Reminder that pretty much everywhere outside of the internet (and this hellsite especially!) ace and aro identities aren’t even questioned as being LGBT+!
^^^ This. 100% this. The non profit I work with partners with other LGBTQ groups all the time for our cultural competency trainings-where we teach health and human service providers how to better care for LGBTQ folks. And there has never at any of these trainings or events been a question as to whether ace and aro people belong in the community. More importantly we’re finding that providers come to us with some knowledge of ace and aro identities and what they are, and none of them have ever questioned if ace/aro people belong. I’ve noticed that a lot of community discourse like this (and the whole bi/poly/pan or enby stuff) doesn’t really exist outside of internet discourse. None of the people I work with have even heard of these “issues”. Which sucks for people whose main connection to LGBTQ stuff is strictly online.
The Chaos Bitches 