#queer romantic

[cedence]

“I said, have you ever given up your own ego and submitted to the horror of being known, or did you just shrug your shoulders and assume the whole world’s filled with people full of talent who all got lucky while you got the short end of the stick of life?”

— The Corruption of Hollis Brown, K. Ancrum

[anonymousmoth43]

Term: Queer-sexual (subterm: queer-romantic)

Meaning: Being attracted to someone in a strictly queer way, typically used by genderfluid and/or genderqueer people. This could fall under the bisexual umbrella but none of their relationships, regardless of gender, will be straight.

(People who say “I want to date a guy but in a mlm way and date a girl in a wlw way” would fall under this term)

Clarifying, this is not a fetishizer friendly term, it’s a term for people who feel being considered ‘straight’ would disregard their gender identity.

Flags:

The darker colored flag is queer-sexual and the pastel colored flag is queer-romantic. The acacia branches symbolize “immortality of the soul” and in this context means forever being who you are, no matter what, aka queer. The jasmine flower on the queer-sexual symbolizes love and sensuality and the snow drops symbolizes innocent love.

Color breakdown:

Queer-sexual: Orange-pink for lesbian, pink for female leaning, grey for the opposite of black and white aka the opposite of straight, blue for male leaning, and green-teal for gay.

Queer-romantic: Orange-pink for lesbian, light purple for men and women, light yellow for loving outside of the binary, light grey for the opposite of black and white, light teal-green for gay.

The differences in colors were something I put a lot of work into, I wanted there to be a clear difference but I also didn’t want it to look like either is lacking compared to the other, both are so similar and yet so different, they’re their own distinct thing.

[closet-begone]

im coming out as aroace-spec, specifically aegosexual, and queer romantic

heya!! aspec people are beautiful and lovely and you are so wonderfully valid <3

-mod lepidoptera

[backdraft-bimbo]

It is THE weirdest experience being asexual as a Christian. When I tell other Christians I'm asexual, it's like I ALWAYS have to get "reassured" that it's not sinful, even when I have zero doubts in my mind about my identity. I usually get the response of "you're not having sex so it's fine! Marriage ain't necessary anyway!" which I know. But it's kind of disregarding the possibility of queer romance here, which I still am figuring out regarding my identity.

So it's gotten frustrating; this constant treatment of ignorance on how important this identity is to me, since I've been figuring it out my whole life. And I finally found a label that feels comfortable and right, and yet people still tell me to not rush into it and not get too caught up in "modern labels." The whole POINT of modern labels is to be connected to others who are like you, to be able to express your authentic self in a healthy way!

If I do ever pursue a queerromantic non-sexual relationship in the future I wonder if I'll get the same "don't fret, it's okay" sort of demeaning and ignorantly condescending response. I've asked some pastors about this before but they never give me a clear answer. Romance without sex shouldn't be sinful to them, but they still get kind of squirelly when I ask about it. Like they ain't sure. And as an asexual I feel like I don't have a say here gatekeeping peoples' sexual activities anyway. I can't rightfully judge people, just as others can't rightfully judge me. I'm not an expert on human sexuality, but I have read MANY an article about the perspectives of queerness in the Bible. And going off the big message of Christianity: love, faith, hope; love your neighbor, treat people kindly, don't judge others; how in the WORLD can you condemn people for things you don't know enough about?

Many Christians today are way too hyperfocused on condemning others' sins instead of working on themselves, instead of LOVING thy neighbor, instead of being focused on being good people. Sins are not the main focus of the Bible, believe it or not. The main focus of the Bible is to tell the story of Jesus Christ (hence Christianity, hence Christmas, hence Easter) the man who freed us from our sins. So why do some Christians feel it is their duty to act as the faith police and go around harrassing people who just want to express their identities peacefully? It is NOT your place to condemn people. It is NOT your place to judge people. It is NOT your place to tell others whether or not they're going to Heaven or Hell. Read the Bible and understand that that is not the goal here. The purpose of Christianity is to spread love and joy and peace, not bring fear and uncertainty into the lives of others.

Now, I wish all queer Christians a very lovely evening. Keep being you, and don't let anyone make you ashamed of it. <3

[weirdmixofweirdness]

And finally, here’s a name flag for @honestlyitsjustkenna

I hope you like it. I did the colors for queer romantic as accurately as I could.

[anonymousmoth43]

So, here’s a rundown: I’m autigender, queer-platonic, queer-romantic, and asexual. Why am I like this?!?!?? Why the fuck couldn’t I have a single average label 😔🙏

[chthoniccripple]

morosexual culture is describing for almost five (5) minutes, in full detail, how to cut an avocado.

and how to cube chicken.

this mans is 22 and we're MARRIED