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Book 107- 🌟🌟🌟
Something Extraordinary
By Alexis Hall
The book challenges conventional tropes. Belle is aromantic, Horley is gay so the “love” that grows between them isn’t a typical romantic relationship. Instead, it’s built on trust, respect, acceptance, and chosen bonds.
Something Extraordinary
By Alexis Hall
The book challenges conventional tropes. Belle is aromantic, Horley is gay so the “love” that grows between them isn’t a typical romantic relationship. Instead, it’s built on trust, respect, acceptance, and chosen bonds.
December 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Book 107- 🌟🌟🌟
Something Extraordinary
By Alexis Hall
The book challenges conventional tropes. Belle is aromantic, Horley is gay so the “love” that grows between them isn’t a typical romantic relationship. Instead, it’s built on trust, respect, acceptance, and chosen bonds.
Something Extraordinary
By Alexis Hall
The book challenges conventional tropes. Belle is aromantic, Horley is gay so the “love” that grows between them isn’t a typical romantic relationship. Instead, it’s built on trust, respect, acceptance, and chosen bonds.
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ASPEC FOLKS COME HANG OUT WITH US!
I promise everyone is super cool 💜
Twitch.tv/divatron9000
#asexual #aroace #aspec #twitch
I promise everyone is super cool 💜
Twitch.tv/divatron9000
#asexual #aroace #aspec #twitch
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ASPEC FOLKS COME HANG OUT WITH US!
I promise everyone is super cool 💜
Twitch.tv/divatron9000
#asexual #aroace #aspec #twitch
I promise everyone is super cool 💜
Twitch.tv/divatron9000
#asexual #aroace #aspec #twitch
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Planning to visit your local indie bookstore this weekend? Ask if they've got a copy of #ChoicesAnthology you can grab for yourself or the horror lover in your life!
Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror is the collective scream of people of marginalized genders as our reproductive rights are threatened and stolen from us, featuring a mix of gruesome horror, deep tragedy, and cathartic revenge books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q 5/?
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Planning to visit your local indie bookstore this weekend? Ask if they've got a copy of #ChoicesAnthology you can grab for yourself or the horror lover in your life!
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Nice and on the point review I found today, please take a look if you are interested!
🧡💛🤍🩵💙
"Koisenu Futari Review: Gathering the Courage to Be Ourselves" by Karen on The Blossom Review
theblossomreview.com/koisenu-futa...
#koisenufutari #aromantic #asexual #aroace
#jdrama
🧡💛🤍🩵💙
"Koisenu Futari Review: Gathering the Courage to Be Ourselves" by Karen on The Blossom Review
theblossomreview.com/koisenu-futa...
#koisenufutari #aromantic #asexual #aroace
#jdrama
Koisenu Futari Review: Gathering the Courage to Be Ourselves | The Blossom Review
NHK's marvellous Koisenu Futari goes beyond raising awareness of the aroace community, embracing a healthy discussion on love and happiness.
theblossomreview.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Nice and on the point review I found today, please take a look if you are interested!
🧡💛🤍🩵💙
"Koisenu Futari Review: Gathering the Courage to Be Ourselves" by Karen on The Blossom Review
theblossomreview.com/koisenu-futa...
#koisenufutari #aromantic #asexual #aroace
#jdrama
🧡💛🤍🩵💙
"Koisenu Futari Review: Gathering the Courage to Be Ourselves" by Karen on The Blossom Review
theblossomreview.com/koisenu-futa...
#koisenufutari #aromantic #asexual #aroace
#jdrama
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This is so ill-informed and dangerous. Clear acephobia. Asexuality isn’t a breed or a masculinity problem. Galloway doesn’t have a clue what he is talking about.
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and the rise of Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is so ill-informed and dangerous. Clear acephobia. Asexuality isn’t a breed or a masculinity problem. Galloway doesn’t have a clue what he is talking about.
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Guys, do not use the Discord Checkpoint thing (Discord's attempt at Spotify Wrapped).
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Guys, do not use the Discord Checkpoint thing (Discord's attempt at Spotify Wrapped).
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
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COMMON BONDS 2 Late Pledges close on December 10! Don't miss your chance to get your copy alongside all of our backers!
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!
Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
🌈📚
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!
Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
🌈📚
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
COMMON BONDS 2 Late Pledges close on December 10! Don't miss your chance to get your copy alongside all of our backers!
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!
Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
🌈📚
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!
Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
🌈📚
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Posting this on December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a choice, @theatlantic.
Feeding suspicions of accommodations and of the alleged "disability con" in general is the only thing you achieve with this piece. Aside from which its a lot of speculation and anecdotes.
Feeding suspicions of accommodations and of the alleged "disability con" in general is the only thing you achieve with this piece. Aside from which its a lot of speculation and anecdotes.
Accommodations in higher education were supposed to help disabled Americans access the same opportunities as their nondisabled peers, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social reports. How did they become another way for wealthy students to gain an advantage?
Elite Colleges Have an Extra-Time-on-Tests Problem
Accommodations in higher education were supposed to help disabled Americans enjoy the same opportunities as everyone else. How did they become another way for wealthy students to gain an advantage?
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Posting this on December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a choice, @theatlantic.
Feeding suspicions of accommodations and of the alleged "disability con" in general is the only thing you achieve with this piece. Aside from which its a lot of speculation and anecdotes.
Feeding suspicions of accommodations and of the alleged "disability con" in general is the only thing you achieve with this piece. Aside from which its a lot of speculation and anecdotes.
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Why you should join the Tsukutabe fandom:
We have
- asexual lesbian representation 🍰🏳️🌈
- great food 🍱
- slice of life fluff 🐻❄️
- feminism 💪
- a yuri that doesn't take place in high school 🏢
- and more! 🫶
Please check out the manga or drama! ❤️
#Tsukutabe #yuri #wlw #asexual #lesbian #manga #jdrama
We have
- asexual lesbian representation 🍰🏳️🌈
- great food 🍱
- slice of life fluff 🐻❄️
- feminism 💪
- a yuri that doesn't take place in high school 🏢
- and more! 🫶
Please check out the manga or drama! ❤️
#Tsukutabe #yuri #wlw #asexual #lesbian #manga #jdrama
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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#HorrorWritersChat
Writing ace horror itself feels like an act of rebellion, against the suffocations and injections of amatonormativity.
Writing asexual Gothic or aromantic Romantic pushes back against a culture of telling people sex and romance (repopulation and marriage) = THE human experience.
Writing ace horror itself feels like an act of rebellion, against the suffocations and injections of amatonormativity.
Writing asexual Gothic or aromantic Romantic pushes back against a culture of telling people sex and romance (repopulation and marriage) = THE human experience.
#HorrorWritersChat Q4
Now to The Horrors.
In his blog post
CREATING PERSONAL MEANING IN A DARK WORLD IS HOW WE TAKE A STAND,
Matt said “finding joy in being a creative person is an act of rebellion.”
Share a creative outlet that brings you joy and/or feels like an act of rebellion.
Now to The Horrors.
In his blog post
CREATING PERSONAL MEANING IN A DARK WORLD IS HOW WE TAKE A STAND,
Matt said “finding joy in being a creative person is an act of rebellion.”
Share a creative outlet that brings you joy and/or feels like an act of rebellion.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Writing ace horror itself feels like an act of rebellion, against the suffocations and injections of amatonormativity.
Writing asexual Gothic or aromantic Romantic pushes back against a culture of telling people sex and romance (repopulation and marriage) = THE human experience.
Writing ace horror itself feels like an act of rebellion, against the suffocations and injections of amatonormativity.
Writing asexual Gothic or aromantic Romantic pushes back against a culture of telling people sex and romance (repopulation and marriage) = THE human experience.
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Sigh. Can we please stop equating people not having sex with asexuality and with being inherently asocial or aberrant? That would be great, thanks. Signed, an actual asexual person.
Sure, Galloway is better than Peterson
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sigh. Can we please stop equating people not having sex with asexuality and with being inherently asocial or aberrant? That would be great, thanks. Signed, an actual asexual person.
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Run that back, Turbo. 🔁🗳️ Atlanta, it’s time to vote again!
TODAY, December 2, is your Runoff Election Day for two city council seats and three school board seats.
⏰ Polls are open until 7 PM
🪪 Photo ID is required
📍 Find your polling place at weall.vote/georgia
Pull up to the polls and vote RN! 🙌🏽
TODAY, December 2, is your Runoff Election Day for two city council seats and three school board seats.
⏰ Polls are open until 7 PM
🪪 Photo ID is required
📍 Find your polling place at weall.vote/georgia
Pull up to the polls and vote RN! 🙌🏽
Elections Portal
WeAll.Vote
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Run that back, Turbo. 🔁🗳️ Atlanta, it’s time to vote again!
TODAY, December 2, is your Runoff Election Day for two city council seats and three school board seats.
⏰ Polls are open until 7 PM
🪪 Photo ID is required
📍 Find your polling place at weall.vote/georgia
Pull up to the polls and vote RN! 🙌🏽
TODAY, December 2, is your Runoff Election Day for two city council seats and three school board seats.
⏰ Polls are open until 7 PM
🪪 Photo ID is required
📍 Find your polling place at weall.vote/georgia
Pull up to the polls and vote RN! 🙌🏽
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Jersey City voters, it’s time to vote again! 🔁🗳️
TODAY, December 2, is your Runoff Election Day for mayor and seven city council seats. Here's what you need to know:
⏰ Polls are open until 8 PM
🪪 First-time voters may need to show photo ID
📍 Find your polling place at weall.vote/newjersey
TODAY, December 2, is your Runoff Election Day for mayor and seven city council seats. Here's what you need to know:
⏰ Polls are open until 8 PM
🪪 First-time voters may need to show photo ID
📍 Find your polling place at weall.vote/newjersey
NJ DOS - Division of Elections
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WeAll.Vote
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Jersey City voters, it’s time to vote again! 🔁🗳️
TODAY, December 2, is your Runoff Election Day for mayor and seven city council seats. Here's what you need to know:
⏰ Polls are open until 8 PM
🪪 First-time voters may need to show photo ID
📍 Find your polling place at weall.vote/newjersey
TODAY, December 2, is your Runoff Election Day for mayor and seven city council seats. Here's what you need to know:
⏰ Polls are open until 8 PM
🪪 First-time voters may need to show photo ID
📍 Find your polling place at weall.vote/newjersey
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listen, my series is pretty awesome, but that's a lot of books. here's one entire very fun standalone you can read instead. or in addition! come for the disaster queers, stay for the baby dragon! 🌈📚
want to check out my work but don't want to commit to a series? i got you! the dragon next door is my sapphic ace romantasy standalone novel set in the fireborn universe! 🌈📚 #QueerAdultSFF #booksky #romancelandia
books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6
vriccithode.itch.io/the-dragon-n...
books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6
vriccithode.itch.io/the-dragon-n...
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
listen, my series is pretty awesome, but that's a lot of books. here's one entire very fun standalone you can read instead. or in addition! come for the disaster queers, stay for the baby dragon! 🌈📚
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You can still get the All the Way series for 99 cents!!
amzn: www.amazon.com/All-the-Way/...
itch: itch.io/s/168337/bla...
#booksky #romancelandia #sapphic #lesfic #asexual 💙📚
amzn: www.amazon.com/All-the-Way/...
itch: itch.io/s/168337/bla...
#booksky #romancelandia #sapphic #lesfic #asexual 💙📚
December 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You can still get the All the Way series for 99 cents!!
amzn: www.amazon.com/All-the-Way/...
itch: itch.io/s/168337/bla...
#booksky #romancelandia #sapphic #lesfic #asexual 💙📚
amzn: www.amazon.com/All-the-Way/...
itch: itch.io/s/168337/bla...
#booksky #romancelandia #sapphic #lesfic #asexual 💙📚
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Update on the Sydney Gay and Lesbian (and transgender, bi-sexual, Queer, Asexual+) Mardi Gras Annual General Meeting.
www.starobserver.com.au/news/heres-e...
www.starobserver.com.au/news/heres-e...
Here’s Everything That Happened At The 2025 Mardi Gras AGM - Star Observer
Today saw the 2025 Mardi Gras AGM go ahead, following one of the most heated lead-ups in recent years, and new Board members announced.
www.starobserver.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Update on the Sydney Gay and Lesbian (and transgender, bi-sexual, Queer, Asexual+) Mardi Gras Annual General Meeting.
www.starobserver.com.au/news/heres-e...
www.starobserver.com.au/news/heres-e...
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For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
The List Keepers
The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records.
www.vulture.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
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A YCH from @lilnoodledragon.bsky.social! Her art is so cute and she's very kind, you should get one too! :D
I've needed a trans-ace flag for a long time. Being ace completely changes what being trans is for me down to my gender, and it's so important to me to finally have a way to express that 🧡
I've needed a trans-ace flag for a long time. Being ace completely changes what being trans is for me down to my gender, and it's so important to me to finally have a way to express that 🧡
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A YCH from @lilnoodledragon.bsky.social! Her art is so cute and she's very kind, you should get one too! :D
I've needed a trans-ace flag for a long time. Being ace completely changes what being trans is for me down to my gender, and it's so important to me to finally have a way to express that 🧡
I've needed a trans-ace flag for a long time. Being ace completely changes what being trans is for me down to my gender, and it's so important to me to finally have a way to express that 🧡
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Anyone remember these?? They're still some of my fave designs I've made. 💖 evocaitart.etsy.com
I added a bunch of new flags to this set a few months ago! I'm gonna post them later this week, but they're already up on Etsy. ☺️
#lgbt ✧ #lgbtq ✧ #queer ✧ #queerart ✧ #gayartist ✧ #artshop
I added a bunch of new flags to this set a few months ago! I'm gonna post them later this week, but they're already up on Etsy. ☺️
#lgbt ✧ #lgbtq ✧ #queer ✧ #queerart ✧ #gayartist ✧ #artshop
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Anyone remember these?? They're still some of my fave designs I've made. 💖 evocaitart.etsy.com
I added a bunch of new flags to this set a few months ago! I'm gonna post them later this week, but they're already up on Etsy. ☺️
#lgbt ✧ #lgbtq ✧ #queer ✧ #queerart ✧ #gayartist ✧ #artshop
I added a bunch of new flags to this set a few months ago! I'm gonna post them later this week, but they're already up on Etsy. ☺️
#lgbt ✧ #lgbtq ✧ #queer ✧ #queerart ✧ #gayartist ✧ #artshop
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His widow, Cat, has invited friends to leave messages and donations in his memory to Macmillan, Matt's chosen charity. I've helped set up a memorial page so please feel free to share this to anyone who knew and loved him.
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
Fundraiser in Memory of Matt Mason for Macmillan Cancer Support
Help Louise Willingham raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
www.justgiving.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Every Xmas stocking needs a pride pigeon badge!
Get them here 🏳️🌈 evanskyarts.com/en/products/...
#Art #Smallbusiness #ShopSmall #GiftIdeas #Artist #Pigeon #Birds #LGBTQIA #Pride #PigeonSky
Get them here 🏳️🌈 evanskyarts.com/en/products/...
#Art #Smallbusiness #ShopSmall #GiftIdeas #Artist #Pigeon #Birds #LGBTQIA #Pride #PigeonSky
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Every Xmas stocking needs a pride pigeon badge!
Get them here 🏳️🌈 evanskyarts.com/en/products/...
#Art #Smallbusiness #ShopSmall #GiftIdeas #Artist #Pigeon #Birds #LGBTQIA #Pride #PigeonSky
Get them here 🏳️🌈 evanskyarts.com/en/products/...
#Art #Smallbusiness #ShopSmall #GiftIdeas #Artist #Pigeon #Birds #LGBTQIA #Pride #PigeonSky