autismserenity:

jeffreymarsh:

are ACE and ARO people part of the LGBTQ community?
Yes yes yes!
You are welcomed and loved
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transcription: 

“So, there’s been this big debate lately, are aro and ace people part of the LGBTQ movement? are asexual, and aromantic, and some other people, under our umbrella?

And the answer is: YES. OF COURSE. YOU ARE. 

OF COURSE. YOU ARE. WELCOME.

Of course! And there are two things to remember with that. 

So, are ace and aro people part of the community, YES: if you want to be. 

Right?

I am not ace, I am not aro, and so it’s not up to me to decide who I want to work with, and who I want to align with. 

But if it’s up to ME – I’m genderfluid – YES, we need to do work together, and we need to band together, and of course you’re part of my community!

The, the… the other thing to remember is, this is not a battle of ‘gay people versus everybody else,’ or ‘trans people versus everybody else,’ this is that, like, insular, we’re-better-than-you, heteronormative, like, homophobic, like, regular people that’s in every movie, every ad, every single bit of culture, and has been dominant for so many years….

being dismantled. [laughs]

Which makes me happy. 

And of course we all need to work together to do that. 

So, are ace and aro people part of the LGBTQIAA+ community? Yeah. Of course they are. It’s a big tent. It’s a big umbrella. Let’s work together.”