Für unsere #Konferenz zum #Acespec, die im September in #Stuttgart stattfindet, könnt ihr euch noch anmelden! Mit dabei sind unter anderem Menschen von @inspektren
https://aktivista.net/2023/06/14/aktivista-konferenz-2023-teaser-trailer/

Happy Friday everyone! It's time for a new episode of Villains Dress Better as Rasputia has to handle her meddling invaders. Available on Tapas and GlobalComix #webcomic #fantasy #comedy #acecharacter #acespec
Tapas: https://tapas.io/episode/2826086
GlobalComix: https://globalcomix.com/c/villains-dress-better/chapters/en/2/1?utm_source=Link&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=villains-dress-better&utm_term=GCRID_40205

Or read ahead by supporting me on Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/album/Villains-Dress-Better-J3J8J6ZMU

Person aus dem #Acespec gesucht für #Interview in #Podcast #Flexikon des #NDR Thema sexuelle Unlust generell, Asexualität soll ein Aspekt sein. Anonymität möglich, Interview soll bis 2. 5. geführt werden. Kontakt: s.boehm.fm@ndr.de

Unterstützung gesucht von jungen Erwachsenen aus dem #Acespec zwecks Sensitivity Reading für ein Drehbuch (Coming-of-Age-Serie mit junger, asexueller Protagonistin). Kontaktperson ist unser Vereinsmitglied Lennart, aspecdrehbuch@gmail.com

Stolen from Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/aaaaaaacccccccce/comments/12i8ro2/this/

#asexuality #AceSpec #ASpec #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQI #LGBTQIA (especially the 'A')

London asexuals and aromantics! An aro-ace drag show and cabaret is being held on 24 April!

Information on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/aaaaaaacccccccce/comments/12emwen/london_aces_and_aros_im_putting_on_a_ace_and_aro/

#AceSpec #asexuality #asexual #aromantic #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #UK #London #drag #cabaret #DragQueen #DragRace #RuPaulsDragRace

Happy #InternationalAsexualityDay to all my fellow aces (and how apt that it's right next to a Christian festival about a man rebirthing himself, by himself, and who was originally conceived of a woman who'd never had sex).

Let's show the world how diverse we really are.
Show off those flags and microlabels!

#asexuality #Easter #AceSpec #queer #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQI #LGBTQIA (the 'A' doesn't stand for ally) #gay #trans #TransDayOfVisability #ActuallyAutistic (linking to that because a noticeable number of ace people are also some flavour of neurodiverse and/or trans, non-binary or genderqueer) #aegosexual #homoromantic

Liebe aspec-Menschen, in der Online-Umfrage „Unheilbar queer" geht es auch um unsere Erfahrungen.
Bitte macht bei genug Spoons mit, damit auch die Daten von ace & aro Menschen mit erhoben & berücksichtigt werden!
Und wenn genug Menschen aus dem asexuellen und aromantischen Spektrum, teilnehmen, dann ist es den Forschenden unter Umständen möglich eine Gruppenspezifische Auswertung zu machen!

Also an alle, die noch nicht an der Umfrage teilgenommen noch mal die Bitte und Aufforderung das nachzuholen, selbst wenn ihr vielleicht denkt ihr habt noch nie ein "Konversionsangebot" bekommen. Auch solche Informationen sind wichtig für Studien.

Die Befragung richtet sich an Menschen, die sich als lesbisch, schwul, bisexuell, trans*, inter*, queer, nicht-binär, aromantisch, asexuell oder als Teil dieser Community verstehen, die in Deutschland leben oder sich regelmäßig hier aufhalten und mindestens 18 Jahre alt sind.

Mehr Informationen zum Forschungsprojekt auch auf der Homepage: www.befragung-unheilbar-queer.de/

@unheilbar.queer.befragung @mosaikdeutschland #Aktivista #Asexualität #AsexuellesSpektrum #demisexuell #grauasexuell #aceflux #aspec #acespec #asexual #asexuality #demisexual #greysexual #graysexual #grayace #greyace #AceCommunity #AspecCommunity #AceVisibility

Asexuality is valid.
You are loved. ☺️

Found on Reddit, originally from Tumblr

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQI #LGBTQIA (especially the A) #queer #gay #asexual #ace #acespec #demisexual #aromantic #asexuality #sexuality

Teilnehmende aus dem #Acespec für Studie gesucht! Sprache Englisch, näheres hier: https://aktivista.net/2023/03/15/studie-sucht-teilnehmende/

Having said that, I suck at making and maintaining friendships too. Autism and being a man both make it difficult, the latter because of toxic cultural expectations.

And a QPR might be a solution in the long run when I can no longer rely on family always being there; I'm on both the aromantic and asexual spectrums, and partially sex repulsed. Or maybe I can find somebody who's prepared to accept that the canonical "sex" act probably isn't going to happen, but still see it as a relationship.

At least in a committed relationship you know where you are at with people. Well, if it works anyway. They always said relationships fail because of poor communication. Doubly true if you're autistic, but I know at least one autistic couple who make it work.

Getting on well enough with my parents and sibling that I can live with them is a big advantage in some ways; I'll probably have to move out soon but hope to be nearby.

I've somewhat successfully lived on my own. I believe many of the issues that made it difficult are resolved. On the other hand, I'm not ready to accept that Covid is over, which limits my options for socialising, even when I'm far away from my vulnerable parents.

But there was always questions over how much social contact I need, versus how much I think I *should* have.

Bottom line, there's more than one way to live.

#ActuallyAutistic #Anxiety #acespec #arospec

I have recently determined that I am, in fact, #aegosexual and #demiromantic with a strong chance of being #flux.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖔𝖓 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

#ace #AceSpec #Asexuality #Queer #LGBT #theAInLGBTQIA

Or, #BBC, a low #sex drive may be (but doesn't have to be) part of some people's #asexuality and should not be pathologised, is 100% valid, and can be nothing to do with a health complaint or a disorder. That's an additional possibility, isn't it?
Isn't it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64515217

This article clearly says it's talking about when low sex drive causes distress for people who experience it, suggesting otherwise it's fine if you experience no distress (which it is, of course), but then ends with a string of health problems that can be causes of low libido. This ultimately sends the message, "there still has to be something wrong with you".

While it's good that kisspeptin (who-tf named that, btw?) seems to work so well and may well help those who need it, IMO all of is more a problem with society's stance towards sex and the pedestal it's placed on, and treating the problem at the individual's level is missing the point. If we weren't conditioned to think sex is inextricably tangled up with essentially unrelated ideas of virility, masculinity, normality, attraction, love, interest in someone, romance, validity and validation, then maybe those people wouldn't feel distress about their low libido in the first place.

Also let's not forget that thinking of low libido as exclusively a health defect is not too far a cry from gay men's experiences in the early 20th century. Let's hope the treatments don't get so draconian, eh?

#sexuality #queer #LGBT #ace #AceSpec

Found on Reddit: a chart of #ASpec Experiences!
...to help the #allosexuals and #asexuals (of varying flavours) understand each other a little better.
What I want to know is where #cupiosexuals fit in (i.e. people who like the *idea* of sex and relationships but who encounter a brick wall in their heads if ever it gets there)...

Original post can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/asexuality/comments/ztgn5z/chart_of_aspec_experiences/

#AceSpec #AroAce #Asexuality #Asexual #Infographic #Sexuality #LGBT #Queer

Found on Reddit: a chart of ASpec Experiences!
...to help the #allosexuals and #asexuals (of varying flavours) understand each other a little better.
What I want to know is where #cupiosexuals fit in (i.e. people who like the *idea* of sex and relationships but who encounter a brick wall in their heads if ever it gets there)...

Original post can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/asexuality/comments/ztgn5z/chart_of_aspec_experiences/

#AceSpec #AroAce #Asexuality #Asexual #Infographic #Sexuality #LGBT #Queer

Found on Reddit: a chart of ASpec Experiences!
...to help the #allosexuals and #asexuals (of varying flavours) understand each other a little better.
What I want to know is where #cupiosexuals fit in (i.e. people who like the *idea* of sex and relationships but who encounter a brick wall in their heads if ever it gets there)...

Original post can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/asexuality/comments/ztgn5z/chart_of_aspec_experiences/

#AceSpec #AroAce #Asexuality #Asexual #Infographic #Sexuality #LGBT #Queer

Found on Reddit.
A chart to help the #allosexuals and #asexuals (of varying flavours) understand each other a little better.
What I want to know is where #cupiosexuals fit in (i.e. people who like the *idea* of sex and relationships but who encounter a brick wall in their heads if ever it gets there)...
#AceSpec #AroAce #Asexuality #Asexual #Infographic #Sexuality #LGBT #Queer

Unsere #Konferenz für Menschen aus dem #Acespec geht in die neunte Runde! Anmeldungen ab sofort möglich.
https://aktivista.net/2023/01/11/save-the-date-aktivista-konferenz-2023/

Trying my hand over here as I try to replicate my lovely social media network I've amassed over the years. Can't wait to see y'all on here!

I'm here for a community who's all about:
#science
#scicomm
#biology
#ecology
#evolution
#EvolutionaryBiology
#fishes
#fish
#ichthyology
#electricfish
#morphology
#CTscanning
#naturalhistorymuseums
#BLM
#racialjustice
#climatechange
#LGBTQIA+
#acespec
#BlackinSTEM
#academia
#phdchat
#PhDone
#tenuretrack

Made by u/FrogginBullfish on Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/user/FrogginBullfish_/
#asexual #ace #acespec