#proudace

[crazymelimelo]

Kinda late for #AceWeek but I wanted to make some art and tell my story of being asexual. Read if you'd like <3

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KbarVsAHx4BQzbdZJT2UPj4m_YMNTG_5MnhE18baWLQ/edit?usp=sharing

🖤Proud to🤍 be ace💜

[huggablespooder]

Comment who u think would protecccc us aces.

(I’m thinking Paul Rudd?? But idk tho 👀)

[isolus-girl]

I wanted to share my feelings around discovering I was an ace. As I came to this realisation because of people being open about being an ace themselves, I feel like it is important that I follow their example and be public about it myself in the hopes of passing it forwards, that others might discover something they didn't know.

For clarity I had come across the term asexual before, but with little to no explanation and information. I was led to believe it was something different. It wasn't until I came across the blog of someone writing about their experiences that it resonated with me and I researched it further.

When I came to the realisation I was excited. It was like a lightbulb turning on in my head and suddenly all the things I had written off as me being abnormal all made perfect sense. For me it was very exciting. I'm not naive, I appreciate that there is a lot of prejudice in the world and a great lack of understanding that also leads to prejudice.

To understand my perspective you have to understand how it felt before I knew. I was labelling myself as abnormal and weird, hiding a big part of myself from the world. I would pretend to be 'normal' and say things because they were expected of me, not because they were my thoughts. People would laugh and me and labelled me as 'innocent' and 'naive'. I knew this wasn't true to rebelled against these labels, which in turn led to me acting less like myself. I would chastise myself for not being 'normal'.

This stopped when I realised that actually I was normal. I had an explanation for how I was feeling and a community of people who feel the same way supporting me. That was the most amazing feeling!

Now I have a journey to begin. This is probably going to be the hardest bit. I have to decide who to tell and start to be me again. The more open I decide to be the more prejudice and misunderstandings I am likely to face. Whatever comes my way though it will always be better than not knowing was.

[thelovekickstarts]

I didn't do anything special for GLAAD's Spirit Day or National Coming Out Day, but I'm always happy to post about Asexual Awareness Week, also known as Ace Week. As a member of this interesting niche group in the queer community, there's a lot of misconceptions about who we are and what the term Asexuality actually means and entails. It's not really anything I ever felt the need to "come out" about, but I know that isn't the case for everyone. It's just who I am, and I'm ok with that. For more info, ask your friendly neighborhood ace or go to ace week.org #aceweek #asexualityawarenessweek #proudace #aceandproud #queercommunity #lgbtqia #asexual #ace https://www.instagram.com/p/B32A-fcAeul/?igshid=9vntb2pjd8pq