by Dave
We all know about Stonewall and June pride, but what about Pride in February? Outside of the USA, lots of countries have our own rich histories of pride, and Aotearoa New Zealand is no exception!
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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:
Continue reading “SexPosCon Poster: Others Thinking We Need to Get Laid”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:
Continue reading “SexPosCon Poster: Kink vs. Compulsory Sexuality”February ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – ASAW and Crafts/Creativity
February is a special month, as it includes Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! We’ll leave the server open from Sunday, February 20 at 9am Eastern to noon Eastern Friday, February 25, with a break in between to recharge as mods before the regular October TAAAP Pride Chats on February 26 – February 27.
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The ace and aro communities are made up of spectrums, of people who identify with many different labels all within the overall umbrella of aspec! So this month we’re focusing on and celebrating the experiences and identities of gray aspecs! If you don’t identify as gray, you are of course more than willing to come and learn about/ask questions about gray aro and ace people, as well as hang out in the other open channels!
Continue reading “January ’22 TAAAP Pride Chats – Gray Aspecs”TAAAP Year in Review – 2021
TAAAP did a lot in 2021, and we can’t wait to see what comes next!
Continue reading “TAAAP Year in Review – 2021”Creating Change 2021 – Social Media Activism
Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session explored the use of social media platforms for activism and how to be more strategic with your activist social media posts with guidance from a presenter who has professional experience creating social media campaigns, including a proposal for an official Asexual Flag emoji as a case study.
This presentation has been adapted so that it can be used by others. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License (plain text | legal text). If you would like to use this in a presentation where you are being paid to present or some other use outside the scope of this license, please contact us at [email protected] to ask for permission. It may not be presented at the Creating Change conference without permission.
Our Book is Being Published!
As some of you may know, we at The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project have been working on writing a book about asexuality and aromanticism for some years now. We are happy to confirm that our book will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. They also published Rebecca Burgess’s How to Be Ace and will be publishing the upcoming untitled books by Sounds Fake But Okay as well as TAAAP’s own Elle Rose and Cody Daigle-Orians!
TAAAP’s book will be a deep dive into the process of discovering and embracing an ace or aro identity, including quotes we’ve collected from hundreds of people about their own personal journeys. It will be a resource for anyone who is on the aromantic or asexual spectrums, plus anyone who knows or works with aro or ace people.
It will include:
- Advice for getting yourself or others through some of the struggles that we face
- Perspectives on the different ways that being asexual or aromantic can impact your life
- Illustrative examples from the lives of real aro and ace people.
We are very excited, and can’t wait to share it with all of you (probably in 2023)!
December ’21 TAAAP Pride Chats – Discovering Aspec Identities
As we get ready for a new year, let’s think more about our beginnings! The theme for December’s TAAAP Pride Chat is How you discovered your aspec identity. This can be anything from learning about the identities in the first place, to the journey of self-discovery that many of us are still on; after all, many people don’t just discover one aspec identity but continue to redefine themselves over time. It can also be a good time to discuss any doubts or roadblocks in coming to terms with your identity.
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November is Native American Heritage Month, and November 26 is Native American Heritage Day this year in the United States. With that in mind, we decided to focus on the voices of First Nations and Indigenous ace and aro individuals, to show the wide variety of experiences that exist among the many different nations and cultures represented here. Thank you so much to all our contributors!
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