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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 ’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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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!

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Creating Change 2021 – Social Media Activism

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session explored the use of social media platforms for activism and how to be more strategic with your activist social media posts with guidance from a presenter who has professional experience creating social media campaigns, including a proposal for an official Asexual Flag emoji as a case study.

This presentation has been adapted so that it can be used by others. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License (plain text | legal text). If you would like to use this in a presentation where you are being paid to present or some other use outside the scope of this license, please contact us at [email protected] to ask for permission. It may not be presented at the Creating Change conference without permission.

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Our Book is Being Published!

As some of you may know, we at The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project have been working on writing a book about asexuality and aromanticism for some years now. We are happy to confirm that our book will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. They also published Rebecca Burgess’s How to Be Ace and will be publishing the upcoming untitled books by Sounds Fake But Okay as well as TAAAP’s own Elle Rose and Cody Daigle-Orians!

TAAAP’s book will be a deep dive into the process of discovering and embracing an ace or aro identity, including quotes we’ve collected from hundreds of people about their own personal journeys. It will be a resource for anyone who is on the aromantic or asexual spectrums, plus anyone who knows or works with aro or ace people.

It will include:

  • Advice for getting yourself or others through some of the struggles that we face
  • Perspectives on the different ways that being asexual or aromantic can impact your life
  • Illustrative examples from the lives of real aro and ace people.

We are very excited, and can’t wait to share it with all of you (probably in 2023)!

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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.

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