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Asexuals were always part of pride and it really fucking shows when people think it's a recent term.

Although not going by the term "asexual" yet, asexuality was spoken about alongside homosexuality as far back as the 1890s. Asexual history is just as vital to queer history as any other term and I'm so tired of watching us being treated like a new thing

I love ace ppl bc they’re like you know you don’t have to right. And it’s true. you dontttttt have to

my main takeaway from that post is that the "asexuals should be put in meat grinders" crowd didn't actually go away they just got quieter

it really is crazy how hearing the word "aphobia" makes the compassion just immediately drain out of people like a plug got pulled in the soles of their feet. ace people can talk about our experiences with ostracisation and medicalisation and corrective rape and abusive relationships and assault and conversion therapy and familial rejection and societal pressure and self-hatred and loneliness and erasure and lack of representation, and everyone agrees that those things are bad. but the second the word "aphobia" is mentioned people are instantly just falling over themselves in their desperation to Commit To The Bit

Adding to this with the infuriating way people infantilise aromantic individuals. I've experienced it personally when meeting up with old friends/sort-of friends from school and if I happen to mention that I'm arospec (or even when they see I'm trans and go all condescending based on that alone) and suddenly I'm being treated like I'm years younger than I am, or like I can't/don't understand sex jokes or the concepts of relationships in general. It really pisses me off.

aroace nonbinary people you are everything to me. shout out to the bitches who just said "nah i'm not doing any of that"

It's easier to accept that you're aromantic once you understand that what you want isn't romance per se and it's really the companionship that appeals to you. I never actually liked the thought of being in a relationship but I liked the thought of being important to someone

i angst for love and to be loved and as an aroace this is confusing but i think ive decided fuck yall i can do what i want

did JK Rowling tweet weird acephobia things recently or is that something i made up in a dream

as an asexual who likes to imagine sex but doesnt actually like having sex, sometimes it just feels like sex isnt real but i wish it was. and post