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HELLO! I’m making a massive list of EVERY single lgbtqia+ flag (and then posting them wherever I can put them)
This is mostly to spread more YO, THERE ARE SO MANY LABELS FOR YOU GUYS WHO WANNA USE THEM, and also cause I find it fun for character creation!
If you have a Flag I can add to my list that isn’t seen much anywhere then please do either:
Reblog or send it to my inbox, with the flag, name of the sexuality, romanticality, and identity and then it’s meaning!
Microlabels are VERY MUCH ACCEPTED
what I currently have:
(I understand that I can go hunting for more but I find it nice for people to get to express themselves by showing their labels to other people)
All different kinds of the pride flags
Trans flag (will add trans masc and trans femme)
Intersex
Asexual (will grab aromantic and aro/ace)
Bisexual
Pansexual
Lesbian
AND THATS ALL I CAN ADD FROM MOBILE
But do please send in your flags for me to add! :D
(Reblogs appreciated but not forced)
People who don’t know what “aroace” means never understand why I like losing when I play Old Maid.
Since I posted this, another of my closest friends came out as aroace.
I’m quickly running out of allo people I know more than tangentially.
I‘ve been wondering about something. Last year, I found out that being asexual was a thing, not just a quirk of mine… then realized that five of my friends already privately or publicly identified as such. Consider that: asexuals are estimated to make up about 1% of the population yet account for about 40% of my friends. Is that just a weird coincidence, are ace people more likely to gravitate toward each other (due to their likely disinterest in certain topics of conversation or general vibes or goodness knows what), did the experts significantly underestimate how many asexuals there are, or some combination of the three? I suspect it’s the third but I’m not sure to what extent each thing is a factor. Any thoughts?
I‘ve been wondering about something. Last year, I found out that being asexual was a thing, not just a quirk of mine… then realized that five of my friends already privately or publicly identified as such. Consider that: asexuals are estimated to make up about 1% of the population yet account for about 40% of my friends. Is that just a weird coincidence, are ace people more likely to gravitate toward each other (due to their likely disinterest in certain topics of conversation or general vibes or goodness knows what), did the experts significantly underestimate how many asexuals there are, or some combination of the three? I suspect it’s the third but I’m not sure to what extent each thing is a factor. Any thoughts?
Arthuriana has so many major aspec characters, and it’s fabulous
Here are a few characters who I interpret as aspec:
Dinadan!!! He is an absolute aroace icon. In a source whose name has slipped my mind, Isolde comments on how he ought to be in a relationship and his reaction is something along the lines of, “Yeah, hard pass. How’s that working out for you, by the way?” (Read it with sarcasm).
Galahad, Bors, and the Grail Heroine all seem quite happy about the eternal chastity thing. None of them have any close calls with demon ladies, unlike poor Percival, the one allo person in the friend group. (Yes, Bors has a son, but a cursed ring was involved there, which is why as much as I do not stand Bors’ Morte misogyny, I will always pity him).
Kay is very rarely ascribed romantic relationships, and in one Welsh source, his father prophesies that Kay’s heart will be “eternally cold”, which could be interpreted as never enflamed by love.
Any others who come to mind?
i’m asexual.
one of my favorite types of fanfic is smut.
i’m still asexual.
my playlist is full of insanely vulgar music.
i’m still asexual.
i love making dirty jokes.
i’m still asexual.
i’m aromantic.
one of my favorite types of fanfic is romance.
i’m still aromantic.
i listen to a lot of love songs and attribute them to my friends.
i’m still aromantic.
i love playfully flirting with people i’m close with.
i’m still aromantic.
i keep seeing misinformation about this, so: queerplatonic relationships do not have a set definition. the name comes from the idea that it's "queering" the platonic relationship, tailoring it to the individual relationships' own desires. it isn't necessarily romance lite, but it also isn't necessarily whatever definition you want to impose on it. the point of queering the platonic relationship is to break away from strict allonormative views on friendship, romance, and sex, not to make a new categorical box to fit in.
the answer to "what is a qpr?" is "whatever you want it to be." sometimes that is romance lite. sometimes it's a deeply committed friendship. sometimes it's friends who have a sexual relationship. sometimes it's based on an entirely different mode of attraction. sometimes it's fluid and impossible to put into words. it's whatever you want it to be. it's queer.