Aspec communities are often dominated by white people and people from the US and Europe, so this article focuses on the experiences and perspectives of ace and aro people from Latin America or with Latin American heritage. We are posting it on September 30 to celebrate the several Central and South American countries that won independence in September (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Chile). Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.
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Aspec communities are often dominated by white people and people from the US and Europe, so this article focuses on the experiences and perspectives of ace and aro people from Africa, from the African diaspora, or who identify as Black. We are posting it on August 31 to celebrate the International Day for Peoples of African Descent. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and shared their experiences.
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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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Share my and fellow BIPOC Ace folk activist content, tip us for our labor, listen to us. - Marshall
[Non-Black asexuals'] asexuality does not absolve them of their complicity in the fetishization and dehumanization of Black people. - Sherronda J Brown
We have different experiences and struggles depending on our race and culture and that our stories need to be heard. We need to be represented not just as aces, but as BIPOC aces. - Ally Ravago"
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The theme of Ace Week 2021 is “Beyond Awareness” so we wanted to focus on the struggles and issues of specific parts of the ace community – people who are often overlooked by mainstream allosexual people talking about asexuality and even hidden within ace communities.
Asexual 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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