Unfortunately YouYube didn't notify me of the question. I'm asexual, aromantic, and autistic, and all those things allow me to be myself and spending time only with activities I enjoy and with my special interests.
I'm a triple-A threat too (autistic, aro-spec and ace), so I have no idea how much of my (lack of) sexuality is influenced by my autism. It certainly contributed to my total lack of self-awareness in realising that I wasn't straight until I was easily 21, despite doing *a couple* of very gay things first. Being ace certainly didn't help with my lack of self-awareness about my actual sexuality either. 😆
Loved all the thoughts that were shared in this video, but I especially love the comment on how the aroace community is not gatekeepy and that they take you in just the way you are, which means a lot to me as someone who's still questioning! I mean, this channel and community is probably the most wholesome one I ever came across :,>
I've accepted myself as ace since 2021 and the journey since has been a rewarding one. As much as I struggle with the familiar asexual issues, I have found that there's a lot to love about it as well. It's helped provide a lot of clarity and confidence and allowed me to indulge in small identity things like wearing purple more. I also recently read "Loveless" for the first time and I'll second the opinions saying it's an amazing aro-ace text, if just because of how real and recognizable a lot of it felt. I'm also very happy to have found community online and share in conversations over a variety of topics. What has been amusing to me is how I'll vibe with creators - especially on RUclips - and then discover they're ace in hindsight. It feels nice to know there's way more aces out there sharing their personal interests with others. It's such a relief because when I started it felt like there was nothing but it was really just not knowing where to look. I'm grateful to be part of such a wonderful group and I want to finish by saying thank you for the awesome regular content. Keep up the great work. Happy International Asexuality Day, everybody!
Im aro/ace and i love that i dont have to worry about how i look. Because im not looking for others affections. I can just be my self and live the way i want to. I also really love the community aro we all are funny like the random/weird kind of funny. Perhaps is because we're not afraid of what others think so we can be weird and funny. The community is also amazingly friendly and welcoming.
Being a person on asexual spectrum, I like the space and energy I have to pursue other different meaningful activities in human life, instead of feeling urgency for sexual activity.Human life is pretty short and there are diverse things to explore & pursue. I also like the unique lens with which I view human relationships & creativity in ways of connecting with others 💜
Drop a comment: if you're ace, something you love about being ace; if you're allo, something you appreciate about the ace people you know or the asexual community; regardless of who you are, you can wish everyone else in the comments a "Happy International Asexuality Day!" Thanks, love you all! 💜
I'm new to using the asexual label - I've been thinking about it on and off for a while though, but once I realised it was about sexual attraction, rather than whether or not I would want sex, (Honestly, I could take it or leave it, and never understood what all the fuss was about.) it was pretty obvious. I've never looked at someone and wanted to have sex with them and I'm kind of flabbergasted, that people actually feel that way. 😂 I was under the impression, that sexual attraction was just being in the mood first, and then looking at someone aesthetically pleasing and going "That one will do." I think it's similar with romantic attraction - the jury is still out on that one.. mainly because I don't know what it is supposed to feel like. Anyway, I love, that I've stumbled upon your videos recently! Happy ace day, everyone. 😊💜
vent This might be very triggering so please don’t read if you can’t I don’t know if I’ll ever be ok with being ace but I really really want to. I can’t stop hating myself for not being ‘normal’. And anytime I try to love being my ace self I end up feeling like I’m feeding into some sort of ‘ace supremacy’ or thinking I’m better than allo people or being allophobic and I hate it so much because I’m extremely repulsed and it makes me feel a bit sick the idea of someone having sex even if it doesn’t even me and then I hate myself more and more and more for being a horrible person because I I wouldn’t be able to fulfill someone’s sexual needs and I’m depriving someone of something they need for mine being really selfish. I know none of this is true but I can’t get it out of my head i don’t know what to do. If someone read all this I thank you even if it doesn’t get better I’m grateful to know someone might of heard me. 💜
i had been known about me being asexal since 10th grade i had told my friend and that time she told me its all in my head some more hurtful stuff and now in uni i finally got a queer bff and she hleped me a lot and i stumbled upon this channel and i cant express how happy i felt i can say after years i am in terms with myself and my sexuality this is the happiest i have been
I've just been feeling really down because one of my closest friends seems to have withdrawn because she now has a romantic partner. It's happened too many times recently and I'm struggling to deal with it and this really, really cheered me up! I haven't got any friends who are ace because I have only lately started going to groups and we're just getting to know each other but watching your videos makes me feel like I'm part of something. Thank you for doing this!
What a wholesome video to watch 💖 It was so nice seeing other peoples' positive experiences and observations. Thanks for including my comment ^^ Happy ace day to everyone here 💜
I love being ace. I love how I love people as an asexual person, and as an aroace person, I love that I don't need to seek out other people to be happy, I can just be content to be on my own.
Being AroAce makes me really appreciate the connections with others. That being my family friends, or meeting new people. I don’t think allos really think about this. My lack of romantic or sexual attraction goes against what is expected and it makes us different. I can focus on connections with others rather than trying to find that one person people are searching for. I just never understood why people are so focused on getting into a relationship, it’s just never been my thing. I just need friends, family, and my hamsters to be satisfied
I think i am on the grayace spectrum . I am still questionning sadly, because i don't feel like i belong. Something i love about my aceness is my intense imagination. I find sex with humans repulsive. However, i enjoy thinking about it with supernatural beings. I recently wrote an erotic short story in response to a really misogynistic horror scifi film i watched two weeks ago. I turned it into a story where everyone consent. My brain is weird : Slimy alien ? Yes ! Lesbian vampire ? Of course ! Human ? Oh hell no ! I found xenoallosexuality to describe myself. It's basically where you are gray or ace toward humans, but allo regarding other species. I am afraid i won't fit within the ace community because of this.... But i am still happy we got this day for ourselves. :)
I lived for roughly 15 years thinking I was pansexual, but after my bottom surgery and a massive drop in my libido, I found out that I feel almost no sexual attraction and desire for other people and all I actually want is emotional closeness, be it romantic or platonic (I don't know the difference yet, so it might turn out at one point that I'm aro as well (according to tiktok I'm also autistic, so who knows...)). I feel soo much better now and what I love about this is that I don't have to deal with the drama of finding sexual partners anymore. I'm finally at peace. That is such a big relief.
3:13 I relate to this person- I no longer strongly identify with my aspec label (really most labels) but it is still apart of me and I see relationships a lot differently from others my age (Im a teenager). I like getting to know ppl or just seeing them as pretty and nothing more :3 💜
I love the community so much! It was actually your videos that helped me to realize and come to terms with being ace, and not just aro. I loved the comment you read about how our community doesn't gatekeep and will welcome anyone, even if they aren't entirely sure about their identities. I feel very strong asthetic attraction towards people, mostly fictional characters, so for a while I thought I had crushes on them. But no, it was only an appreciation for their designs and personalities. I will shamelessly admit that I have squishes on most of them, though :D It feels oddly freeing to know I'm aroace. I know I don't need romantic or sexual relationships with anyone to be happy, just friendships and my family.
One thing I love about my asexuality is how much it has freed me up to challenge what society expects of me and relationships in general. It’s given me a whole new perspective on life and that feels great! I also feel like it’s allowed me to feel more at peace with myself and the weird little human I am, and I enjoy that a lot as well. I love just feeling ace, if that makes sense XD Anyways, all the love as always! Happy ace day!! 💜✨
Also, just wanna quickly say that this video felt good to watch because it reminded me that ace experiences are vastly varied and even if I don’t fit a stereotypical ace mold, that doesn’t mean I’m any less ace, which is an idea I’ve struggled with in the past. So thanks again! XD 💜
My favorite thing about being ace (and neurodivergent) is being exposed to less negativity online, because it makes me prefer non-mainstream online communities which tend to be smaller and therefore significantly less targeted by trolls etc.
I have just recently discovered your channel and omg it's so beautiful and validating, somedays before my friend said that i am "huggable" she said my partners would be very lucky and I thought to myself they might feel good but would i feel good if I have a romantic partner. this is such a small thought but combined with my new knowledge about aroace spectrum I am learning a lot about acearo and about myself as well. Thank you for posting videos that educate and validate the experience of all aspec people.
I like being ACE just because I'm not distracted by thoughts of sex or flirting with people while I'm trying to do my job. Or interacting with people at my A.A. meetings. I'm not trying to 13th step with anyone.
Image description of thumbnail: Text reading international asexuality day against a dark green background with purple and white lined circles, text bending around Elle who is smiling and wearing a dark green silky top and light cardigan
I feel kind of bad for throwing my slightly negative comment in the middle of all the positive ones but I'm questioning if I'm aromantic. I've known I'm ace for years already but just now started suspecting I could be aro too. I didn't think that before because I can enjoy a good romance novel and view romantic stuff as cute but then suddenly realized that I can't remember a single time in my life when I would have felt romantic attraction myself. And I'm not exactly enthusiastic about dating at all. But then again I kind of wish I could have a super close life partner type of friend who I could cuddle and maybe kiss on the cheek. I just recently found out about the existence of qprs and I don't know if that's my thing. Could be. Maybe. And I wonder what the difference between an asexual relationship and qpr is. And I'm kind of just burning in the flames of self ignorance and confusion.
I really wish I had atleast a little bit to do with the LGBT+ community... I'm so tired of being alone. FYI I'm Asexual (found out days ago) and many other things. My bio is only a few things.
Being ace, aroace, I love the freedom of appreciating how pretty people are without anything sexual in the way.
Something I love about being ace: the community & my QPR partner 💜🤍🖤
International ace day!!!!
I just got off jaiden animations stream
(Who is aro/ace)
Love you all🌈🖤🤍💜💕
Unfortunately YouYube didn't notify me of the question. I'm asexual, aromantic, and autistic, and all those things allow me to be myself and spending time only with activities I enjoy and with my special interests.
I'm a triple-A threat too (autistic, aro-spec and ace), so I have no idea how much of my (lack of) sexuality is influenced by my autism. It certainly contributed to my total lack of self-awareness in realising that I wasn't straight until I was easily 21, despite doing *a couple* of very gay things first. Being ace certainly didn't help with my lack of self-awareness about my actual sexuality either. 😆
Loved all the thoughts that were shared in this video, but I especially love the comment on how the aroace community is not gatekeepy and that they take you in just the way you are, which means a lot to me as someone who's still questioning!
I mean, this channel and community is probably the most wholesome one I ever came across :,>
I've accepted myself as ace since 2021 and the journey since has been a rewarding one. As much as I struggle with the familiar asexual issues, I have found that there's a lot to love about it as well. It's helped provide a lot of clarity and confidence and allowed me to indulge in small identity things like wearing purple more. I also recently read "Loveless" for the first time and I'll second the opinions saying it's an amazing aro-ace text, if just because of how real and recognizable a lot of it felt.
I'm also very happy to have found community online and share in conversations over a variety of topics. What has been amusing to me is how I'll vibe with creators - especially on RUclips - and then discover they're ace in hindsight. It feels nice to know there's way more aces out there sharing their personal interests with others. It's such a relief because when I started it felt like there was nothing but it was really just not knowing where to look. I'm grateful to be part of such a wonderful group and I want to finish by saying thank you for the awesome regular content. Keep up the great work.
Happy International Asexuality Day, everybody!
i love how this was just 10 minutes of ace joy 💜🖤🩶🤍
Im aro/ace and i love that i dont have to worry about how i look. Because im not looking for others affections. I can just be my self and live the way i want to.
I also really love the community aro we all are funny like the random/weird kind of funny. Perhaps is because we're not afraid of what others think so we can be weird and funny. The community is also amazingly friendly and welcoming.
Being a person on asexual spectrum, I like the space and energy I have to pursue other different meaningful activities in human life, instead of feeling urgency for sexual activity.Human life is pretty short and there are diverse things to explore & pursue.
I also like the unique lens with which I view human relationships & creativity in ways of connecting with others 💜
Drop a comment: if you're ace, something you love about being ace; if you're allo, something you appreciate about the ace people you know or the asexual community; regardless of who you are, you can wish everyone else in the comments a "Happy International Asexuality Day!"
Thanks, love you all! 💜
Ace people are amazing friends! They value platonic love in a way few allo people appreciate 💜
@@annafre1789 💜
I love being a part of the community 💖💖💖
I'm new to using the asexual label - I've been thinking about it on and off for a while though, but once I realised it was about sexual attraction, rather than whether or not I would want sex, (Honestly, I could take it or leave it, and never understood what all the fuss was about.) it was pretty obvious. I've never looked at someone and wanted to have sex with them and I'm kind of flabbergasted, that people actually feel that way. 😂 I was under the impression, that sexual attraction was just being in the mood first, and then looking at someone aesthetically pleasing and going "That one will do."
I think it's similar with romantic attraction - the jury is still out on that one.. mainly because I don't know what it is supposed to feel like.
Anyway, I love, that I've stumbled upon your videos recently! Happy ace day, everyone. 😊💜
vent
This might be very triggering so please don’t read if you can’t
I don’t know if I’ll ever be ok with being ace but I really really want to. I can’t stop hating myself for not being ‘normal’. And anytime I try to love being my ace self I end up feeling like I’m feeding into some sort of ‘ace supremacy’ or thinking I’m better than allo people or being allophobic and I hate it so much because I’m extremely repulsed and it makes me feel a bit sick the idea of someone having sex even if it doesn’t even me and then I hate myself more and more and more for being a horrible person because I I wouldn’t be able to fulfill someone’s sexual needs and I’m depriving someone of something they need for mine being really selfish. I know none of this is true but I can’t get it out of my head i don’t know what to do. If someone read all this I thank you even if it doesn’t get better I’m grateful to know someone might of heard me. 💜
Happy (very) late Ace week 👏👏👏
My favorite thing about being ace is understanding and feeling a range of attraction, also the amazing community
i had been known about me being asexal since 10th grade i had told my friend and that time she told me its all in my head some more hurtful stuff and now in uni i finally got a queer bff and she hleped me a lot and i stumbled upon this channel and i cant express how happy i felt i can say after years i am in terms with myself and my sexuality this is the happiest i have been
I like this channel. It makes me feel like I'm not a weirdo. I get so self conscious about myself not being "normal"
Yay, I’m glad! You are always welcomed and appreciated. ❤️❤️❤️
I've just been feeling really down because one of my closest friends seems to have withdrawn because she now has a romantic partner. It's happened too many times recently and I'm struggling to deal with it and this really, really cheered me up! I haven't got any friends who are ace because I have only lately started going to groups and we're just getting to know each other but watching your videos makes me feel like I'm part of something. Thank you for doing this!
What a wholesome video to watch 💖 It was so nice seeing other peoples' positive experiences and observations. Thanks for including my comment ^^
Happy ace day to everyone here 💜
bro i just like our flag
I love being ace. I love how I love people as an asexual person, and as an aroace person, I love that I don't need to seek out other people to be happy, I can just be content to be on my own.
Being AroAce makes me really appreciate the connections with others. That being my family friends, or meeting new people. I don’t think allos really think about this. My lack of romantic or sexual attraction goes against what is expected and it makes us different. I can focus on connections with others rather than trying to find that one person people are searching for. I just never understood why people are so focused on getting into a relationship, it’s just never been my thing. I just need friends, family, and my hamsters to be satisfied
I think i am on the grayace spectrum . I am still questionning sadly, because i don't feel like i belong.
Something i love about my aceness is my intense imagination. I find sex with humans repulsive. However, i enjoy thinking about it with supernatural beings. I recently wrote an erotic short story in response to a really misogynistic horror scifi film i watched two weeks ago. I turned it into a story where everyone consent.
My brain is weird : Slimy alien ? Yes ! Lesbian vampire ? Of course ! Human ? Oh hell no !
I found xenoallosexuality to describe myself. It's basically where you are gray or ace toward humans, but allo regarding other species.
I am afraid i won't fit within the ace community because of this....
But i am still happy we got this day for ourselves. :)
I lived for roughly 15 years thinking I was pansexual, but after my bottom surgery and a massive drop in my libido, I found out that I feel almost no sexual attraction and desire for other people and all I actually want is emotional closeness, be it romantic or platonic (I don't know the difference yet, so it might turn out at one point that I'm aro as well (according to tiktok I'm also autistic, so who knows...)).
I feel soo much better now and what I love about this is that I don't have to deal with the drama of finding sexual partners anymore. I'm finally at peace. That is such a big relief.
3:13 I relate to this person- I no longer strongly identify with my aspec label (really most labels) but it is still apart of me and I see relationships a lot differently from others my age (Im a teenager). I like getting to know ppl or just seeing them as pretty and nothing more :3 💜
I love the community so much! It was actually your videos that helped me to realize and come to terms with being ace, and not just aro. I loved the comment you read about how our community doesn't gatekeep and will welcome anyone, even if they aren't entirely sure about their identities. I feel very strong asthetic attraction towards people, mostly fictional characters, so for a while I thought I had crushes on them. But no, it was only an appreciation for their designs and personalities. I will shamelessly admit that I have squishes on most of them, though :D
It feels oddly freeing to know I'm aroace. I know I don't need romantic or sexual relationships with anyone to be happy, just friendships and my family.
One thing I love about my asexuality is how much it has freed me up to challenge what society expects of me and relationships in general. It’s given me a whole new perspective on life and that feels great!
I also feel like it’s allowed me to feel more at peace with myself and the weird little human I am, and I enjoy that a lot as well. I love just feeling ace, if that makes sense XD
Anyways, all the love as always! Happy ace day!! 💜✨
Also, just wanna quickly say that this video felt good to watch because it reminded me that ace experiences are vastly varied and even if I don’t fit a stereotypical ace mold, that doesn’t mean I’m any less ace, which is an idea I’ve struggled with in the past. So thanks again! XD 💜
My favorite thing about being ace (and neurodivergent) is being exposed to less negativity online, because it makes me prefer non-mainstream online communities which tend to be smaller and therefore significantly less targeted by trolls etc.
I have just recently discovered your channel and omg it's so beautiful and validating, somedays before my friend said that i am "huggable" she said my partners would be very lucky and I thought to myself they might feel good but would i feel good if I have a romantic partner. this is such a small thought but combined with my new knowledge about aroace spectrum I am learning a lot about acearo and about myself as well. Thank you for posting videos that educate and validate the experience of all aspec people.
Great video, thank you guys for the many insights!!
I like being ACE just because I'm not distracted by thoughts of sex or flirting with people while I'm trying to do my job. Or interacting with people at my A.A. meetings. I'm not trying to 13th step with anyone.
Image description of thumbnail: Text reading international asexuality day against a dark green background with purple and white lined circles, text bending around Elle who is smiling and wearing a dark green silky top and light cardigan
💜💜💜
I love our day❤.
I feel kind of bad for throwing my slightly negative comment in the middle of all the positive ones but I'm questioning if I'm aromantic. I've known I'm ace for years already but just now started suspecting I could be aro too. I didn't think that before because I can enjoy a good romance novel and view romantic stuff as cute but then suddenly realized that I can't remember a single time in my life when I would have felt romantic attraction myself. And I'm not exactly enthusiastic about dating at all. But then again I kind of wish I could have a super close life partner type of friend who I could cuddle and maybe kiss on the cheek. I just recently found out about the existence of qprs and I don't know if that's my thing. Could be. Maybe. And I wonder what the difference between an asexual relationship and qpr is. And I'm kind of just burning in the flames of self ignorance and confusion.
Where is Kaden? :)
I really wish I had atleast a little bit to do with the LGBT+ community... I'm so tired of being alone.
FYI I'm Asexual (found out days ago) and many other things. My bio is only a few things.