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less “if you see a man and woman together at pride be nice! they could be bi/pan/trans/ace/aro” and more “stop gendering strangers to harass them anywhere, but especially at pride holy shit”

really wasnt sure how to title this one without getting cancelled

It's not over, BLM is still going strong. Hold the police Accountable

Aros/aces/aroaces realising romantic/sexual attraction is real

Okay, kicking off the Pride month rec-party by starting at the beginning of the alphabet and getting some (much needed) Asexual and Aromantic Umbrella Recs up!

Top 3 Picks:

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (Book #2 in the Montague Siblings duology) Sassy Summary: Local AroAce who is much more interested in medical procedures than romance finds herself caught up in an adventure with a bisexual Muslim pirate and an aspiring naturalist running from an arranged marriage with her large dog. Sequel to The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, which does feature the AroAce character Felicity in a major role as well.

Rep: Main character is asexual and aromantic and expresses this as explicitly as she can with her historical setting. Secondary lead is a bisexual Muslim lady. And there’s a background pairing (from the first novel) of a bisexual guy and his biracial boyfriend.

The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt (Book #1 of the Axiom trilogy)

Sassy Summary: Mass Effect Queer Edition. This space opera balances wise-cracking characters with fast-paced action scenes and never gets too heavy or super serious on you.

Rep: Amongst the cast representation you have Janice who is asexual (in the text, not just hinted), a non-binary crew member with they/them pronouns, two bisexuals (one who later self-identifies as demisexual), and near the end you find out another character is a transwoman just casually. The author himself has also identified as being on the asexual spectrum, making this #ownvoices

We Awaken by Calista Lynn

Sassy Summary: Asexuality: The Novel. This story explores asexuality, what it means to be asexual and romance with asexuality all with a nice paranormal fantasy flavoring to push the plot along.

Rep: Not one, but TWO asexual main characters! Asexual Homoromantic with F/F romance that is also interracial. And this is an #ownvoices title.

The rest of the list:

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee (Asexual Heteroromantic)

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria (Asexual Aromantic)

This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin (Asexual, Polyromantic)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (Demisexual)

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp (Asexual Aromantic)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (Asexual)

Vicious and Vengeful by V.E. Schwab (Asexual)

That’s Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger (Asexual Heteroromantic) 

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (Asexual Biromantic, Demisexual 

The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta (Gray-Asexual Gray-Aromantic)

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie (Asexual Aromantic)

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan Maguire (Asexual  Heteroromantic)

Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland (Asexual Demiromantic)

I love enby aroaces. yall really said I don’t want to have to do with any of that actually

dealing with the worst case scenario

your condom breaks

you feel a lump on your breast

your friends are ignoring you

you’re stranded on an island 

you got rejected by a crush

you get into a car accident

you got stung by a bee/wasp

you got fired from your job

you’re in an earthquake

your tattoo gets infected

your house is on fire

you’re lost in the woods

you get arrested abroad

you get robbed

your partner cheated on you

you’re on a ship that’s sinking

you fall into ice

you’re stuck in an elevator

you hit a deer with your car

you have food poisoning

your pet passed away

you fall off of a horse

you or your friend has alcohol poisoning

you have toxic shock syndrome

your house has a gas leak

A few friendly reminders

-Many wheelchair users can stand or walk short distances. This does not diminish their need for a wheelchair.

-Many deaf/Deaf/heard of hearing people have limited hearing, the ability to speak, lip reading ability, or any combination of the three. They still require proper accommodations for their deafness.

-What a person with sensory issues can handle often varies on a day to day basis. Just because they could handle something a few weeks ago doesn’t mean they’re lying about an inability to do it now.

-The same goes for people with chronic pain or fatigue.

-Just because someone has a learning or developmental disability it does not mean they’re automatically unintelligent. With the proper accommodations and support, many can thrive academically. Some disabilities such as ADHD and autism can even make individuals more suited to certain tasks than neurotypicals.

-Unless you are a doctor with the correct expertise, disabled people most likely know more about their conditions and what accommodations they require than you do.

-Disabled people and communities deserve respect.

I agree

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