I made this for a Discord chat and thought it might be worth posting here as a reaction image. Feel free to change the pride flag to suit your headcanon needs.
[Image description – Images of a pan, trans, bi, asexual, intersex, nonbinary, aromantic, lesbian and black and brown rainbow pride flag with the text: My feminism includes everyone. End description.]
When you wanna make a joke about pitting marginalized groups against each other but then you realize they’ve been each others allies since the beginning
when you expose your own –phobic nature by assuming that bi people (a group stereotyped as promiscuous) and ace people (a group stereotyped as prudish) would hate each other despite facing the exact same brand of discrimination (both from straights and gays/lesbians)(they think we’re not a real orientation)(they thing we need to just pick a side)(they think we just haven’t found the right person yet)(say we’re not *really* LGBTA)
Also you realise that ‘bi aces’ are a thing right?
I’m sorry to do this and please, just ignore this post if you don’t want to participate. I’m trying to prove a point and I can’t find any data.
REBLOG if you think being ace makes you lgbtq+
LIKE if you think being ace is not self sufficient to make you lgbtq+
To be as statistically accurate as possible, I will make a twin of this post but with reblog and like the other way around. If you would like to find that post, it will be right above this post and tagged #ace survey
In the survey, I essentially asked people who identify anywhere on the aro-spectrum/ace-spectrum to share how they feel about PDA in LGBT+ spaces because I’ve often seen non-aspec people say that aspec folks are very against PDA in LGBT+ spaces and actively try to prevent it. I’ve never personally experienced this or met anybody who has, so I made this survey to ask aspec people how they actually feel.
Here are the results so far!
Out of the 84 people who responded, nobody was against PDA in LGBT+ spaces! The majority of respondents (67.9%) say they support it.31% of respondents said they support PDA even though it makes them uncomfortable. One respondent added their own answer, “I don’t care, you do you, have fun.”
Here are some of the individual responses: Respondent 4, who identifies as arospec and asexual: “I’m uncomfortable with all kinds of PDA due to trauma, but I wouldn’t stop people from kissing/holding hands in an lgbt+ space. If it went on for more than a moment or two and I was having a really PDA-repulsed day, I’d go to the bathroom or get some water or something. If I knew I wasn’t doing so well trigger-wise that morning, I’d probably have stayed home
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Respondent 7, who identifies as aromantic and asexual: “I support common acts of affection like kissing/hand holding/etc., but acts that border on sexual like intense making out/ass grabbing/etc. make me uncomfortable.”
Respondant 74, who identifies as aromantic and asexual: “I am romance/sex-repulsed personally, but obviously I would not try to make people stop, especially in a LGBTQ+ space designed to allow for PDA.”
Respondent 84, who identifies as aromantic: “romantic pda can sometimes make me feel uncomfy, but it’s usually more straight pda than gay pda, and i think gay people 100% should have a safe place for pda.“
So, there you have it, friends! 84 people is a relatively small sample size but I think the trend is clear: generally, aspec people are not against PDA in LGBT+ spaces.
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