Illusion, remember? People see what they want to see...

HAPPY 10 YEARS OF SENSE8

Here's some previously-featured aromantic books that are still free:

Novels and novellas

Demon King's Gardener series by Rori Thornton - Demon king and his human gardener, both aroacespec, in an eventual romantic and sexual relationship

Elite Hunter by Alexandra Gardner: Aroace deuteragonist in an eventual M/M relationship

Message of Tomorrow by Elia Emory - fantasy, aroace protagonist

Pixel by Lexa Chara Meadows - Cyberpunk, alloaro/aceallo

Unbury the Bones by Coyote J.M. Edwards - Aromantic vampire protagonist

Short stories

@aroworlds has written many stories, particularly with allo-aro characters

aromanticism by bracken - free interactive poem

Create Your Own Place by Darkyukifer - Platonic intergenerational bonding between an alloaro character and an aroace character

Zines

Two single-page zines - Am I the Only Aromantic Person on Earth? by ohnothankskid and arospec by nebula galaxy

Aromantic Experiences Zine - 70 page zine with material from 23 aro creators

Arospec 101 by Meeni Levi - exactly what the title says

Gilbert Baker added a 9th stripe shortly before his death, with the new stripe representing diversity. He added this stripe in reaction to the 2016 US election. It’s unfortunately not as well known as the 8 and 6 striped versions.

Here’s an image of him sewing together the 9 striped rainbow flag.

Mattxiv posts a series of images with text and artwork.

Text: "How are so many young people LGBTQ all of the sudden? Where are all of the older queer people?"

Photo: A white box fan in a clear plastic box with holes. Tassels on the fan indicate motion.

Text: "shortly after the death of his lover stephen earabino from AIDS, artist john boskovich learned that stephen’s family had completely cleared out his apartment in an attempt to eradicate . all that remained was an electric box fan, which john encased in plexiglass and titled 'feel it - motherfuckers' (1997). the wind from - the fan represents stephen’s breath, ~ allowing john to create eternal life for his dead lover."

Text: "How are so many young people LGBTQ all of the sudden? Where are all of the older queer people?"

Photo: A pile of colorful individually wrapped candies in the corner of a room.

Text: untitled (portrait of ross in L.A.) (1991) by felix gonzales-torres begins as a 175 pound pile of candy, representing the healthy weight of the artist's boyfriend, ross laycock. viewers are invited to each take a piece of candy; the diminishing pile represents the wasting away of a : body with AIDS and the public’s : participation in his sickness. laycock died from AIDS in 1991, and gonzales-torres in 1996. they were 32 and 38, respectively.

Text: "How are so many young people LGBTQ all of the sudden? Where are all of the older queer people?"

Photo: A chior. Those dressed in black face away, those in white face the audience.

Text: "the san francisco gay men'’s chorus in 1993. the seven men in white were surviving choir members, while the 115 men in black represent members who had died of AIDS. in 1993 — about twelve years into the AIDS epidemic — the san francisco gay men’s chorus took this portrait. the seven men in white were surviving members of the original choir, while the 115 men in black represent members who had perished."

Text: "How are so many young people LGBTQ all of the sudden? Where are all of the older queer people?"

Photo: A painting, A blue black and white pattern of bold lines and human forms fills the upper left corner of the canvass, the rest is unfinished. A few drips of paint have run down from the colored portion.

Text: "most people know keith haring for his colorful dancing figures. his final piece, “unfinished painting” (1989), was intentionally left incomplete to represent a life cut short by AIDS. haring died one year later at age 31. "

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"They try to divide us because they know they cannot defeat us together. Eat the rich, Not each other"