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May 29, 2022

Aspec Perspectives on Masturbation and Libido – Part Two

May is International Masturbation Month. Many people have assumptions about how aspec people, particularly ace people, interact with masturbation and libido – from thinking that people with libidos can’t be asexual to not understanding that masturbation may not be sexual for some people, or that sexual pleasure is not incompatible with asexuality.

Many people volunteered to share their experiences, and we are incredibly grateful to all of them for that. This is the second of multiple articles on Aspec Perspectives on Masturbation and Libido.

May 28, 2022May 29, 2022

Aspec Perspectives on Masturbation and Libido – Part One

Many people volunteered to share their experiences, and we are incredibly grateful to all of them for that. This is the first of multiple articles on Aspec Perspectives on Masturbation and Libido.

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

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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April 26, 2022October 8, 2022

Lesbian Ace and Aro Perspectives – Part I

April 26 is Lesbian Visibility Day. In its honor, we’re posting an article about the experiences of ace and aro people who identify as lesbians. This includes bi, pan, and other mspec lesbians, they/them and he/him lesbians, non-binary and trans lesbians, sapphics, and anyone else who feels connected to the lesbian identity. Thank you so much to all our contributors!

April 23, 2022

On The Spectrums: Autism and Aspec Identities

CW: mentions of ABA, conversion therapy, abuse, aphobia, ableism

In the US, April is Autism Acceptance Month; globally, April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day. That makes this month the perfect time to learn more about the experiences of autistic aspecs!

April 22, 2022

April ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – April Fools

The theme for April, because we left it up to a certain unnamed individual, will be April Fools. What does this mean? Who knows? Certainly not us. But probably memes, tomfoolery, and other such nonsense.

March 26, 2022March 27, 2022

Aro Women

We continue our series of Aspec Voices. Once again, we are focusing on the struggles and issues of specific parts of the aro community.

Aromantic women, women-aligned, and feminine-aligned people are usually the majority demographic in aro spaces, but the interaction of what it’s like to be both a woman and aro is often overlooked. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

March 7, 2022

March ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – Gender

The theme for March, partly in honor of National Women’s History Month in the US, is:

Gender? But I hardly know ‘er! Many aspec people have unusual relationships with gender, both their own and others’. So this month we’re focusing on gender, whatever that means to you, and particularly how it impacts and is impacted by being ace and/or aro!

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022

ASAW 2022 – Demi and Gray 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.

Aromanticism is often seen as a complete absence of sexual attraction, but it is a full spectrum; people in the gray area of the spectrum often go unheard, and we wanted to highlight some of their voices. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022

ASAW 2022 – Allosexual Aros

Aromanticism is often conflated with asexuality, to the point that many people don’t realize that allosexual aromantics exist, and they are unseen within aro and larger populations. We wanted to highlight the voices of allosexual aromantics. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.