#biromantic ace

[scretladyspider]

Asexual and aromantic are not “spicy straight trying to be special LGBT”.

This argument, much like “you’re not really bi/pan if you are with someone of the opposite gender”, asks for visibly performative queerness then ignores the inherent queerness in these experiences.

If being straight is being allosexual, heterosexual, heteroromantic, alloromantic, and cisgender, all at once, then a person only needs to not be one of these to call themselves queer if they want to.

This always ruffles feathers, but..cishet isn’t the inherent opposite of queer.

Allosexual — not ace or under its umbrella

Alloromantic — not aro or under its umbrella

cisgender — aligning with your gender assigned/designated at birth

Heterosexual— sexual attraction to the opposite gender

Heteroromantic — romantic attraction to the opposite gender

If all aces and aros were cishet, which we’re not but just for the sake of this example, how would this detract from the queerness inherent in asexuality and aromanticism? Each are complex spectrums of a fundamentally different experience than the world teaches us we should have.

Aces, aros, and bi/pan people in “straight passing” relationships are often lumped into cishet as a way of delineating “not queer”, regardless of other factors. But this dismisses queerness and asks for specific, unnamed perimeters to be met for it to be recognized.

When presented with ways that experiencing little to no sexual attraction, or little to no romantic attraction, are in fact in opposition with the expectation for everyone to have both (allonormativity and amatanormativity or amanormativity respectively), people don’t accept it. Or rather, they don’t accept it as a thing on its own. Sometimes this means getting treated as if you’re just trying to be edgy, as if proclaiming you’re part of a marginalized group gives social media clout or something. Other times it’s just not treated as enough on its own by other queer people.

This happens in ace and aro spaces too. Cishet is used often as shorthand for “not queer”, directly pushing away aspecs who may be cishet and also ace and/or aro. It doesn’t seem intentionally exclusionary, but unintended exclusion is still exclusion.

This reflects, also, the expectation of performative queerness that is thrown at bi and pan persons both in and out of queer spaces. There are also many aces and aros who are bi and pan, and who may or may not be cisgender.

The reality however is there is no way to “perform” queerness that is satisfactory to all who demand it. The result this odd sort of existence where when one appears queer “enough”, that is used as weaponry against them, but when it isn’t, it’s used to exclude queer people from queerness.

And the real kicker is asexual and aromantic are enough. Bi/pan folks are still their orientation regardless of what their relationship looks like. Gender is it’s own thing, separate from the others, but related because this all ends up being a pile of queer identity spaghetti.

Regardless of how queer a person appears to you, or if you understand their individual experience… Ace is enough. Aro is enough.

The demand for performative queerness is used to try to defend from harm, but it ends up attacking anyone not visibly queer enough to the beholder.

We need to be more explicitly inclusive — especially in our own spaces, but also outside of them when talking about how queerness operates. If someone else’s queerness makes your idea of queerness more complicated, that’s not a bad thing. Learn from that, and let them be.

If you see someone is ace or aro and then see they’re more like you than you thought they could be, or that they don’t engage with it how you expected, that’s not a reason to be exclusionary. It’s a reason to try to expand what you include in your idea of queer.

Once, you needed someone to include you to feel comfortable in your queerness.

Set your ego aside and extend a hand to those you don’t quite understand. Be inclusive. Especially if someone’s relationship to their queerness challenges what you thought was possible.

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#lgbtqia #queer #asexual #aromantic #bisexual #biromantic #pansexual #panromantic #ace #aro #aroace #bisexual aro #biromantic ace #pansexual aro #panromantic ace #cishet ace #cishet aro #allonormativity #amanormativity #amatanormativity #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqiaplus #positive #text #asexuality #aromanticism #angled aroace #oriented aroace #queerness

[hoolay-boobs]

Biromantics are so precious. I love my bi + ace siblings. Reblog to give a biromantic a bowl of hot clam chowder, like to give them little saltine crackers to crush up and sprinkle over their soup

#mari shouts #biromantic #asexual #biromantic pride #bi ace #bi pride #bi visibility #bi visibility month #bi visibility day #asexual pride #bi asexual #biromantic asexual #biromantic ace #bi positivity #bi post #ace positivity #ace post #ace price #bi + ace #biromantism #lgbtq #queer

[constellationsandvolcanoes]

aspec & arospec character icons for pride month: part 1 feat. 👁️ mr spooky eye avatar himself! 👁️

#jon sims #the magnus archives #the archivist #biromantic ace #pride month #pride 2023 #character icons #canon aspec character #aspec pride #tma fanart #tma #tma spoilers

[brave-little-pauper]

Biromantic Ace Luigi Icons

#super mario #super mario bros #luigi #luigi mario #smb #mario bros #asexual #biromantic #biromantic ace #biromantic asexual #ace pride #acespec

[larphis]

Being a biromantic-asexual is literally hell because it feels like going to a grocery store where they only sell bananas and apples and you love both but you are also allergic to both of them.

So you ask one of the minimum wage teenage employees if you could perhaps only hold the apple and appreciate it without buying and eating it but they just stare at you and say “sir/ma’am, this is a grocery store, not a zoo. There are actual paying customers here”

So you just go home alone and eat some good ol’ garlic bread.

#biromantic #asexual #biromantic asexual #biromantism #biromantic ace #lgbtq #acespec #comedy #personal #txt.post #memes #analogy #humor #jokes #laughing through the pain #garlic bread #relatable

[lightasthesun]

I love women in all ways except sexually.

Blows a kiss to women.

#biromantic ace #ace spec #asexuality #Wlw #biromantism #Blowing a kiss to women

[joellesolo]

You guys, check out the pride octopus @monkeymeghan made me 🥺 IT’S SO STINKING CUTE AND SHE MADE IT SO FAST! I love it so much 😭

💜🤍🖤

#joelle's life #monkeymeghan #pride #lgbtqia #biromantic asexual #asexual #asexuality #bi ace #pride octopus #crochet #biromantic ace #asexual pride

[autismmydearwatson]

Happy Ace Day to YOU!!!! SNIPS!!!! YOU DONT HAVE A TUMBLR BUT ALL OF TUMBLR WILL KNOW HOW I LOVE THEE

#international asexuality day #snips i love you #asexual #biromantic ace

[almost-emerald-eyes]

closeted queer teen culture is singing the line "but I can't see straight anymore" in just dance by lady gaga louder than the rest of the song

#kat rambles #ace #asexual #bi #biromantic #biromantic ace #bixesual #lgbtq #lady gaga

[rynwanders]

i need someone to kiss so i can leave lipstick stains on their cheek

#<3 #biromantic ace #queer #lgbtqia #love #hopeless romantic #something something ephemerality #something something love #this sounds kinda poetic and sweet but honestly i just have a really pretty lipstick on and i’m obsessed

[dgrpprideflags]

other biroace flag picked from kyoko kirigiri!

requested by: @sweeterthansucrose

#danganronpa #biroace #biromantic ace #biromantic asexual #biromantic #asexual #kyoko kirigiri #kyouko kirigiri #the vital clue #mod taka

[demisexualnathanvuornos]

@aspecpridecalendar Day 26: alloace

Alice Johnson from Let's Talk About Love (2018)

Alice is about to ace this whole dating thing.

Joy from The Romantic Agenda (2022)

When it comes to love, she's got an ace up her sleeve.

#claire kann #ace author #alice johnson #let's talk about love #biromantic ace #joy (the romantic agenda) #alloace #nocticola art #aspecpridecalendar

[hoolay-boobs]

Power couple. They’ll burn your house down together.

#on date night. as a treat #jinx and lux #lightcannon #jinx #lux crownguard #league of legends #bisexual #bi sapphic #sapphic #arcane: league of legends #jinx x lux #bi ace #lux x jinx #biromantic #arcane league of legends #arcane #arcane lol #biromantic ace #sapphic pride #sapphic positivity #bi pride #bi positivity #ace pride #ace positivity #wlw #luxanna crownguard #jinx of zaun

[airbendertendou]

seeing these pride memes / icons made me want to make my own so!! fellow aces, this one’s for you <3

#people find this cringey but at this point idc lmao #asexual #asexual pride #ace pride #biromantic ace #biromantic asexual #anime messy icons #anime memes #otome messy icons #otome memes #haikyuu messy icons #haikyuu memes #tendou icons #tendou messy icons #tendou memes #Tokyo revengers messy icons #tokyo revengers meme #izana messy icons #izana memes #obey me messy icons #obey me memes

[jimmymcchill]

biromantic ace culture is wanting kim and jimmy to let me scheme with them during the day and watch old movies together eating thai food on the sofa at night

#is this too much to ask #honestly #bcs #better call saul #jimmy mcgill #saul goodman #kim wexler #bob odenkirk #rhea seehorn #mcwexler #meme #memes #biromantic ace #ace #bi

[larphis]

Point 100 of being a biromantic-asexual that sometimes sucks:

I like to simp so hard for certain people that sometimes I like to use terms or expressions like „smash“

What people don‘t understand about that is, however, that by „smash“

I do not mean „I want to have sex with that person“

I mean „I want to wrap that person in a blanket, cook them a cup of tea and talk about our feelings and afterwards take a long walk on the beach while we are being touched by nothing but the moonlight on our faces and the overwhelming joy in our hearts“,

but since that is too long and too strong of a feeling to actually describe in one word I often say „smash“ instead.

So if you ever hear an ace person say „smash“ or a similar expression that is usually linked to sexual attraction please don‘t try to invalidate us:

Sadly there are enough simple words in the English language to express a strong wish of having sex with someone but barely any that describe the feeling of longing for someone’s companionship and platonic love.

#same thing about calling oneself bisexual on occasion btw #i like to call myself bisexual because most people don‘t even understand that sexuality and romantic attraction are seperate to begin with #so as to not having to explain myself I call myself bisexual most of the time #biromantic asexual #biromantism #biromantic ace #ace spec #asexuality #asexual umbrella #Lgbt #Lgbtq #asexuals are valid #bisexuality #aegrosexual #lgbtq education