Because on the one hand, to be perfectly honest, yes, I am lonely! And while there's numerous factors involved in that, my being single is one of them. It's hard not to feel isolated as a single adult and I'm very cognizant of my friends, coworkers, family members etc... who have this whole category of social life that I do not.

However. While if someone individually happens to want a partner, that's fine and well and good, but 'everyone must partner off' cannot continue to be the broader social model. If your mentality is 'I'll get a romantic partner and that'll be that', then you're contributing to the problem -- for both yourself and everyone else.

Community has to be the real focus. When I think about combatting loneliness, I think about universal basic income and affordable housing, walkable neighbourhoods and robust public transit, free community events (both in-person and online), access to high-quality affordable healthcare, access to public restrooms, etc...

Sex Indifferent Ace: if I’m ace

Sex Indifferent Ace, pointing at Sex Repulsed Ace: and you’re ace

Sex Indifferent Ace: then who’s giving a fuck

YES YES that's a huge example I was thinking of with this post. In fact, there's this one example in those comics where they're discussion queerplafonic relationship and:

God this just pisses me off. Not to downplay the involvement asexuals had with creating QPRs at all, or to say aces never get into QPRs, but queerplatonic relationships are way more important to the AROMANTIC community, not JUST the asexual community.

And the only times aromanticism is said in this comic is when they remember to say it alongside asexuality. It's disheartening.

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈

May I interest you with some light queer reading in the form of a PDF comic zine? It's an autobiographical comic about living by myself, partner-free, with posi vibes! 24 pages!

PDF available in my ITCH.io shop in English and in Finnish!