#straight oriented aroace

[shark-sun]

When I was in Daycare, a boy probably thought I was his girlfriend or at least had a crush on me, meanwhile I saw him as my friend because the majority of the kids I hung out with were guys and one day he just stopped talking to me and I still have no idea why. This randomly came back to me and now I understand how I’m on the AroAce spectrum

[shark-sun]

Happy Pride Month coming from someone who identifies with both queer and straight identities

[shark-sun]

💔

Me: I’m a straight oriented AroAce and I am in a relationship

Someone: You’re not AroAce then

Me: How?

Someone: AroAce people hate the thought of dating

Me and the other AroAces that are in relationships: *sobs in corner*

[theaceandaroadvocacyproject]

Here are some highlights from our 3rd article on straight/hetero aspecs! You can read the full thing here: https://taaap.org/2022/06/28/straight-aspecs-part-three/

Thanks to all our contributors, including @thekarmickitty13

[ID: The first image reads - Straight/Hetero Aspecs Part III. “Who we’re romantically / aesthetically attracted to doesn’t change our aceness, being “straight-passing” doesn’t mean that we don’t have struggles to overcome in navigating the world either.” - Kylie. “I think there are misconceptions that a heterosexual asexual person just hasn’t found the right person yet (I get asked that question all the time when I come out to people).” - Dev. “My experience being hetero in aspec communities is feeling sometimes like the odd man out given I haven't come across many hetero aspecs.” - Rana. Pictured is a Venus symbol and Mars symbol interlocked and colored in as a rainbow.

The second image reads - Straight/Hetero Aspecs Part III. “Due to how sexualized queer people are in society and how wrongly they view asexuality, most of the time they assume we’re aromantic. It’s happened to me before and it’s frustrating to feel invalidated.” - Victoria. “For the longest time I was scared to label myself as part of the queer community because I was afraid that as someone who is heteromantic, I would be seen as “not queer enough” and that I was trying to invade queer spaces.” - Kylie. Pictured is the aroace flag with the heterosexual flag overlaid on top of it in a circle. End ID.]