It looks like Portland is using the first sentence from the NYC definition verbatim, so I'm curious how that's inadequate (Beyond its conflation of romantic and sexual attractions) and how it can be done better.
Do you have a link to the Harvard language?
A few years ago, I was part of a group that (unsuccessfully) tried to get the definition of "Sexual Attraction" in the proposed Equality Act changed, and we were using language based on the NYC Human Rights Law.
Check out what Portland is doing!
Portland is home to multi-generational households. Blended families. Chosen families. Multi-parent families. Consensually nonmonogamous relationships. Asexual and aromantic individuals whose intimate lives may not look like what some expect.
Aegoromantic feed: bsky.app/profile/asex...
Demiromantic feed: bsky.app/profile/asex...
Grayromantic feed: bsky.app/profile/asex...
Alloaro feed: bsky.app/profile/asex...
Aroace feed: bsky.app/profile/asex...
Aromantic feed: bsky.app/profile/asex...
Today is a good day to get #aromantic trending, so here's some aromantic themed feeds for you all:
A closeup of a folded scarf in the aromantic flag colors.
A closeup of a folded scarf in the aroace flag colors.
A very long scarf in the aromantic flag colors, winding around some stairs.
A very long scarf in the aroace flag colors, winding around some stairs.
It is almost Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, so please enjoy these aromantic and aroace scarves and feel free to use them to protect against rampant amatonormativity on this day.
A 20 foot long scarf in ace flag colors, going up the stairs and coming back down.
A photo of the end of the scarf, showing the end and a measuring tape at 245 inches.
The ace flag scarf in use, bundled around and around and around.
If you're gonna make a scarf, make an ace pride scarf.
If you're gonna make an ace pride scarf, make a ridiculously long ace pride scarf.
It's over 20 feet long and uses around 3/4 of a mile of yarn.
White letters that say "Places where we learned about asexuality" over a purple background and the logo of the Ace Community Survey Team (four squares colored with the asexual flag colors. The last one has a white tick over it).
When asked where survey respondents first heard about asexuality and/or the ace spectrum, the most common response among ace respondents and respondents unsure if they were ace was “I don’t remember” (18.7% and 25.7%, respectively). Among ace respondents who remembered where they first heard of asexuality and/or the ace spectrum, Tumblr was the most common platform (15.4%), followed by friends or family (12.9%) and internet searching (11.6%). Among respondents who were unsure if they were ace, the top three locations were Tumblr (15.2%), friends or family (11.8%), and the LGBTQIA+ community (7.7%). The most commonly reported source where non-ace respondents first heard of asexuality and/or the ace spectrum was friends or family (19.5%), followed by Tumblr (18.1%), which ranked as the second most common response among all ace, unsure if ace, and non-ace respondents. The third most common response among non-ace respondents was “I don’t remember” (17.6%), which was the most common response among ace and unsure if ace respondents.
Do you remember where you first heard of the ace spectrum? Most of our 2024 respondents don't.
#asexual #asexuality #ace #acecommunitysurvey #demisexual #demisexuality #graysexual #graysexuality
(2026 is a good year for you to add your own things to this list... So get posting!)
2026 is a good year for you to become an asexual activist.
2026 is a good year for allos to stop carelessly using "asexual" as an insult.
2026 is a good year to find someone worth coming out as asexual to.
2026 is a good year for you to march with an asexual group in a pride parade.
There were a few in progress, but I haven't touched them in a while.
The Quiver of Aros: Aromantics in a hidden volcano lair save the world from amatonormativity.
The Cishets Have Vanished!: What happened? Where did they go? Who wants to party!
What Is Love?: Investigate the plague. Find the cure!
The other books in that series may happen... someday.
The word "asexual" has been used to describe a sexual orientation for decades. There is no excuse for its continual misuse.
Why not both?
It's LGBTQ+ in STEM Day!
Our ginormous flags were also on Rachel Maddow this week. @maddow.msnbc.com
It's Ace Week! Are there any other asexual meetup groups out there on BlueSky? I'm still trying to collect enough for a starter pack, so if you're out there, make some noise!
We are pleased to present the summary report from our 2024 Ace Community Survey, which marked the 10-year anniversary of the first survey that was released in 2014!
You can find the link in our bio.
#asexual #asexuality #ace #acecommunitysurvey #demisexual #demisexuality #graysexual #graysexuality
It's Ace Week, so here's a reminder that "You Are Asexual" is an actual book that you can actually buy! You can just go into a bookstore and say "I want this book, the ISBN is 9781087906850" and they will sell it to you.
Keep it, take it to your next Pride event, and stick it to a fence or a wall or something with a note that says "Free to someone who needs it".
