#grayro

[softrings]

Shout out to the romance/sex averse aroaces and greyroses. The ones that can only tolerate sex and romance in fiction if we try to force ourselves to believe it's not romantic/sexual in nature. The ones who only that feel aesthetic/sensory attraction for only like. 5 minutes max. Then never feel Again. The aroaces that dont want to "marry platonically". The ones that would rather live in a friendly community with their own space than Start a family. This is mostly for me but... Please, is there anyone else like me? The first few posts in the Aroace search is about.. Yearning. And shipping and attraction... I feel so alone. :(

[plague-and-creatures-lore]

I love being a queer writer! I love being an aroace writer! I love writing interesting and ambiguous relationships for my characters

I love the emotional dynamics I can explore through queer emotions and attractions. I love how they subtly show characterization in ways a heterosexual monogamous and amatanormative relationship could not

I love characters that mean something to each other in a way only they understand, or maybe they don't quite understand but it doesn't matter

[feltedflyingfox]

LGBTQ+ Pokemon: Aromantic Spectrum pt 1

Aromantic Cottonee | Aromantic Leafeon

Demiromantic Cottonee | Demironantic Leafeon

Grayromantic Cottonee | Grayromantic Leafeon

Aegoromantic Cottonee | Aegoromantic Leafeon

Happy Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week!

I’m working on drawing another set of demiromantic and aegoromantic Pokemon stickers so each flag can have their own Pokemon! Aromantic will get Leafeon and grayromantic will get cottonee.

These are all available in my shop!

Next->

[redbeardace]

Two more! Grayromantic and gray-ace flags add another 48 feet, putting the scarf at 350 feet!

[probablyaspeccharacters]

Hiiragi Nana is Grayromantic

[aroaceasks]

Hi! I've been feeling lonely recently, since my friends all seem to have closer friends, live far away and/or have partnered up, whereas I am still single and solo, as greyaro/biromantic ace.

I love the idea of committment and coziness of a relationship but don't really form relationships (I panic and bail out every time around 3rd date when it starts getting into kissing part of relationship, no matter how cool the person is, okay?).

So I was wondering about how others deal with the creeping loneliness and about any success stories of finding QPRs or good aroace relationships. Kinda just want to see a bit of hope at the end of this tunnel...

Hello! So sorry that you're going through that. In terms of dealing with loneliness, it may be beneficial to seek out (aspec-specific, if need be) in-person spaces. If you have one, try your local library—they also often host book and other hobby clubs, which can be great for meeting new people. (Don't worry too much about the hobby itself.)

That being said, though, I have no personal success stories to share, so I'm posing this question to the community! If you've had a similar experience, please tell us how you dealt with it in the notes (or, if you prefer to, feel free to send me an ask and I will reblog with your addendum—anon is open).

Regardless, I promise you, there is hope. Loneliness sucks, it can feel crushing at times, and you're welcome to come back here to discuss your experiences with it—but no one's doomed to it forever. I sincerely wish you the best of luck in finding companionship, whatever that ends up looking like. :)

[theaceandaroadvocacyproject]

Hello everyone! We wanted to do a piece talking about the intersectionality of disabled and aspec identities and experiences - does this ring true to your experiences? What did we miss? Info on the images are written out below and included in alt text.

[Text reads: July is Disability Pride Month. Let's discuss Disability and Aspec Identity. While individuals may be both aspec and disabled, the two groups also have many similarities outside of people who exist in both. Ableism and aphobia, while both robust issues on their own, have intersecting pain points. Ace and aro people may be accused of being "sick" or "unnatural", and in need of a cure. Simple existence is conflated with suffering, and some people may be more invested in "fixing" aspec people rather than accepting them.

The idealized future - long life, independent living, marriage, children, etc - does not necessarily leave room for people in these groups. Disabled and aspec people can definitely have wonderful futures, without adhering to ableist and amatonormative notions of what a future should look like. Both groups are frequently treated as an afterthought in the realms of legislation/political advocacy and community care*. *A great time to remind y'all that we are still in a pandemic. Wear a mask.

People who are both disabled and aspec may deal with the added stress of stereotype threat*. Stereotype threat is the anxiety and stress that comes from possibly confirming a negative stereotype about the demographic one is apart of. Stereotype threat may arise due to the stereotype that disabled people are not suitable for romantic and/or sexual relationships, or due to the stereotype that asexuality and aromanticism are signs of illness or dysfunction. *Stereotype threat can occur to people of any minority demographic - age, race, gender, orientation, etc.]

[xxcalicofemmexx]

greyromantic + gorgons

Greyromantic: Romantic attraction is rare and/or mild. Often used as an umbrella term for people who think/know they're on the aromantic spectrum, but don't know exactly where. An arospec identity that can be combined with other identities (greybiromantic, etc) or used as an identity of its own. Also known as greyaromantic, grey aromantic, and grey aro