Very much like the typical "ace" main character (Monkey D. Luffy, Jughead Jones from Archie) I had ZERO interest in personal relationships and just wanted to eat and pet all the animals. I had no interest in exploring sexuality. I actually find it just...blech. (Some aces are more sex-positive, some less so.)
So..if I'm not gay, I must be BI! Because I'm equally attracted to both sexes! because 0=0!
But that's not how this works either, and I knew it still wasn't right.
@artisanrox Is Monkey D. Luffy gay? I kind of want him to be. Not that it should matter at all - I'm gay but I still find I'm attracted to both sexes. When I was younger I only had "straight" sex, up until my mid-20s. How I know I'm not still bisexual is - I don't still sleep with the opposite sex. I only desire same-sex partners and to say otherwise would be disingenuous. Besides it's all just sexuality, and not at all a definition of who I am or my totality as a human being.
Today!! BEING ACE is out in the world and I'm so excited! 💚💜🖤 I've got words in it (which I'll talk about later) alongside so many amazing #asexual short stories and creators! AHH!
My time travel series is drawing to an end as the last book is being published on October 24 😱 With three novels, a novella, and 1500 pages across it, I hope it's a saga that readers will enjoy! Here is a little trope graphic to share a bit more about it.
Looking for a new sci-fantasy read? How about one with an #AroAce protagonist? You can get the ebook of A SPARK IN SPACE by Janina Franck now for just $0.99!
@snowywingspub Thanks for sharing this - as an author looking for a publishing deal, I'm always interested to meet new contacts in that space. For example, here's the material I'm using to reach out to lit agents - would enjoy your feedback! :)
Pride Book Tours is hosting a tour for The Iamos Trilogy by @lyssachiavari throughout the month of October, to celebrate the publication of the final book on October 24! First up, FOURTH WORLD and NEW WORLD, the first two books in the series. This tour will run October 2-15.
I think one think I loved about reddit's #aaaaaaacccccccce subreddit was how inclusive it was. No matter what part of the #LGBTQ spectrum you were, your posts were often well recieved by everyone there. I hope to continue that on #kbin's aaaaaaacccccccce community
Hopefully that does remain the same yeah. I think we’ll be fine though. Most ace or aro people will probably be inclusive because they understand what it’s like to not be (fully) straight. At least to me this made it a lot easier to also understand the struggles of other LGBT+ people.
I also hope that we can shake the “pendulum effect” that the subreddit had. Where there seemed to be a constant cycle of “subreddit is mostly sex-repulsed memes -> sex-neutral and favourable people feel left out and get annoyed -> subreddit is mostly sex-neutral or favourable memes -> sex repulsed and averse people feel left out and get annoyed -> subreddit is mostly sex-repulsed memes” .
Yeah, it seems like part of being ace/aro is that understanding of what it’s like to not be exactly straight, in whichever way is specific to their kind of asexuality/aromanticism. So in general it can be way easier to understand other people being different, even if the understanding of how it feels to have attraction to someone may or may not be there. And so ace/aro people tend to be more inclusive, sometimes even more so than other parts of LGBTQIA+ it feels like.
And on that sex repulsed vs sex neutral/favorable balance, it seemed like it was a hard balance to keep there. I myself am sex repulsed, but I’m not going to complain just because someone else isn’t. If anything, I’m quite supportive of people being comfortable with what they do or don’t enjoy. So I’m not entirely sure what would avert that constant back and forth shifting of overall tone.
I'm REALLY into #anime; mostly into #KyoAni and Naoko Yamada (i.e. Tamako Market/Love Story, Liz and the Blue Bird).
I'm also a #Linux user; right now "btw i use arch" on my main PC, Fedora on laptop - both with the #GNOME DE.
As of writing, I've graduated from my nursing degree, and plan to get into nursing, with a long-term goal of getting into mental health. I can't give medical or mental health advice; please talk to a doctor, therapist, or other health professional.
The wait is over! 📣 ONE WORLD (Iamos Trilogy, Book 3) by @lyssachiavari is now available in eBook, paperback and hardback! This Atlantis-inspired time travel saga with a queer cast (including two MCs on the ace spectrum) is perfect for binge-reading. Learn more here: https://www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/one-world/
💜So grateful to the amazing @lyssachiavari, author of the incredible Iamos Trilogy, for these lovely words about the Chameleon Moon #Audiobook! Which drops this Halloween! 🎃
Less than three weeks until you can binge read the whole series! Aces in space using time travel to save the worlds from evil authoritarian governments and corporations who want to use ancient Atlantean technology to brainwash humanity! What's not to love?