ACE and ARO Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity
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What does it mean to be ace or aro? How should I approach the challenges that come with being ace or aro? How can I best support the ace and aro people in my life? Join the The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project (TAAAP) for a deep dive into the process of discovering and embracing your ace and aro identities. Empower yourself to explore the nuances of your identity, find and develop support networks, explore different kinds of partnership, come out to your communities and find real joy within. Combining a rigorous exploration of identity and sexuality models with hundreds of candid and poignant testimonials - this companion vouches for your personal truth, wherever you lie on the aspec spectrum. You are not invisible! You are among friends. Review: allowed me to hear from voices that I don’t normally hear from. - The authors’ intent is to make sure that all of the voices within the ACE spectrum are recognized and heard whether they label themselves or not. It does not matter how you identify, label, yell, whisper, or inner-dialogue…you are you and it’s okay. I think this is a message that is not said enough. Just like the rainbow community, every area of the L, G, B, T, Q, I, A, P, (and any other letter that I do not know of), there are spectrums within each category. This book focuses on the Asexual and Aromantics in the rainbow. I love hearing from all of the different voices in Ace and Aro Journeys. Some voices are at the beginning of their journey in life. They are just discovering who they are or identifying it. Some are readjusting their compass as they learn more or experience life. Others are like me and have started out labeling themselves as one thing only to change it to something else, and then something else yet again. As we grow and put more labels on everything it can get more complicated and this book tries to make it simpler for those who want to learn. There are additional resources in the back of the book which I followed up on and they were useful too. I love to learn and Ace and Aro illuminated this spectrum for me. It allowed me to hear from voices that I don’t normally hear from. I want to thank the authors for taking the time to gather these questionnaires and share the information with us. I would also like to thank the people who stepped forward to share their thoughts and feelings on what is a deeply personal matter. I have learned so much from you. Review: Ok - Ok
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M**T
allowed me to hear from voices that I don’t normally hear from.
The authors’ intent is to make sure that all of the voices within the ACE spectrum are recognized and heard whether they label themselves or not. It does not matter how you identify, label, yell, whisper, or inner-dialogue…you are you and it’s okay. I think this is a message that is not said enough. Just like the rainbow community, every area of the L, G, B, T, Q, I, A, P, (and any other letter that I do not know of), there are spectrums within each category. This book focuses on the Asexual and Aromantics in the rainbow. I love hearing from all of the different voices in Ace and Aro Journeys. Some voices are at the beginning of their journey in life. They are just discovering who they are or identifying it. Some are readjusting their compass as they learn more or experience life. Others are like me and have started out labeling themselves as one thing only to change it to something else, and then something else yet again. As we grow and put more labels on everything it can get more complicated and this book tries to make it simpler for those who want to learn. There are additional resources in the back of the book which I followed up on and they were useful too. I love to learn and Ace and Aro illuminated this spectrum for me. It allowed me to hear from voices that I don’t normally hear from. I want to thank the authors for taking the time to gather these questionnaires and share the information with us. I would also like to thank the people who stepped forward to share their thoughts and feelings on what is a deeply personal matter. I have learned so much from you.
M**S
Ok
Ok
M**C
Very useful guide.
It took me a really long time to get through this book, as it was pretty heavy going at times, with a LOT of facts, which I can't read a lot of before my brain switches off. That was a ME problem though! I thought this was an excellent guide to the ace and aro communities, particularly people like me who have finally acknowledged that this is ME and don't know where to go next to get information. I really loved the explanations of how you can come out, and even if you don't want to come out to everyone in your life, that that is ok too! And the glossary was very informative. A great little guide to all the various ways of being in these communities. I learnt a lot, actually, and I am a woman in my 50's. Thank you to the authors for putting all these resources together as well, I really appreciate it. 5 stars from me. Thank you to NetGalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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