#poc aces

[avenpt]

Harvest Prater, is an undergraduate student at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. They are looking for participants located in the United States who identify as asexual and a person of color between the ages of 18- 35 to interview them about their experiences, for their research- Asexuals of Color: Experiences of an Invisible Identity.

Interviews will take place on Zoom and will last one hour. Contact [email protected]

[frothyss]

Hi, it takes zero dollars to respect aces of color and leave them the fuck alone.

[intersectionalpositivity]

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

Aces of color are amazing and beautiful and deserve happiness

[sweetmintchocolatewitch]

To all you Black and Brown aspec lovelies; I honestly love you.

People have fetishized our features for being “exotic” for hundreds of years, and even today we’re viewed as hyper sexual in the media in SO MANY disrespectful ways, people erase us in fandoms when we try to identify with character(s) and ignore our experiences when we call them out for comparing Aces to racist figures.

I just want you to know that those views do not define us, nor invalidates us being ace/aspec. (even if it’s from our own people)

We exist, and we deserve love and respect.

[asexualspectrumspector]

I'm double gray-a and PoC. I'm writing aces all along the spectrum for a book... but particularly looking for experiences of anyone who is a black woman ace? She's also bi/panromantic serial monogamist, and I'm thinking more sex repulsed than lacking sexual attraction. I'm having a hard, hard time finding someone of that experience. I'm trying to collect lived experiences to make it more authentic and have struck out on books. (Lack of ace fiction) I want to write lots of PoC aces. Can you help?

Calling out to all PoC aces!

If you feel comfortable doing so, please come help out @racheludin with her book.  She’s looking for authentic experiences from anyone willing to share!

I hope you are able to write this and share it!  We definitely need more ace fiction!

[frothyss]

To All my PoC A-specs: Have a great rest of asexual awareness week 😘

[aceenough]

I just saw your post about brown aces and YES TO ALL OF THAT!! I'm so so very happy of finding an asexuality-spec blog that actually talks about POC issues...I must admit I was feeling rather lonely in the ace comunity, so thanks for that post.

You’re welcome! If you’re a poc ace blog make this person aware of you because they need to follow you and be your new best friend! (ps if you want to make a submission post for this blog about your experiences please do!)

[apollyptica]

i'm supposed to be working on an art history paper rn but hey on blackness and asexuality

I read an article a while back on compulsory heterosexuality (and the subsequent one after; this one I read about a week ago) by Gradient Lair, and they're all very true. 

While asexuality has not had such a long history, the majority of its representation in the media has been overwhelmingly white. Asexuality is seen as a "white thing" too! For asexuality in black people (especially black women) from the outside looking in can be broken down into a few categories: 

A) Asexuality functions as a white supremacist stereotype. This means asexual black person is not actually asexual, but simply a desexualized black person (like the mammy, for example) or they are simply suppressing their "true sexuality" in light of other racial stereotypes (like the jezebel). Of course, these are dependent on an inaccurate definition on what asexuality is but contrary to a lot of activism, a lot of people are still fixed on using this definition. Because people do not know what asexuality is, their first assumption is one that equates behaviour and attraction. 

B) Asexuality cannot possibly BE a thing because black people MUST be sexual by "nature." This is due to the myth and stereotyping and labeling of black people as hypersexual. If we operate on the definition on asexuality being about not having sex/being sexual and operate within the realms of white supremacy, black asexual people cannot exist. I remember looking up research concerning blackness and asexuality and came across someone make the very same statement: "Black people cannot be asexual because they are hypersexual." 

C) Asexuality (and any other sexuality for that fact) is not possible for black people because all black people are heterosexual. Cue compulsory heterosexuality. 

For all the reasons above I think it's very important to examine asexuality and blackness together because, more often than not, asexual black people are put into the above 3 categories. 

It gets complicated. It really does. I understand the need to speak out against the pathologization of black peoples' sexualities, especially that of black women. It is extremely important to talk about how black women are placed on the two extremes (extremely sexual/not sexual) and how this is harmful and in essence policies all black women's sexuality. 

However, it is hurtful as an asexual black person to always see such negativity placed on the "asexuality" [AKA nonsexuality, as that is usually what it translates in this context] of black people because it erases our experiences and places our sexuality in a box that provides no room to move.

It's difficult and complicated to examine your sexuality outside of the realms of white supremacy, which has had an impact on all black peoples' sexualities. It's a dynamic which one can have immense trouble escaping. It's something I've had trouble comprehending for the longest while. 

Our identities are influenced by the culture and society we live in and how this society/culture perceives us to be more than we would like it to be, and it's not always apparent to others to see that you're not one of the 3 categories above and are just an asexual black person. Point blank. 

End ramble.