Redbeard Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 A post from the Seattle Aces & Aros group shows an official ceremonial proclamation recognizing October 20th-26th as Asexual Awareness Week in the State of Washington. Signed by the governor! http://www.seattleacesandaros.org/2019/10/20/asexual-awareness-week-in-washington/ Link to post Share on other sites
Kimmie. Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Okay that is really cool!! So the week actually made something happend!! Link to post Share on other sites
Snao Cone Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 It would've been amazing if they had changed the colour scheme of the document to purple, but I don't blame them for that. Link to post Share on other sites
crazy ace Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I'm happy, but I also want to know: what took so long? It's 2019. Link to post Share on other sites
Kimmie. Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 What i know in Sweden asexuality is not even officially seen as a sexuality by the law so we have a long time to go. Link to post Share on other sites
ColeHW34 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Oh my! Yay!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 That's really fantastic to see. I had sort of resigned myself to the fact that asexuality would always be something people aren't aware of or educated about. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Although it just crossed my mind that that document could have been forged. It's from a .org website, not a .gov. Link to post Share on other sites
Ortac Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Sorry to be skeptical, but is that really a genuine document? It just doesn't seem quite right somehow; some of the things it says are not the kind of thing I would expect to be in an official proclamation. If would be really good though if it is real, so I hope that I am wrong! Link to post Share on other sites
matt_lock Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 It matches the format on the examples linked from here ( https://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/requests-invites/request-ceremonial-proclamation-greeting-or-letter ). However, I can't find any archive of washington state ceremonial proclamations, so I can't actually tell how accurate it is. But it matches other examples I've found googling, so probably legitamite. Note that the people who request the proclamation give draft language, although the office an edit it or decline it. Link to post Share on other sites
Redbeard Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Yeah, they don't put any of their ceremonial proclamations online, unless it's specifically something that's a priority of the Governor and they want to show it off. Otherwise it's just something that's sent to the group for them to publicize themselves. I think there'd be too many of them on all manner of obscure things. My guess is there's a record of them somewhere in a file cabinet hiding in Olympia. For this one, they did edit it slightly. Some of the edits made it better (like the change to "LGBTQIA+", where we had just "LGBTQ"), but they also added "openly identified" to the line about 70,000 people, which would be awesome if true, but is unfortunately inaccurate. Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 It's a hoax. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 10 hours ago, Sally said: It's a hoax. Just curious, but how do you know? I couldn't seem to find anything one way or the other if it's genuine or not. Link to post Share on other sites
Kimmie. Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 18 hours ago, daveb said: Just curious, but how do you know? I couldn't seem to find anything one way or the other if it's genuine or not. If you cant find any proof that it is genuine then it probably is not unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites
crazy ace Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 21 minutes ago, Kimmie. said: If you cant find any proof that it is genuine then it probably is not unfortunately. 👎 Boo! Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Kimmie. said: If you cant find any proof that it is genuine then it probably is not unfortunately. Not necessarily. At least we can't state categorically that it's a hoax. On 10/20/2019 at 2:30 PM, Redbeard said: Yeah, they don't put any of their ceremonial proclamations online, unless it's specifically something that's a priority of the Governor and they want to show it off. Otherwise it's just something that's sent to the group for them to publicize themselves. I think there'd be too many of them on all manner of obscure things. My guess is there's a record of them somewhere in a file cabinet hiding in Olympia. And I'm not surprised if there is apparently no online media mention of it; it's about asexuality after all, which doesn't make for a sexy news story. Personally, I am not judging one way or the other. Could be real or could be fake. Keeping an open mind, until I see some authoritative source that confirms which it is. Link to post Share on other sites
Kimmie. Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 minute ago, daveb said: Not necessarily. At least we can't state categorically that it's a hoax. Hopefully you are right. Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I think it's real. It looks like his signature -- I've seen it on other docs. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 @Redbeard Washington recognising Ace Week is awesome, I wish other cities/towns can recognise and value Ace Week too. Link to post Share on other sites
Redbeard Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 The physical copy arrived in the mail today (finally!), complete in a super-fancy folder! http://www.seattleacesandaros.org/2019/10/23/more-pictures-of-the-ace-week-proclamation-in-washington/ And here's some details about how we got it (and how you can get one next year!): http://www.asexualityarchive.com/ceremonial-proclamations/ Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Congratulations! (looks legit to me) Link to post Share on other sites
Kimmie. Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 So it was real!! Yay thats awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
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