“I imagine sharing a bed, waking up feeling home in a partner’s arms as I turn to gaze on his face, slowly running my fingers through his morning hair.” As an aroace who grew up resonating with David & Jonathan, I recognize also the wonderful love here, asexual homoromantic comfort in the same.

♠️♥️ aspec subs open! ♣️♦️

submissions open: azejournal.com/article/2025...

It's live!!! I'm officially a published writer!! 🥳 Read my poem "frigid (bitch)" here, and check out all the other awesome pieces in this volume too! azejournal.com/article/2025...

“Most people move through the world assuming that eventually, they will merge their life, finances, and domestic labor with someone else’s […] Even the price of a hotel room makes more sense when you’re two.” So, so much about this @azejournal.bsky.social article. 💯 azejournal.com/article/2025...

The next issue of AZE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) is out now! The issue features articles, poems, visual artworks, and a musical composition that explore the subject of Resilience. azejournal.com/article/2025...

The next issue of AZE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) is out now! The issue features articles, poems, visual artworks, and a musical composition that explore the subject of Resilience. azejournal.com/article/2025...

AZE is accepting writing and artwork by asexual, aromantic, and agender authors exploring stories of resilience against oppression, silencing, discrimination, disbelief, and other social pressures. Deadline: July 15th, 2025 azejournal.com/article/2025...

God, this hit close to home. Beautifully written piece! As someone who had a close friendship that may be was really a qpr, and lost it, I feel like this author understands the specific ache that comes with that and describes it beautifully.

“Romance” doesn’t cross my mind; a “crush” is something intense and oppressive and apparently visually-motivated that I’ve never known and don’t care to know. azejournal.com/article/2024...

"Just because I think romance is “sexy” doesn’t mean I want to have sex. Just because I’m aroused by emotional intimacy and physical affection doesn’t mean I’m trying to get at more." azejournal.com/article/2023...

AZE is trying to reach 100 Patrons by the end of June and is currently at 58! You can help support the publication of asexual, aromantic, and agender authors here: www.patreon.com/c/azejournal

“Sweet Dreams Made of These -or- I Won’t Say I’m in Love Cuz It’s True” on @azejournal.bsky.social, a Black Mirror meets Enchanted dystopian dating show in which kidnapping is legalized if it’s true love and the girl can apparently always just opt out. azejournal.com/article/2024...

"self-love is the most radical act of resistance in a society that is constantly trying to invalidate you." azejournal.com/article/2020...

Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.

Unfortunately, I also received this news yesterday about the book Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Agender Identity. Although I spent many years writing the book and it was released last year, I have still yet to receive anything for its sales.

"People are expected to push other connections more to the wayside in favor of one special person, stopping intimacy from developing among all types of connections like it could." azejournal.com/article/2024...

"...catching the void space where we exist challenging the structure of romantic love and sexuality This world tells you to love But you don’t have to You are radical" azejournal.com/article/2018...

"I know I love deeply, both platonically and romantically, but I have some inability to show it often because of my inability to show affection physically. How do I show that I love, while not being able to use one of the most conventional methods of showing it?" azejournal.com/article/2023...

"It feels like amanormativity and compulsory sexuality are steeped into the air we breathe. [There is an idea that] if you do not date or look forward to a future with a partner, what is your life even going to be?" azejournal.com/article/2025...

Re-sharing some of my published ace horrors and fantasies here! First up, an Enchanted meets Black Mirror short story, “Sweet Dreams Made of These -or- I Won’t Say I’m in Love Cuz It’s True,” on @azejournal.bsky.social! azejournal.com/article/2024...

"...be honest about your asexuality, and how you feel [...] so that even if your relationship ends in a shitshow like mine did, your self-worth is intact." azejournal.com/article/2017...

A-: not as in missing, without, but as in free. So many spaces of perceived absence beget So much room for becoming A person who can finally love themself back. azejournal.com/article/2024...

At first, I say that I have never been in love. But there are different types of love, aren’t there? I have finally managed to convince myself that my love is different, but not lesser. azejournal.com/article/2024...

"Any decent person will appreciate and honor what you’re sharing with them." Yes, exactly!! Coming out to someone always provides insight into their character. If that trust isn't met with respect (i.e. if they react with anger, disgust, and/or disappointment), that's a huge red flag!

"In a society where asexual people are still stigmatized, it’s vital to keep reminding yourself that you are worthy of love, even if your past experiences may inform you otherwise." azejournal.com/article/2018...

The idea that certain expressions of sexuality and gender are "unnatural" just because they do not fit within Western ideas of what is "natural behavior" is a myth. Aside from perpetuating division, it is built on an egotistical idea that humans can determine nature's "truths."

The idea that certain expressions of sexuality and gender are "unnatural" just because they do not fit within Western ideas of what is "natural behavior" is a myth. Aside from perpetuating division, it is built on an egotistical idea that humans can determine nature's "truths."

I love reading the stories on Aze. Be sure to submit, cause I'd love to read more stuff from my fellow aspecs. ♠️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

"We’re all different, Lou. Don’t sweat it. Does it feel natural to you and Nick? That’s all that matters. That’s what sweetness is. Being yourself, with others." azejournal.com/article/2025...

AZE is accepting writing and artwork by asexual, aromantic, and agender authors exploring stories of resilience against oppression, silencing, discrimination, disbelief, and other social pressures. Deadline: July 15th, 2025 azejournal.com/article/2025...

Desirability not only relates to sexual desirability, but also focuses on a person’s potential to fulfill the role of being in a long-term romantic relationship. How desirable a person is gauged to be often correlates with how they are socially treated.

"...they revealed to me that they had just started dating. They looked so happy and giddy, and I knew how hard it had been for them being closeted for so long. We were all asexual, but I knew it was different since they were homoromantic and I was aro." azejournal.com/article/2025...

"Nature demonstrates that change is natural, inevitable, needed." Beautifully written.

Exactly! We're not unnatural, just a natural variation. And how sad if we all lived exactly the same way. Nobody really does that. People shouldn't assume they're the default, cause there is no default.

The argument that asexual, aromantic, and agender people are "unnatural" is based in a belief that a life without a heterosexual romantic partnership is unnatural. It assumes that all people must live the same kind of life; that all people must have the same destiny.

The natural/unnatural binary feels a whole lot like moral purity and eugenics. I’m not aiming for “a perfect body” whatever that means. But one that I feel home in, that I can feel a sense of ease. One that I can say, “This is very good.” azejournal.com/article/2025...

Hi everyone! AZE journal has been run by me independently for 8 years. I am hoping to raise more support for the journal, since it is becoming difficult for me to continue the project in my current life situation. If you would like to help, consider supporting on Patreon: www.patreon.com/azejournal

HEY I'M IN HERE !! azejournal.com/article/2025...

AZE's next journal issue will explore the subject of Resilience. You can submit for the issue here: azejournal.com/article/2025...

AZE VOL. 7 ISSUE 3 IS OUT NOW! It explores how asexuality, aromanticism, and agender experiences intersect with ideas of what is considered "natural." You can read the full issue here: azejournal.com/article/2025...

If you are still looking to submit your work for AZE's next issue, the deadline has been extended until the end of March! This issue focuses on how asexual, aromantic, and agender experiences relate to ideas concerning nature and what is 'natural.' azejournal.com/article/2025...

If you are still looking to submit your work for AZE's next issue, the deadline has been extended until the end of March! This issue focuses on how asexual, aromantic, and agender experiences relate to ideas concerning nature and what is 'natural.' azejournal.com/article/2025...

This essay of mine “Cake and Ice Cream” on @azejournal.bsky.social gained a surprising amount of attention and positive responses like “whoa, I think this is me” and “this helped me understand an experience my son has” back on Twitter.

Reminder to submit by March 15th! 🤍💜💚

Reminder to submit by March 15th! 🤍💜💚

...Oh. Because stuff wasn't complicated enough in my life. I don't think I relate *entirely* to this, but I think I definitely need to examine a bit more some stuff in my brain. Just to put some labels on that.

Expectation that every touch is building to sex makes me averse to being touched at all. My affection isn’t foreplay, and no matter how much I explain it, partners never understood that. I was a “tease,” the bad guy bc I didn’t “follow through.” I was a challenge for them when I only wanted comfort.

I feel this. No pun intended.

Touch so often feels like an all-or-nothing thing. Wanting something in the middle can be really lonely.