February is a special month, as it includes Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! We’ll leave the server open from Sunday, February 20 at 9am Eastern to noon Eastern Friday, February 25, with a break in between to recharge as mods before the regular October TAAAP Pride Chats on February 26 – February 27.
For Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, we will have a different topic every day.
- Sunday, February 20 – Community
- Monday, February 21 – Media representation
- Tuesday, February 22 – Activism and outreach
- Wednesday, February 23 – General Pride
- Thursday, February 24 – Amatonormativity and alternative relationship structures
- Friday, February 25 – Closing Thoughts
Although it is ASAW, we welcome anyone, aro or not, to join us. Also, you can obviously feel free to expand beyond these topics each day – this is meant as a useful starting point.
The general February theme is Creating/Being Artsy. Bring your favorite aspec crafts and creations, whether you’ve made them or want to admire them! We’re being purposely broad here – anything creative counts, from writing to drawing to knitting to baking to tattooing!
The rest of the Discord will still be open, along with the channels specifically to discuss the Carnival of Aros and the Carnival of Aces.
The regular month’s chat will take place from Saturday, February 26 to Sunday, February 27, from 10am Saturday through 11:59 pm Sunday Eastern Daylight Time. (That’s 2 PM GMT Saturday through 5 AM GMT Sunday, then re-opening Sunday at 2 PM again until 4 AM GMT.) Per usual we will try to have 2 hour voice chats both days, based on availability of participants.