I’m overthinking #aromanticism and #asexuality today. Allosexuals and alloromantics, I need you for science! Do you actually experience a drive to pursue romance and/or sex *every day?* Or is it within your realm to go a few years without feeling anything like that? Inquiring minds want to know.
I know he’s married and has kids, but is Goku ace? His gi is the colors of the aroace pride flag!
Ewwwwww ...
A new #study says that 31% of those surveyed in #England believe that #asexuality can be "cured".
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/asexual-people-face-ignorance-and-intolerance-in-uk-study-suggests
NOPE NOPE NOPE. They're all DANGEROUSLY wrong. This is the kind of belief that justifies conversion therapy which is PROVEN to be harmful.
This study is important because it reveals the myths may be still WAY too widespread.
@cheerfulmadness@graphics.socialAsexuality Is Finally Breaking Free from Medical Stigma | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asexuality-is-finally-breaking-free-from-medical-stigma/
八尺様 at Fedi @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe#PennedPossibilities 537 — What perspectives or beliefs have you challenged with this WIP?
Not sure I am challenging any perspective, I portray my characters as I have experienced life and if someone has an image of trans, gay, asexual, or poly individuals that doesn't include my life experience maybe their perspective will broaden. #Gender #Asexuality #Trans
For #InternationalMensDay, I only really want to address one aspect of malehood that probably isn't being discussed much: #Asexuality.
If you are an ace man who has ever been demeaned or embarrassed or otherwise humiliated because you have no desire to engage in sex, feel little to no sexual attraction, or are merely repulsed by sex, then know that you are no less of a man for it. Masculinity and sexuality are not the same issues, but they go hand in hand due to most cultures' patriarchal bent. Anyone who takes your ace identity as an insult against masculinity does not understand anything but a flawed concept of weakness vs strength.
Being a man is more than just gender or sexual identity. Masculinity can be positive or negative. True positive masculinity is accepting that men are not so cut and dry. Gay men, Trans men, Ace men, however you identify yourself, nobody can take it away from you.
As an ace man, I've occasionally felt a nagging inside that maybe I'm not really a true man. That, of course, is internalized misogyny and acephobia. And that's horseshit. My dick doesn't define me. It's a feeling I have inside. I know that I'm a man, and I also know that sex means very little to me, at this point in my life. They are mutually exclusive concepts.
To all my male brothers, whoever you are, whatever you look like, whoever you love, never doubt your identity just because some chud thinks you're weak. True strength comes from having a strong character, and you have that in spades.
Lots of love. 
Almost better late than never, for Ace Awareness Week I'll repost this awesome rubber ace pride portrait of Calyo that @krd made, originally for pride month earlier this year.
We're a little bit stuck showing off our pride for the next year, but I don't think we're in any position to complain about it. All we can do is enjoy it and be prideful. :3c
Thanks to everyone who has shared something this Ace Week. I've learned about a bunch of new authors to check out and have heard about experiences of aceness all across the spectrum.
And now, as this year's Ace Week comes to a close, I just want to share again my reflections from last year.
The 2022 Ace Community Survey Summary Report has been published 
https://acecommunitysurvey.org/2024/10/23/2022-ace-community-survey-summary-report/
Esta semana es la #AceAwarenessWeek así que saludos a toda la peña ace bonita de mi TL
Como perteneciente al colectivo hace ya mucho que intento incluir en mis obras personajes que nos representen, porque importamos y existimos 
#asexual #asexuality #AsexualityIsReal #asexualpride
#literaverso #literadon
Happy #Aceweek my fellow aces .
@leetxdd@lgbtqia.spacehappy asexual awareness week to *all* of us on the ace spectrum - including those who use microlabels. Yes, you are ace enough
Happy Ace Week to everyone who celebrates!
And May You Find Some Relaxing Breathers to all the ace activists who are organizing something for the next few days 
Heastopper T3E6
Me encanta que el chico ace sea el que pide que no se ahorre los detalles sexuales.
Me ha parecido muy relatable xD
@Karen5Lund@mastodon.social@futurebird My experience was different and happened in college about a decade and a half earlier.
"All the books and songs and poems and movies are just exaggerating about sex, right?"
Blank stares.
"I mean, people don't really get all hot and bothered like that... it's just for effect? To move the plot along?"
More blank stares.
Me in 2015: Discovers the AVEN website. "Ohhh!"
I find it weird when people in queer circles, mainly aro/ace, treat certain concepts (e.g. microlabels) as something whose reality has to be proved and vouched for by some vague authority.
Is aegosexuality real? Is amatonormativity true? Has aphobia been recognized?
My answer to all of that is: Those words describe models of reality, and they are “true” as far as the people using them find that they accurately portray a facet of real life. You don’t need validation to use them.
Sexuality question, foot play, genitals
@IsDaGany@meow.social #asexuality is really more about sexual attraction, not what actions you take or if you enjoy it. I for instance don't really experience attraction, but I still enjoy some kinds of sex. I'm using the label #cupiosexual, which is a type of ace
The Ring. If asked I'll just say that it's some #ActuallyAutistic symbolism, which is true as far as it goes. One of my better purchases. Feels like I've always had it.
New main account, new life, same #introduction 
I am miramarco, I am a 34 year old guy and I was born and live in #Italy. I studied math and now I work as a software engineer… but I don't talk about it here.
I talk about #asexuality, mental health and neurodiversity, but also about my little obsessions: from typography to #Eurovision, from geography to public transportation, from local politics to contemporary art.
I have been on Octodon for 7+ years, and I have a casual alt on @miramarco@bananachips.club.
Book Review: Inevitable, by Briar Prescott
Three men, one of them asexual, work through insecurities and family strife to find love together in this sweet and thoughtful m/m/m romance. Rated 4.5 out of 5, I highly recommend this one!
https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2024/06/book-review-inevitable-by-briar-prescott/
