emi-ookami:

pretnoirnwa:

shaethebanana:

saito-91:

oshun67:

Love is Love, and in many cases same sex Black Love.
❤️
No conspiracy theories, no brain washing, no self denial, no domineering mother, or lack of a father, just people falling in love.

We Exist!

Reblogging this for both the body positivity and the tags

Yesssssss I’ve been waiting to see this 😌😌😌😌😌

I love this so much

<3

Mainstream LGBTQ/Queer Support For Asexuality

redbeardace:

GLAAD makes changes to a program and explicitly announces their support of ace, aro, and agender people.
http://www.glaad.org/blog/asexual-agender-aromantic

The Trevor Project made an effort to help support asexual people.
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/pages/asexuality

Matthew’s Place ran a series about asexuality.
http://www.matthewsplace.com/asexuality/

Huffington Post changes the name of a section of their site, specifically mentioning asexuality as one of the contributing reasons.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/huffpost-gay-voices-changed-name-huffpost-queer-voices_us_56a78f78e4b0172c659422f9

And that’s after they wrote a number of articles about us.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/asexuality/

Even Dan Savage got (somewhat) better.
http://www.thestranger.com/columns/savage-love/2015/05/27/22283509/savage-love

The Advocate has run several positive stories about asexuality.
http://www.advocate.com/pride/2015/07/20/21acestories-sex-drive-relationships-and-other-misconceptions
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2012/07/24/asexuals-among-us
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/television/2015/01/27/no-sex-no-problem

So has Gay Star News.
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/here-are-11-biggest-asexual-myths-busted300315/#gs.lOZu4Rk
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/first-asexual-politician/#gs.yaY5ZLE
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/dr-ruth-says-asexuals-shouldnt-exist-internet-responds-in-the-best-way/#gs.sHNd9dc

Positive “Jughead is Asexual!” stories were published in many LGBTQ/Queer publications.
http://lgbtpost.com/archie-comics-reveals-jughead-is-asexual/
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/02/09/archie-comics-reveals-jughead-is-asexual/
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/02/archie-comics-reveals-jughead-is-asexual/
http://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-wrap-archie-comics-reveals-asexual-character-magicians-renewed-and-more

Colleges and universities with LGBTQ Campus Groups/QRCs/etc. that explicitly mention supporting asexual people:

• Northern Kentucky University: https://lgbtq.nku.edu/
• University of Illinois Urbana: http://guides.library.illinois.edu/lgbtq
• Williams College: http://lgbt.williams.edu/about/
• Western Washington University (They changed their name, citing inclusion of asexual students as a reason.):  http://as.wwu.edu/qrc/
• UNC Chapel Hill: https://lgbtq.unc.edu/asexuality-attraction-and-romantic-orientation
• UCLA: http://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/aboutus1.html
• University of Wisconsin: https://lgbt.wisc.edu/
• University of North Georgia: http://ung.edu/multicultural-student-affairs/lgbtq.php

And all this is from just a few minutes of quick searches.  There is more.  Much, much more.

thatstupidamerican:

Read this, then read it again

My lesson for today is that humanity and nature are boundless, just as gender is. Evidence and titles are for building language and communication, but will otherwise never wholly encompass or contain a single expression of gender identity. The titles are for you to use, not to contain yourself. Make up words. Be you, because you are too incredible to be accurately defined, even for a single breath of time.

fenharella:

i’m not even sure what sexual attraction really feels like

for me it’s something i think happened to me maybe once or twice, and only in a relationship.

people talk about others they find sexy and i never see it. aesthetically pleasing yes, but sexually attractive? does not compute

sex is something that i could do, if i wanted, but i could live without it

i like pretty people. i like kissing pretty people. i like intimacy, but sexual intimacy isn’t something i need or want

people talk about how they can’t go ‘without’ for more than a week. i’ve been ‘without’ for over three years and i never think about it

i like writing smut. i like drawing smut. neither make me less asexual

i get more fulfilment from good food than i ever did from sex

people talk about asexuals as if they’re naive and innocent babies. i’m an adult. i know what sex is. i just don’t care about it.

i’m not weird, broken, or wrong. just asexual.

I got two messages about publicly stating 5 things I like about myself, so it would be rather lame if I ignored them.

1. I like to think that I make people around me, and those I meet, happy. I love people, and nothing makes me happier than being able to transfer that energy, excitement, and passion onto others.
2. I love myself in general. I love every aspect of my body and character. If there is something I don’t like, I have the motivation to fix it, or to find ways to grow comfortable with it.
3. I like my artistic talents. I don’t care as much about how good I am, but I care that it is easy for me to try all sorts of different crafts and mediums, how it relaxes and drives me, and how it’s actually possible for me to make a life out of it.
4. I like the way I view life and the world around me. I like how, when I want to, I can have hope or faith for anything. I like how I am open minded, and can change how I think in order to help myself or someone else.
5. I am intelligent. Life is easier when you can make sense of things.