#aces are valid

Trans women are women

Trans men are men

Lesbians do not need to "just find the right man"

Gay men are not pedophiles

Bisexuals are not confused, nor do they cheat at higher rates

Aces and Aros are valid human beings just like you and me

Bisexuals in same-sex relationships are not "pretending to be gay"

Bisexuals in heterosexual relationships are not "pretending to be straight"

Intersex people exist, and do so in many forms

You do not have to choose a gender

Neopronouns are delightful, creative and perfectly acceptable

TERFS can fuck right off

Transphobes and homophobes can eat a bag of sweaty dicks

HRT is life-saving treatment

Transitioning saves lives

Feminists do not hate men, we hate the society created by and for the patriarchy which hurts everyone

MAPS are not welcome in the LGBTQIA+ community

And while I'm here...

Childfree people are not selfish, immature or irresponsible.

Sex workers deserve safety, respect, and the right to tap out at any time, for any reason, without fear of prosecution or harassment.

Abortion is healthcare.

And finally

HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

And while I have accepted defeat with many fandoms like the funny lawyer one for example, that in more niche and smaller fandoms like the emblem of flames srpg one me and many other aspecs have to face aphobia on the daily is exhausting. Doesn't matter how many years have passed, Tumblr will always have an aphobia problem.

Aces/Acepecs of any flavor belong in the LGBT+ community. The A in LGBTQIA stands for Aspec after all.

Fellow Aces, please be kind to each other. I have seen so much discourse and gatekeeping within our community for years, and it is very disheartening, especially as someone with a very complicated identity.

Also, I hope everyone had a good Ace Week this year.

Right on time, it’s Saturday! Here’s my promised “more personal” post.

Based very loosely on an actual Pride shirt I own, I drew this up the day before I went to the closest Pride Parade in my area. It was pretty good to see, slowly but surely, more Ace flags appear within the parade, whether as flags to wear as capes like me or as face paint. My only caveat was that last year, the parade had an Ace flag up alongside the masts that were carried through, but not this year. Disappointing to be honest.

But still, this year’s Pride parade was a fun time and one of the more memorable ones since I began going to Pride Parades.

I hope that one day Ace representation, both in Pride Parades and in media in general, becomes more mainstream.

We do exist, we have always existed and we are valid.

To any aces out there, whether you are just Ace, AroAce, or the ever elusive but always awesome triple A threat (Agender AroAce), you are valid!

Whether you seek romance or don’t, enjoy sex or are repulsed by it, or simply float on the Ace/Aro spectrum(s) back and forth, you are valid!

And I am goddamn proud of you for existing.

Edit of the ficto flag w dinosaurs, cuz I don't think there's something like that with this flag.