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Aspec Sex Workers

In honor of International Sex Worker’s Day, June 2, we are posting perspectives from ace and aro people who are or ever have done any kind of sex work. We defined “sex work” expansively, including any kind of kink, fetish, or domination work, pornography, sensual massage, webcam sex work, phone sex, erotic performance, sexual surrogacy, full-service sex work, or any other kind of sexual services performed for money.

Sex workers’ profession is often criminalized, and sex work is stigmatized and demeaned in most communities, and that includes within asexual and aromantic communities. It is important to lift up the voices of sex workers and support them in their efforts to live their lives with safety, dignity, and without social shame. For more information on the history of sex work and how to best support sex workers, check out our list on Bookshop.org here: https://bookshop.org/lists/deconstructing-patriarchal-sexuality.

Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.

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Aspec Perspectives on Masturbation and Libido – Part Three

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 third and last of multiple articles on Aspec Perspectives on Masturbation and Libido.

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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.

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Aspec Perspectives on Masturbation and Libido – Part One

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 first of multiple articles on Aspec Perspectives on Masturbation and Libido.

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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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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!

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Ace Women

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

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

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