If you happen to be aro and ace, you may have seen a new ace flag floating around. It look something like this:
NOTE: I had to significantly desaturate it to make this post accessible to photosensitive people! The original colours are very different but this is the general order of the stripes.
This was made by Instagram Black ace activist _aceingrace_ (see their profile here). The yellow stripe specifically stands for intersectionality and multiculturalism (plus joy), something that I think would be a nice addition to the aromantic flag (or any flag that doesn't have that, for that matter).
If you're wondering what was wrong with the original flag, it's the white stripe, which stood for "allosexual partners and allies", something that didn't sit right with many aces for obvious reasons.
Update: it seems that was not the case originally! Do check out the link someone kindly provided in the comments. Still, that is the Commonly Understood Meaning of the white stripe, for better or for worse.
Something similar is going on with the white stripe in the aro flag: it's defined as such:
the ‘platonic’ stripe - friendship/platonic and aesthetic attraction/queerplatonic relationships/family, the importance and validity of all non-romantic relationships and feelings and non-romantic forms of love etc.
That doesn't sit right with me as, without any shoutout specifying it's not a universal aro value and experience, it leaves aplatonic and loveless aros estranged from their own flag.
So I've made an attempt at a new aro flag. Here it is:
I wanted it to match the new ace flag so we finally have the same amount of stripes!
It is not meant to replace the original aro flag, but rather be displayed alongside it for those who find it meaningful.
I just need the community's feedback on what meanings to assign to each stripe! Please, if you're aro-spec, take a couple minutes to fill in the form.
If you're an ally please please please spread this around!
Hello, thank you for checking out this form!
This is a survey to assign meanings to a new aromantic flag inspired by Instagram Black ace ac
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