#ace comic

Hello, apparently it's Banned Books Week and I wanted to say something about it.

It's makes me sad that my book has become one of MANY to be banned in libraries. It doesn't affect me much personally or financially, but its scary/worrying because Ive been watching this ripple effect over the last few years, it's a reflection of increasingly visibly hateful attitudes in recent years, and we're starting to see similar protests against books and libraries here in the UK, along with the transphobic and queerphobic violence against those trying to stop these bans.

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Here is the comic I made for ace awareness week this year (I apologise for grammar errors and my handwriting, I am not the best at spelling).

I’ve never really came out, because I felt I didn’t have to. Most of my family knows I am asexual and is accepting of it, though there are the ones who just don’t comment on it or see me as a lesbian (none of them know I’m nonbinary).

Due to lack of representation, I never really understood asexuality until I was in my mid-late teens, despite hearing about it when I was 14. I was lucky to grow up in quite supportive household when it came to being gay or bi. But it took me a long time to come to terms with my sexuality and be happy with who I am.

I find ace awareness week (and pride month) very important to me to help educate those that know little or nothing about it, and to help people who may be struggling to understand there is nothing wrong with them. I feel that if I had access to the information I now know when I was younger, then it would’ve been easier for me with discovering my identity.

I wanted to include asexuality in this comic, since it’s asexual awareness week, so I went with the theme of ‘invisible identities’. Being nonbinary, being asexual, and being aromantic are all things that are... not well known. Coming out often involves a vocabulary lesson, people sometimes accuse you of making the whole thing up, or you’re pressured to choose a side: male or female, gay or straight*. But they’re all real things, and the people who really care about you will put in the effort to understand.

The flag badges appear in the order I realised they applied to me: first ace, then aro, then nonbinary.

*Bi and pan people get that too, but this comic focusses on my own identities.

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HAPPY ACE WEEK GUYS!!!! This is a little comic for those who are still figuring themselves out, Those who have been sure for a while, Those who have sex and those who don’t. You are ALL Valid and AMAZING and I want you to know that. 

Take it from a fellow Ace, We ALL deserve to have pride. Whether your Sex repulsed, Sex indifferent, or Sex favourable. You are all amazing and I love you.

uh oh, gamer time

i identified as biro for a while, then stopped cause i thought i only liked women, but them i Remembered(tm) how i felt in the past for once. and i came to this realization last night