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.

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YALSA Ace and Aro Teens Presentation 2021

This presentation was developed by Sam Helmick, Elizabeth Graham, and members of TAAAP for the Young Adult Library Services Symposium 2021. The theme of YALSA 2021 was “Biggest Little Safe Spaces: Serving Teens During Times of Adversity”. This presentation was titled “Safe Spaces for Aros and Aces” and discussed the basics of aromanticism and asexuality, provided resources on the identities, and gave advice on how to best create safe spaces for aro and ace youth.

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Many of the topics here are covered more thoroughly in our other presentations, available here. The Including Youth presentation is particularly relevant.

There are also a number of recommendations of books, both for adults and teens. To check those books out, visit our Bookshop.org page!

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Careers in Sexuality Conference Workshop

Developed by members of TAAAP for the 2020 Careers in Sexuality Conference. This workshop discussed the ways in which asexual and aromantic people develop and embrace their identities.

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Creating Change 2021 – Helping Professionals

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session was a chance to hear about the levels of knowledge and types of assumptions therapists and doctors sometimes make about ace and aro identities, then discuss personal experiences with barriers to accessing counselors, doctors, and other healthcare professionals who are knowledgeable and properly inclusive about ace and aro identities. Some time in the session was dedicated to brainstorming the best ways for aspec individuals to receive affirming and competent care, as well as brainstorming avenues for educating these care providers.

Because it included personal information from participants, the transcript is general notes of the topics discussed rather than the full record.

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Creating Change 2021 – Intersections

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session explored how aspec identities intersect and interweave with neurodivergence, disability, and gender.

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Creating Change 2021 – Including Youth

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session discussed how youth spaces, including schools, youth groups, and queer activism, are already including aro and ace youth as well as how they still need to grow.

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Creating Change 2021 – Race and Aspec Identity

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session discussed how white supremacy, colonialism, and compulsory sexuality impact the ability of racial minorities to claim and find joy in ace and aro identity. It also covered how the aspec community has perpetuated racism and how it can move forward towards inclusion, justice, and healing.

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Creating Change 2021 – Amatonormativity and Relationship Anarchy

Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2021. This session focused on understanding and deconstructing amatonormativity, with a critical examination of monogamy as a patriarchal, sex-negative, capitalist, colonial, coercive institution. It also looked at ways to resist society’s amatonormative expectations in our lives and our communities, such as through relationship anarchy.

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Queering Relationships: Aromantic and Asexual Perspectives

Aromantic and asexual people often find that they “pick and choose” aspects of the significant relationships that they form. Developed by members of TAAAP for Creating Change 2019, this presentation reviews how aromantic and asexual people approach relationships and how all people can use these approaches to form fulfilling relationships without being tied to existing relationship models. This will help present new, practical approaches to consent and the gender and financial dynamics that are a part of any relationship.

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