do whatever you want forever". because you can

[screamingatkyle]

as pride approaches please remember that the queer experience does not start or end with romantic relationships! in your writing challenges, movie recs, and even just as you make your posts please remember to include those of us whose queerness does not revolve around who we date, and those of us who don't date at all.

[proudnb]

Finding the perfect labels can be nice, but it's not necessary.

There are plenty of people who use labels that seem conflicting. There are others who prefer general terms over precision. Some folks mix it up.

The labels you apply to yourself should improve your life, not fence it in.

[artemisiamasterofnone]

Yeah that character is cool but what if they were aromantic

[luxiomahariel]

i just discovered this gorgeous progress flag design by FlailingSpade and was inspired to build upon it

the colorblind and photosensitive friendly color scheme comes from the star of david progress flag by dykeboytism

both of these flags will be placed under the read more just in case either link ends up not working

id like to think of this as the sunrise progress flag : >

[luxiomahariel]

pixeled it :3

[ace-aussie-asshole]

THEY PUT SEX MAGIC BACK IN THE FLAG (and a secret third thing??)!!!!

[luxiomahariel]

secret third thing is killing me thank you lmao 💀

i forgot that not everyone is aware that before he passed, gilbert baker added a lavender stripe to the top of his flag that represents diversity

[arokalypse]

made some flags wavy

Moving photos ahead with vibrant colors, can possibly cause eyestrain

So I made 2 versions for this lil wavey animation of some arospec flags. I made a new banner for myself and thought, wait a minute... so here we are

Aro Flag W A V E

Arospec Flag W A V E

Aroace Flag W A V E

Aroallo Flag W A V E

Non SAM Aro Flag W A V E

1 / 2🛠 / ...

Free to use, pls lmk if something's wrong thank you <:D

[agressivelyaro]

people from this country are so cool

[ID: The Non-sam aro pride flag. /End ID]

[crowycawcawart]

heartless

[citree]

Happy birthday trans people!!!!!! ✨💞🥰💙🫶🌟💕🦎🏳️‍⚧️💞the world is better with you in it ❤️

[citree]

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Did not mean to add the lizard 😐

[citree]

Ok happy birthday trans people x2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎉✨🎈🎉💕✨🫶🏳️‍⚧️💙🤍💖🎉✨🌟And also this lizard!!!!🦎🏳️‍⚧️💕🎉

[krembovanil]

@letaot-ze-magniv

[possessable]

i like when characters have weird inexplicable intimate bonds but i don't understand romantic or sexual attraction so it's just weird bullshit instead #myweirdbullshit #ilovemyweirdbullshit #secretthirdthing