Monthly Topics – Page 2 – The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project

June 4, 2022

June ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – Pride Month

In honor of June being Pride Month, we’re doing Pride Chats every weekend in June.

Each weekend has a different theme:

Weekend 1 (June 4-6) – Pride
Weekend 2 (June 11-13) – Intersections with other identities
Weekend 3 (June 18-20) – Community Building
Weekend 4 (June 25-27)- Activism

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.

This month’s chats will be open from 10:00 am Eastern Saturdays to 11:59 pm Eastern Mondays. (That’s 2 PM GMT Saturdays through 3:59 AM GMT Tuesdays).

See you then!

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May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

May ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – Aging

Are you old? Are you ready to be? In honor of LGBTQ+ Elders Day on May 16, our next TAAAP Pride Chat will focus on older aspecs and aging. That includes older aspecs speaking about their experiences, the challenges and joys that come with age, as well as the concerns and excitement younger aspecs may have around getting older.

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.

This month’s chat will take place from 10:00 am Eastern Saturday, May 28 to 11:59 pm Eastern Sunday, May 29. (That’s 2 PM GMT Saturday through 3:59 AM Monday) Per usual we will try to have 2 hour voice chats both days, based on availability of participants.

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April 22, 2022

April ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – April Fools

The theme for April, because we left it up to a certain unnamed individual, will be April Fools. What does this mean? Who knows? Certainly not us. But probably memes, tomfoolery, and other such nonsense.

March 7, 2022

March ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – Gender

The theme for March, partly in honor of National Women’s History Month in the US, is:

Gender? But I hardly know ‘er! Many aspec people have unusual relationships with gender, both their own and others’. So this month we’re focusing on gender, whatever that means to you, and particularly how it impacts and is impacted by being ace and/or aro!

February 16, 2022

February ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – ASAW and Crafts/Creativity

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.

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

January ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – Gray Aspecs

The ace and aro communities are made up of spectrums, of people who identify with many different labels all within the overall umbrella of aspec! So this month we’re focusing on and celebrating the experiences and identities of gray aspecs! If you don’t identify as gray, you are of course more than willing to come and learn about/ask questions about gray aro and ace people, as well as hang out in the other open channels!

December 15, 2021December 16, 2021

December ’21 TAAAP Pride Chats – Discovering Aspec Identities

As we get ready for a new year, let’s think more about our beginnings! The theme for December’s TAAAP Pride Chat is How you discovered your aspec identity. This can be anything from learning about the identities in the first place, to the journey of self-discovery that many of us are still on; after all, many people don’t just discover one aspec identity but continue to redefine themselves over time. It can also be a good time to discuss any doubts or roadblocks in coming to terms with your identity.

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021

November ’21 TAAAP Pride Chats – Building Community

This month’s topic is something that many of us connect to very deeply – Building Community. We’ll discuss both what that looks like for individuals on a personal level as well as how ace and aro communities can work to build and support members.

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021

October ’21 TAAAP Pride Chats – Ace Week and Masks and Costumes

October is a special month, as it includes Ace Week! We’re trying an experiment this month, where we leave the server open from Sunday, October 24 at 9am Eastern to noon Eastern Friday, October 29, with a break in between to recharge as mods before the regular October TAAAP Pride Chats on October 30- October 31.

The Ace Week theme this year is Beyond Awareness, which will be the theme for that week. Even though it is Ace Week, we welcome anyone, ace or not, to join us. The general October theme, in honor of Halloween, is Masks and Costumes: How you use various symbols to show Pride in your identity, or how you conceal your identity.

If you choose to share your super (hero or villain) identity, we cannot promise that it will stay hidden.

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

September ’21 TAAAP Pride Chats – Being Aspec in the Workplace and Choosing Where to Be Out

In honor of both the American Labor Day on September 6 and World Beard Day on September 4, the TAAAP Pride Chat will focus on being ace or aro in the workplace, and particularly on how to determine how out to be with your identity. Anyone is welcome to discuss both their experiences in different workplaces, as well as their experiences choosing not to come out or to be closeted in different environments.

(While World Beard Day is a celebration of facial hair on people’s chins, we are also using the common slang for beard, as “a different gendered person dated to cover a same-gendered orientation, often as a way to keep from coming out or staying closeted”.)