subliminalacethetic:

ashekirk:

fuckyeahasexual:

Tagging me in easy to read ace history posts? *chef kiss*

aroalloundertaker:

@fuckyeahasexual

aroalloundertaker:

This is your reminder that ace rings are as old as 2005

2005

It’s almost 2020 as of writing this so do the math… that’s about 15 years old

AVEN was founded in 2001

The asexual flag was announced as the official asexual flag in 2010

The ace rings are older than the ace flag and only about four (4) years younger than AVEN

Keep this info laying around somewhere, you’ll need it whenever an acephobe on tumblr makes a claim about the asexual community

Seriously, I joined AVEN in 2005, this is 100% true.

Black rings were a thing.
“Ace” was a thing.
Aro was a thing.
Demi was a thing.
Cake was a thing.

You can still read the June 17, 2005 post that started it all, which says:

You know, a friend of mine wears a ring on her left middle finger. Her explanation being that: your right middle means “currently single”, the right ring means “currently taken” and since the left ring means “taken/married” in a permanent sense, then the next logical conclusion would be that left middle means “permanently single”.

Later the right hand became standard, but there you have it: one of our oldest, proudest symbols began as an expression of self-love (and subtle jab at heteronormative institutions of marriage ayy). The very next post articulates the community’s desire for a “secret asexual-dar, so we can spot each other out and about”, underscoring the ring’s strength as a symbol by us, for us.

AVENwiki adds that “Plain black rings also coincide with the symbol ⚪ which symbolized asexuality and genderless. This symbol is also often written in black, simple because it’s a common ink color.” In context, it’s a perfect visualization of asexuality in relation to similar sexuality symbols.

Like the circle, asexual history has no beginning or end. We’re eternally whole.

thats-pretty-asexual-of-you:

💜🖤💜

galmiahthepigeon:

Me, asexual, trying to explain to my crush that I love them but that I never want to have sex with them:

youraveragefemme:

asexuals are valid and theres nothing you can do about it

hoktril:

hoktril:

why aren’t aces allowed to have fun w their identity without being made fun of

i thought i was done w this but i’m actually annoyed now? you guys preach that “cringe culture” is dead but then when asexuals make jokes meant for them/other aces, you guys act like that was never a statement y’all made???

every other orientation is allowed to joke like that but tbh it seems like as soon as aces make their own jokes and funny comments about themselves and their community, you guys suddenly drop what you do to be like “lmao look at this guy”. it’s really upsetting, especially when the jokes are harmless (and most of the time the harmful ones are obviously trolls or kids who don’t know better) and silly you all literally shit over yourselves to make fun of people who are just… celebrating their orientation.

this isn’t about inclusion/exclusion anymore, it’s just you guys being assholes.