Thank you to everyone who participated in the TAAAP Pride Chats and helped to make them a success! Due to popular demand, we will be continuing the Pride Chats on a monthly basis for the foreseeable future, with a different focus for each month.
Continue reading “July 2020 Pride Chats – Neurodivergence, Disability, and Mental Health”June 2020 Pride Chats – Archive
This is an archived version of the original June 2020 post announcing our Pride Chats. We have since decided to continue them on a monthly basis. You can learn more about our current Pride Chats here.
Continue reading “June 2020 Pride Chats – Archive”Pride 2019 Recap
TAAAP was thrilled to participate in a number of different pride events this June. Attending pride events and representing asexuality and aromanticism helps us to spread awareness of our identities and connect with the larger LGBTQ+ community.
Continue reading “Pride 2019 Recap”Overlooked Identities in the Queer Community: A Panel from the Human Rights Conference
A History of Aces at Creating Change: An Interview with Bauer
Creating Change 2019 was the first time an official Ace and Aro Hospitality Suite was included as part of the conference program. This victory was built upon the presence ace activists have been forging at Creating Change for years, organizing and hosting suites that brought people together when the conference programming did not. Bauer of Aces NYC talks with TAAAP social media committee member Aria about the gradual, uphill battle of cementing an ace, and eventually aro, presence at Creating Change.
Continue reading “A History of Aces at Creating Change: An Interview with Bauer”TAAAP at Pride 2019
We are thrilled to announce that The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project will be representing asexuality and aromanticism at Pride events throughout the DC and Mid-Atlantic region! Below are a list of events and dates. If you are in the area and would like to join us, just send us a message at [email protected]. The more, the merrier!
Continue reading “TAAAP at Pride 2019”Queering Relationships: Aromantic and Asexual Perspectives
Aromantic and asexual people often find that they “pick and choose” aspects of the significant relationships that they form. Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2019, this presentation reviews how aromantic and asexual people approach relationships and how all people can use these approaches to form fulfilling relationships without being tied to existing relationship models. This will help present new, practical approaches to consent and the gender and financial dynamics that are a part of any relationship.
Continue reading “Queering Relationships: Aromantic and Asexual Perspectives”2017-2018 Year in Review
This past Monday marked one year since The Asexual Awareness Project was founded. Here are some things that we have accomplished in the past year:
Continue reading “2017-2018 Year in Review”TAAAP is writing a book… and we need your help!
We were approached by a publisher several months ago who would like to publish a book on asexuality and aromanticism. This book would be geared towards people who work with asexual and/or aromantic people in a professional setting — i.e. mental health professionals, doctors, guidance counselors, volunteers/employees at LGBTQ+ centers, etc.
Continue reading “TAAAP is writing a book… and we need your help!”Ace and Aro Hospitality Suite is Official at Creating Change 2019
On May 25th, 2017, thirteen asexual activists sent an email petition to Andy Garcia, the Creating Change 2019 conference director, to include an asexual spectrum hospitality suite as an official part of the event in Detroit, Michigan this coming January.
Hospitality suites at Creating Change are places where people of similar identities can connect with one another, and they often offer resources and light refreshments. Last year, the conference had hospitality suites for elders, trans people, youth, disabled people, bisexual+ people, and people of color.
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