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Symbol for allies?


Robin L

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Aces wear the black ring or the ace flag to show that they're ace, so what do allies wear to show support to the ace community? Do you wear the ace flag, too? Or something else?

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The purple part of the flag is for allies, so I think that wearing a flag would suffice just as well. I wouldn't recomened a ring for you though.

Edit: It's past 1:00 am where I am. Apologies, I never look at who's posting.

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I thought the white part of the flag was for allies, and the purple was community?

The white part is for sexuals, which technically speaking may or may not be allies, but probably are if they are wearing it. You may be right that purple is community, but to me community more obviously entails allies.

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Why do allies need to be recognized? The majority of LGBT allies don't recognise asexuality or have prejudice elsewhere.

It would literally be a symbol to say "Hey! I'm a decent person!"

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Why do allies need to be recognized? The majority of LGBT allies don't recognise asexuality or have prejudice elsewhere.

It would literally be a symbol to say "Hey! I'm a decent person!"

Awareness. So other people can also be decent. Also, can you clarify your last sentence; it seems a bit contradictory--to not recognise asexuality but not be prejudiced?

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Why do allies need to be recognized? The majority of LGBT allies don't recognise asexuality or have prejudice elsewhere.

It would literally be a symbol to say "Hey! I'm a decent person!"

Awareness. So other people can also be decent. Also, can you clarify your last sentence; it seems a bit contradictory--to not recognise asexuality but not be prejudiced?

Prejudice towards other areas of intersectionality.

I disagree with the symbol thing, if you ask people what the A in LGBT+ stands for most would say Allies. So by putting Allies to the forefront, we are affectively erasing ourselves.

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Why do allies need to be recognized? The majority of LGBT allies don't recognise asexuality or have prejudice elsewhere.

It would literally be a symbol to say "Hey! I'm a decent person!"

Awareness. So other people can also be decent. Also, can you clarify your last sentence; it seems a bit contradictory--to not recognise asexuality but not be prejudiced?

Prejudice towards other areas of intersectionality.

I disagree with the symbol thing, if you ask people what the A in LGBT+ stands for most would say Allies. So by putting Allies to the forefront, we are affectively erasing ourselves.

The LGBT movement had a place for allies early on because they needed awareness, and those people who supported them also went through issues. In the sexual forum, there are a lot of people who need to find ways to be happy with their asexual partners because unlike homosexuality, we end up in mized sexuality relationships a lot more. So, some allies who have very personal and direct experience with us will obviously need to be included within this community and this will remain the case in the future.

Also, I'm still not understanding . . . nope, got it now. Yep, even though we all think we're open minded after coming to the support of one cause, prejudice often exists elsewhere. I have a very large issue with the way intersectionality in social movements is currently handled.

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Why do allies need to be recognized? The majority of LGBT allies don't recognise asexuality or have prejudice elsewhere.

It would literally be a symbol to say "Hey! I'm a decent person!"

Someone was asking if there was a symbol to show support for the asexual community without looking like an asexual themselves.

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Why do allies need to be recognized? The majority of LGBT allies don't recognise asexuality or have prejudice elsewhere.

It would literally be a symbol to say "Hey! I'm a decent person!"

Someone was asking if there was a symbol to show support for the asexual community without looking like an asexual themselves.

I think that this is always going to be a concern, even if just because people will make the assumption of an in denial asexual,even if there is a specific symbol for supporters.

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i think a symbol for allies can be a good thing so long as they are prepared to fully explain what it means when people ask. but at the same time, yes, people exclude asexuals from the LGBTQIA acronym because of allies so fair play to those who think a symbol for allies is a step too far.

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I don't know. Is there a sign for allies of other movements? Allies for pansexuals or bisexuals?

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W-w-w-w-hy would I want a symbol to be an ally for one single trait out of all the millions of traits, political affiliations, sport teams, musicians, etc that I could align myself with? What a completely odd thing...

The more i think of it, the more bananas it seems. I mean, if I'm going to wear an ally insignia for anything, I think I'd like to support the bears... I'm all for bears, both the furry gay dudes and the furry animal dudes. So yeah, sorry guys, but if we're choosing teams out of the billions of possible teams, I'm going with chubby, hairy gay dudes.

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I'm not sure why a sexual would want to -- or should be expected to want to -- wear something that will elicit an explanation of an orientation they don't share. I would not wear anything that would force me to explain sexuality. Even if people of non/asexual orientations would wear such a thing, their explanations of asexuality might not be very helpful.

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