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ASAW 2022 – Aros and Romance

We continue our series of Aspec Voices for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. Once again, we are focusing on the struggles and issues of specific parts of the aro community – people who are often overlooked by mainstream alloromantic people talking about orientations and even hidden within aro communities.

There are many aromantic people who have or want romantic relationships, but some people assume that anyone who is aromantic can’t want or have romantic relationships. We wanted to highlight the voices of aros who are in or want to be in romantic relationships. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

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ASAW 2022 – Disabled and Neurodivergent Aros

We continue our series of Aspec Voices for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. Once again, we are focusing on the struggles and issues of specific parts of the aro community – people who are often overlooked by mainstream alloromantic people talking about orientations and even hidden within aro communities.

Aromantic people who have disabilities or neurodivergences are often overlooked or ignored, so we wanted to highlight some of their voices. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

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ASAW 2022 – Aros and Parenting

We continue our series of Aspec Voices for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. Once again, we are focusing on the struggles and issues of specific parts of the aro community – people who are often overlooked by mainstream alloromantic people talking about orientations and even hidden within aro communities.

Aromantic people who have children or want them aren’t heard from often, and many don’t have the resources or representation they deserve, so we wanted to highlight some of their voices. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

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ASAW 2022 – Older Aros

We continue our series of Aspec Voices for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. Once again, we are focusing on the struggles and issues of specific parts of the aro community – people who are often overlooked by mainstream alloromantic people talking about orientations and even hidden within aro communities.

Older aromantic people are often invisible and many don’t even realize they exist, so we wanted to highlight some of their voices. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

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ASAW 2022 – Aro Men

We continue our series of Aspec Voices for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. Once again, we are focusing on the struggles and issues of specific parts of the aro community – people who are often overlooked by mainstream alloromantic people talking about orientations and even hidden within aro communities.

Aromantic men and masculine-aligned people are a minority in our community, and their existence is often doubted, so we wanted to highlight some of their voices. They face different and specific struggles that need to be heard. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

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SexPosCon Poster: Others Thinking We Need to Get Laid

The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project presented three posters at the 2022 Sex Positivity Conference. The theme was “Sex Positivity is Humanizing”, and we discussed specific aromantic and asexual perspectives on sex positivity.

One poster was Others Believing We Need To Get Laid: An Asexual Perspective on Sex Positivity, developed by Emily Karp, Kade, and Maximus. The abstract for the poster is:

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SexPosCon Poster: Kink vs. Compulsory Sexuality

The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project presented three posters at the 2022 Sex Positivity Conference. The theme was “Sex Positivity is Humanizing”, and we discussed specific aromantic and asexual perspectives on sex positivity.

One poster was Kink vs. Compulsory Sexuality, developed by Aubri Lancaster, Bob, Grey, and Nathan. The abstract for the poster is:

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SexPosCon Poster: Why Your Sex Positivity Needs to be Anti-Amatonormative

The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project presented three posters at the 2022 Sex Positivity Conference. The theme was “Sex Positivity is Humanizing”, and we discussed specific aromantic and asexual perspectives on sex positivity.

One poster was Why Your Sex Positivity Needs to be Anti-Amatonormative, developed by Aubri Lancaster, Grey, Nathan, and a goose we unleashed. The abstract for the poster is:

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ASAW 2022 – Aros of Ethnic and Racial Minorities

We continue our series of Aspec Voices for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. Once again, we are focusing on the struggles and issues of specific parts of the aro community – people who are often overlooked by mainstream alloromantic people talking about orientations and even hidden within aro communities.

Aromantic people of color are too often left out of conversations and representation of our community, so we wanted to highlight some of their voices. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

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