The Ace Army

Join us in existence as we band together to promote the Asexual Agenda™. It may sometimes feel like it but you’re not alone - strength in numbers and all - or at least a bunch of people out to brighten your day. Ace/a-spec positivity blog. Questions are always welcome, though they may sometimes take a little while to get answered, as we have found ourself rather busy people as of late. Tags for mobile -currently tracking 'theacearmy' - icon/avatar: 'Pride Shield' by aceandinyourface

[black-ace-culture-is]

Yasmin Benoit has won the LGBTA Award for the 'Outstanding Contributions to Communities' category! She's the first aroace activist and first Black aroace to win this award 🖤🤎🤍💜

[devsdeve]

happy pride month everyone :)

[several-breathing-eyes]

Happy pride to my little asexual flag that has followed me through 4 years of being in my city's pride parade. Happy pride to everyone both in the closet and out 🖤🩶🤍💜 🌹🏵️💮🌺🪻

[hxneyfarm]

Happy pride month specifically to folks on the asexual and aromantic spectrum who oftentimes feel isolated and left out of the conversation. You belong here as much as the rest of us and I hope that you are all loved in a way that is comforting to you.

[meriahlatyar]

Yay Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 🧡💛🤍🩵💙

[prettycraft5]

I finished the aroace sweater just in time for ace week!

It's a Step by step sweater by Florence Miller, knitted with Mondial Merino Plus yarn. Here is the project page on Ravelry and here the tag with all my posts about this project here on Tumblr.

I'm so glad it's done! I cast it on last June! I don't think I'll get much wear out of it since the yarn is SO SCRATCHY. I have tried fabric softener and steam-blocking but it didn't work. I hope a run in the washing machine will help, otherwise, I guess it will stay in my closet until I'll decide to reuse the yarn for something else (NOT a garment). Which would be a shame but oh well.

Things I've learned:

Always buy more yarn than necessary

Don't try to wing the sleeves

I have to find a less visible method to change colours in the round

I should probably have used bigger needles

[melovibes57]

Something I never understood growing up aro/ace is how it "ISN'T" acceptable to NOT be romantically/sexually attracted to ppl and/or not be interested in romance/sex but it's acceptable to pressure people into dating and sex 🤔

[dragonsarecool123]

Aspec representation is important because kids are still told in health class that everyone feels attraction

Aspec representation is important because somewhere in the world there’s a 12 year old crying because they feel broken

Aspec representation is important because I still get told “that’s not real” when I come out

Aspec representation is important because people still think the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for ally

Aspec representation is important because everyone deserves to see someone like them on screen

Aspec representation is important because people still think that asexual and aromantic are the same thing

Aspec representation is important

[butch-columbo]

“There’s no platonic explanation for tha-“

[memyusername-deactivated2024091]

Just watched the Barbie movie and I cannot be convinced that the main Barbie is not Aro. Especially with the ending with Ken

[https-hunter]

And if I said

[littlemsterious]

i was thinking about that post comparing Jessica Rabbit as an asexual to Barbie and an asexual and then i thought of the Neil Gaiman post (was it a post?) about Crowley and Aziraphale being asexual and then this happened.

anyways. thoughts?

[biceratops7]

You are so brave and correct for this

[bloggingboutburgers]

Quick reminder since apparently it bears reminding in both directions: if bigoted people, closed-minded people overall, or your own internalized insecurities misinterpret a queer person’s message in a way that hurts/endangers you, yeah, it sucks, but it’s not the fault of the queer person in question, nor should it be a reason for them to silence themselves. They’re probably as hurt/pissed as you are that someone misinterpreted and misused their message to do harm.

Of course sadly there’ll still be queer people that actually DO mean harm and dismissal to other queer people – I ain’t speaking for those and it’s not the best way to ensure their and others’ wellbeing imo. I’m just saying – not all people will be like that. That’s what I want to believe. So hopefully let’s not put everyone in the same bag, keep supporting each other, WHILE allowing each other to advocate for our own visibility, without having to self-erase or self-censor to accomodate to what haters might say.

It’ll be tougher this way, maybe, because humans seem to like to draw extreme conclusions very quick, but I don’t believe there’s any better way for us all to be alright and stay alright on the long run.

[bloggingboutburgers]

Tfw you’re aroace and your radar is definitely not the on same level as allo people’s

[sunshiny-rants]

they are so queerplatonic coded

[ghostie-cola]

BARBIE BEING ACE BCUZ “she doesnt experience sexual attraction or desire”

AND KEN BEING ACE BCUZ “he’s above that (sex)”

IS THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF THE TWO ENDS OF THE ASEXUAL SPECTRUM

POWER COUPLE

[ghostie-cola]

CANONICALLY ASEXUAL BARBIE?????

OH.

IM ABOUT TO BE SO INSUFFERABLE FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR