TAAAP Resume

This is a formal list of The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project’s work.

Last Updated June 2021

Pride

• Marched in DC Pride parade 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021
• Marched in Baltimore Pride parade 2019
• Attended Frederick, MD Pride Festival 2019
• Attended Chesapeake Pride Festival 2019
• Marched in WorldPride 2019
• Provided resources to encourage others to apply for recognition for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week from their local governments
• Hosts monthly pride chats on a Discord server about various aspects of aro and ace identities

Classes/Outreach

• Spoke to the Widener University’s Masters in Human Sexuality classes about asexuality and aromanticism in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Spoke to George Washington University’s class on public health about the political and health care needs of asexual and aromantic people in 2020
• Spoke to Willow Valley Communities, a retirement community, about ace and aro identities in 2020
• Interviewed for article about aromanticism with Women’s Health Magazine UK in June 2021
• Interviewed for CBS segment on asexuality in June 2021
• Interviewed for Metro Weekly article on Capital Pride in June 2021

Conferences

• Helped write the Ace and Aro Etiquette Guide for Creating Change 2019, 2020, 2021
• January 2018 – Creating Change
  • Served on Creating Change Host Committee
  • Presented four sessions on asexuality and/or aromanticism at Creating Change 2018 – https://taaap.org/2018/01/10/five-sessions-on-asexuality-to-be-included-in-creating-change-2018/
    • Ask an Asexual: An Introduction to the Ace Spectrum 
    • Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Relationships
    • Ace Access: Asexuals and the Doctor’s Office
    • Asexual, Grey-Asexual, and Aromantic Spectrum Caucus
• January 2019 – Creating Change:
  • Served on Creating Change Host Committee
  • Organized Ace and Aro Hospitality Suite
  • Presented 3 sessions
    • Queering Relationships
    • Including Ace and Aro Youth
    • Ace and Aro Q&A: An Introduction to Asexuality and Aromanticism 
• June 2019 – WorldPride 
  • Organized and presented a panel about under-represented and overlooked queer identities at the Human Rights Conference
• January 2020 – Creating Change
  • Presented 5 sessions at Creating Change 2020
    • Ace and Aro Q&A: An Introduction to Asexuality and Aromanticism
    • Helping Professionals Seeing Asexual and/or Aromantic Clients
    • Ace and Aro Community Organizers Caucus
    • Including Aces and Aros in LGBTQ+ Youth Spaces
    • Asexual & Aromantic Spectrums Caucus
• October 2020 – Careers in Sexuality Conference at Widener University
  • Cards and Quivers: Identity Development in Aces and Aros
• January 2021 – Creating Change
  • Served on Creating Change Host Committee
  • Created, organized, and presented the first-ever Aro and Ace Day-Long Institute, which included the following sessions:
    • Including Youth in Community
    • Helping Professionals 
    • Race and Aspec Identity 
    • Social Media Activism 
    • Amatonormativity and Relationship Anarchy 
    • Community Organizing 
    • Intersections: Neurodivergence, Disability, & Gender 
  • Presented two other sessions at Creating Change 2021
    • Ace and Aro Q&A: An Introduction to Asexuality and Aromanticism 
    • Asexual & Aromantic Spectrums Caucus

Social Media

• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TAAAP_org 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theaceandaroadvocacyproject/ 
• Tumblr: https://theaceandaroadvocacyproject.tumblr.com/