Resources – Page 2 – The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021

Creating Change 2021 – Intersections

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session explored how aspec identities intersect and interweave with neurodivergence, disability, and gender.

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February 21, 2021February 21, 2021

Creating Change 2021 – Including Youth

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session discussed how youth spaces, including schools, youth groups, and queer activism, are already including aro and ace youth as well as how they still need to grow.

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February 21, 2021February 23, 2021

Creating Change 2021 – Race and Aspec Identity

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session discussed how white supremacy, colonialism, and compulsory sexuality impact the ability of racial minorities to claim and find joy in ace and aro identity. It also covered how the aspec community has perpetuated racism and how it can move forward towards inclusion, justice, and healing.

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February 21, 2021February 21, 2021

Creating Change 2021 – Amatonormativity and Relationship Anarchy

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session focused on understanding and deconstructing amatonormativity, with a critical examination of monogamy as a patriarchal, sex-negative, capitalist, colonial, coercive institution. It also looked at ways to resist society’s amatonormative expectations in our lives and our communities, such as through relationship anarchy.

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January 2, 2021January 3, 2021

Aro-Spectrum Awareness Week Proclamation

Aromantic-spectrum Awareness Week begins on February 21st, 2021, but the work for it begins now! As of the end of 2020, 6 states in the US have officially recognized Ace Week (updated to include Virginia), yet no states have recognized ASAW. Luckily, the process for requesting your state to recognize ASAW is fairly simple, and we at TAAAP are here to make it even easier. Submitting a proclamation request to your governor or mayor is a 5 step process:

January 27, 2019August 20, 2020

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.