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snaufey:In this house we love and support aro/ace people!On a more serious note, I will be eternally
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snaufey:
In this house we love and support aro/ace people!
On a more serious note, I will be eternally grateful for what you guys have done for me as well. Being told that it was okay to not be sure and that exploring and changing the way you identify is a positive thing was exactly what I needed to hear. Just because I no longer id as aroace doesn’t make it any less valid of an identity because at the time that’s what I felt desrcibed me best. I feel like no one understands just how fluid gender and sexuality can be as well as the aro/ace community, and we should all strive to create an environment where people can come to terms with their identity without fearing ridicule for switching between identities.
When I knew that I didn’t want a boyfriend, I wasn’t ready to accept my attraction to women. I needed to feel okay with not experiencing the same attraction as my peers to fully come to terms with my love for women and without the aro/ace community’s support, that would have been a much lengthier, complicated process.
This pride month we should focus on our similarities and uplift each other! That’s what it’s always been about!
simpleasexual:
The lesbian community was the first place I ran to when I considered never having a boyfriend. Lesbians gave me the strength and confidence I needed to accept I didn’t like men. Without lesbians, I would have been lost and vulnerable for many more years.
I spent a LONG time switching between “I don’t like men, I must be a lesbian” and “I’m not DISGUSTED by possibly having a husband or wife, I must be bisexual”. I knew of asexuality but at the time, asexuality felt like a punishment worse than death.
Seeing so many wlw, specificity lesbians, have such similar stories to me was the last push I needed to move on. Not liking men was okay. Having “no preference” was okay. Being asexual was okay. No matter how much people try to put us against each other, we’ll always have more similarities than differences. Our history is forever linked. I’m eternally grateful for what lesbians have done for me.
snaufey:
As a lesbian who used to identify as aro/ace, I just wanna say that I’m never going to stop supporting the aro/ace community. It was a big part of my personal journey and I really valued being part of a group that’s so open to people exploring their identity. If you don’t believe that aro/ace identities are valid and belong in the lgbt+ community, I don’t want you on my blog
snaufey:
In this house we love and support aro/ace people!
On a more serious note, I will be eternally grateful for what you guys have done for me as well. Being told that it was okay to not be sure and that exploring and changing the way you identify is a positive thing was exactly what I needed to hear. Just because I no longer id as aroace doesn’t make it any less valid of an identity because at the time that’s what I felt desrcibed me best. I feel like no one understands just how fluid gender and sexuality can be as well as the aro/ace community, and we should all strive to create an environment where people can come to terms with their identity without fearing ridicule for switching between identities.
When I knew that I didn’t want a boyfriend, I wasn’t ready to accept my attraction to women. I needed to feel okay with not experiencing the same attraction as my peers to fully come to terms with my love for women and without the aro/ace community’s support, that would have been a much lengthier, complicated process.
This pride month we should focus on our similarities and uplift each other! That’s what it’s always been about!
simpleasexual:
The lesbian community was the first place I ran to when I considered never having a boyfriend. Lesbians gave me the strength and confidence I needed to accept I didn’t like men. Without lesbians, I would have been lost and vulnerable for many more years.
I spent a LONG time switching between “I don’t like men, I must be a lesbian” and “I’m not DISGUSTED by possibly having a husband or wife, I must be bisexual”. I knew of asexuality but at the time, asexuality felt like a punishment worse than death.
Seeing so many wlw, specificity lesbians, have such similar stories to me was the last push I needed to move on. Not liking men was okay. Having “no preference” was okay. Being asexual was okay. No matter how much people try to put us against each other, we’ll always have more similarities than differences. Our history is forever linked. I’m eternally grateful for what lesbians have done for me.
snaufey:
As a lesbian who used to identify as aro/ace, I just wanna say that I’m never going to stop supporting the aro/ace community. It was a big part of my personal journey and I really valued being part of a group that’s so open to people exploring their identity. If you don’t believe that aro/ace identities are valid and belong in the lgbt+ community, I don’t want you on my blog