Aros And Aces Of Color

The Carnival of Aros is a monthly blogging carnival with themes related to aromantic and aro-spec identities and experiences. More information can be found here.

Theme/Prompts

This month’s theme is on intersectionality and inclusivity within the aromantic community. You are welcome to use the prompts below, but feel free to take this in whatever direction you feel necessary.

Prompts below:

Thank you Griffin for ace Fitzroy Maplecourt ♠️💖💜

Tag list~

hoW D A R EYOU

That’s genuinely how people talk about T.S. Eliot. We all make fun of articles that say things like, “This female author divorced her husband and lived with her CLOSE FEMALE FRIEND for the rest of her life.” But for some reason when I say, “As a sex-repulsed asexual person I relate to a lot of T.S. Eliot’s poetry because so many of his works are caught between an almost hopeless desire for affection and a terrified disgust for sex,“ that’s considered UNINTELLECTUAL. Obviously I’m grossly misinterpreting the TRUE BRILLIANCE of T.S. Eliot’s poetry. When I look up T.S. Eliot’s love life and say, “Maybe T.S. Eliot was like me,” that’s shoved away with “NO! HE COULDN’T POSSIBLY BE LIKE YOU! HE WAS JUST P I C K Y!!!” 

Three Essays by Black Asexual Women

“Romance Is Not the Only Type of Black Love that Matters” by Sherronda J. Brown

“The bonds that Black womxn share amongst ourselves are unlike any other. It is with Black womxn that I am able to be completely and unapologetically myself. It is with Black womxn that I have been able to foster a sisterhood, kinship, and camaraderie that fulfills me and will never let me be alone.”

“As a Black Woman, Celebrating Pride This Year Has Been Hard” by Yasmin Benoit

“Now is the time to remember that queer culture wouldn’t exist without Black culture and Stonewall wouldn’t have happened without Black trans women. Even if none of that were true, it wouldn’t make our struggle any less significant to the LGBTQ+ community. All Black Lives Matter, no ifs, no buts, no justification. That includes Black trans lives, Black gay lives, Black bisexual lives, Black asexual lives, Black non-binary lives. That’s what I’m going to make some noise about, and you should too.“

“The Hardships of Being an Asexual Woman of Color” by Kimberly Steele

Happy Pride, here’s an important article for us to read, talk about, and work on.

Warnings for discussion of sexual/reproductive violence, antiblack racism, and fetishization.

【LGBT+!】〉

My partner showed me this tweet because I’m not on twitter anymore and the comments were had stuff like other aces saying stuff like “I meet you in person and you complicated my ace ring” and stuff like that. So it’s excited to see that he felt comfortable being even more public than he had been before. And look at this freaking gift to our eye balls??

Some LGBTQ+ Muslims for pride !! Y’all are very valid and I hope you have a good pride month !

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Ace/aro people getting called “cishet”

Bisexuals getting called “straight passing”

Straight trans people getting told they’re not oppressed

What this post is not about;

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