2023

#MyArospecMoment #MyAroMoment #MeinArospecMoment #MeinAroMoment

Zoe Stoller (they/them/she/he)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwYTQb2qgIp/

The Instagram posts description:
Do you relate to any of these aromantic sub-identities?
If you’re not familiar with the term, the word aromantic refers to a spectrum of identities where people have little-to-no romantic attraction, don’t experience it in “typical” ways, or only experience it in specific circumstances.
Aromantic can be an umbrella term containing other labels within this spectrum, as well as an independent label that people use. Aromantic people might identify with multiple identities on this spectrum, as well as with other LGBTQ+ labels, including both sexuality and gender identities.

And today — August 25th — is #AromanticSpectrumVisibilityDay, so it’s a great day to highlight and celebrate some aromantic experiences!

There are SO many aromantic sub-identities, which is awesome because it allows people to articulate the nuances of their identity and feel represented within language.
Here are a few that you might resonate with

• Demiromantic — someone who only experiences romantic attraction for a person after forming a close emotional bond with them
• Cupioromantic — someone who does not typically experience romantic attraction but who still desires and/or enjoys romance and romantic relationships
• Arospike — someone who doesn’t usually experience romantic attraction but occasionally does experience it in sudden spikes
• Grayromantic — someone whose identity falls in the gray areas between the aromantic and alloromantic spectrums

To learn about more aromantic identities, check out the Aromantic Dictionary series on my page @zoestoller (and stay tuned for another installment coming soon 🥳)!
💬 Do you connect to the label aromantic or any of its sub-labels? How would you describe your experiences of romantic attraction? 💬
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Also, the background photos were taken during my recent trip to Portugal! There were so, so many beautiful sights 🥰 I love looking back!
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#myaromoment #myarospecmoment #zoestoller #aromanticspectrum

Sophie (dey/sie)

#MyArospecMoment was when I talked with my allo friends about past partnerships and realised, that I perceive romantic relationships very differently and understood flirting as well as pick-up lines just as lame jokes until then. I felt incredibly bad afterwards and thought I was damaged. After some long research and a lot of conversations with others I outed myself as demiromantic asexual and am today very thankful for being exactly who I am

#MyArospecMoment was after breaking up with my ex friend after a 6 year relationship. I had a feeling that all my love was used up and feared I could only fall in love once and that I used that one possibility, because I found other people to be attractive or fascinating, and could potentially picture myself in a relationship with them, but I couldn’t really fall in love with them. After some extended research and lots of conversing with others I outet myself a demiromantic asexual and today am very thankful for being exactly who I am

Orca (aka Delfin)

#MeinArospecMoment or rather ours [@ anonymous] The fortune god*esses seemed to know yesterday’s been ASVD and giftet us with a small bag of fitting content.

A try at interpreting: the frog stands tall against amatonormativity and lets it ricochet from the tiny dandelion hat. The dice represent the cliché that aros love rpgs and the magnitude of possible label combinations and realities of life. The Kiwi stands for the aro*spec community unconditionally welcoming the kiwi-cocktails (aka questioning people).

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CwYZZJmoLOQ/

Now that he had his appearance, here’s the Aro frog. When I invent an “aromantic dart-poison frog” in order to procrastinate preparing a talk later on the same evening … and then end up incorporating it into the semi-improvised talk. :’)
#meinarospecmoment #myarospecmoment
#meinaromoment #myaromoment