A Call for Asexual Awareness

A campaign led by DLSU students to raise Asexual Awareness. Please like us on facebook! http://facebook.com/SpacesForAces #SpacesForAces

[pringlesprobably]

lgbt selfie month

hey so im sure many of you have seen the selfie week going around by aFpE.  unfortunately, aFpE is kind of horrible(some explanation here and here and here and many other places on tumblr.) xana and i (and many other lgbt people) were very uncomfortable participating in a selfie thing set up by her and have made one by two people who support the entire community! so, heres the run down!

JUNE 2ND- gay men!

JUNE 3RD- lesbians!

JUNE 8TH- trans men

JUNE 10TH- trans women!

JUNE 12TH- intersex people!

JUNE 15TH- aroace umbrella! (this includes demi, grey, etc.)

JUNE 19TH- bisexual/biromantic!

JUNE 21ST- pansexual/panromantic!

JUNE 23RD- nonbinary people!

JUNE 25TH- not yet been featured? show your stuff! we’re very sorry abt the limited number of days, that’s why we included this day!

JUNE 27TH- remembrance! this is a day to remember members of our community who are no longer with us. please tag posts carefully.

JUNE 29TH-30TH- these days is to talk about your experience. whether its your coming out story, your experience with being closeted, or how you came/are coming to terms with your identity!

we would very much appreciate your help in spreading this so it can get out to as many people as possible! thanks!!

[honeygordo]

please boost this!

[lapisbitch]

when kinsey did his sexuality studies, he discovered there were individuals with no sexual attraction towards any gender, and put them in a “category x”

you know what this means guys?

i

am

one of the x-men

[subtract-me-from-your-heart]

ASEXUAL EDUCATORS

IF YOU DON’T CALL YOURSELVES “PROFESSOR X” THEN I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED

[just-ace-things-old]

"Strawberries Taste Like Red": A Post on Defining Sexual Attraction

"What is sexual attraction?  What does sexual attraction feel like?" Phrases like these show up often in the list of search terms that lead people to this blog, and while I think my usual readers a…

this article was SOOO helpful to me in figuring out my asexuality so I’m just gonna leave it here for anyone who may be unsure :)

[spacesforaces]

what i say: omg he's so hot i'm gonna die

what i mean: we live in an overtly sexual culture that doesn't recognize sensual and aesthetic attraction as separate from sexual desire and as an ace individual i am incapable of expressing my appreciation for someone's beauty in a simple way that doesn't have a sexual connotation please bear with me

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Someone very nicely pointed out to me that I should have included sensual attraction in this graphic I made earlier. I’ve copy-pasta’d some of the more important text from that graphic although you should still read the other text too cause it’s still relevant! 

Firstly, the definitions on the graphic above are very very very very bare-bones, and it’s important to say that different people experience the different kinds of attraction in different ways, and also there are probably more kinds of attraction, but I believe these are the main ones and the most important to differentiate between.

Secondly, it’s also important to note that each person has their own limits and lines drawn between the different kinds of attraction. To some people, touching would be a reaction to aesthetic attraction; to others, it may be a romantic act; to others, sexual. Some people view kissing as sexual and others view it as romantic. Everyone, ace or allo, has their own borders and their own fences in between these different kinds of attraction and some don’t have any fences in between them at all, and just let them run around wild together. 

The first reaction I usually get when I explain the difference between sexual, romantic, and aesthetic attraction is something along the lines of “but no one looks at someone and just wants to have sex with them right away! everyone needs to get to know them first!” This argument is also a big part of demisexual erasure. Which is why I think it’s important to really differentiate between these types of attraction. And just because these three types of attraction go together for some doesn’t mean they go together for all. 

Again, and especially with the inclusion of sensual attraction, it’s important for me to point out that not everyone has the same standards for each type of attraction. What is included in sensual for some may be included in sexual for others. Asexual people can be sensually attracted to people and desire physical intimacy that doesn’t include sexual intercourse, in fact, many do. And I feel the need to point this out often and firmly because there are people in the asexual community invalidating EACH OTHER because few people seem to understand that not only is asexuality a spectrum, everyone exists on their own individual spectrum. 

[redbeardace]

Companion slideshow for the new section on WhatIsAsexuality.com:  “Am I Ace?  A Teenager’s Guide To Asexuality”

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Hope this is helpful to some of you. Being asexual and trying to find labels for yourself based on what you think you should be and based on your romantic orientation (which may not be the same) can be very difficult and frustrating.

[methuselah-honeysuckle]

1) fuck you if you don’t believe that asexuality exists

2) fuck you if you don’t include asexuality in your sex positivity

3) fuck you if you don’t think that temporary asexuality due to hormonal imbalances isn’t a huge fucking deal and deserves the same level of support and inclusion

4) fuck you if you don’t support asexuals and an asexual-including/non-shaming society 100%

[asexualquotes-blog]

We need to recognize that for some people sex is great and for some sex is horrific and for some it’s on par with folding laundry.

queenieofaces | Sex isn’t always good (via asexualquotes)

And it can be those different things at different times for different people. It’s valid to be repulsed by sex for part of your life, into it for part of your life, and meh about it for part of your life. However you feel about sex, that’s valid.

(via thedatingfeminist)

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[ohillleavewithyourheadsire]

TWO ASEXUALS SITTING IN A TREE

S-I-T-T-I-N-G

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I made this recently, hopefully submitting it will let people become more aware.

[sloanecakes]

that’s not what it means and you know it

[ritsukaangel]

Look at these!!Part 2 3

You can get them Here!

[gravesnob]

The first one xD yes

[ghengars]

asexual awareness week is coming up on oct. 26

be careful, fellow asexuals. they can see you now. dont commit any crimes from october 26 to november 1.

on november 2 we may get back to the ace agenda

[rememberpurplesummer-deactivate]

Of course, another way to describe asexuality is quoting Shakespeare.

"Man delights not me, no, nor woman, neither."

[evilkitten42]

Just because I’m asexual doesn’t mean I can’t find people attractive. I mean, someone’s milkshake may bring me to the yard but that doesn’t stop me being lactose intolerant.

Me, finally discovering the best way to explain my sexuality to my friends (via effaced-ace)

[transstudent]

It’s Asexual Awareness Week! Let’s take some time to learn about the asexual spectrum.