Aromantic-spectrum Union for Recognition, Education, and Advocacy
| Formation | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Focus | Aromanticism & LGBTQIA+ activism |
Area served | Global |
| Method | |
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The Aromantic-spectrum Union for Recognition, Education, and Advocacy (AUREA) was founded in 2019 in an effort to bring wider recognition for Aromanticism and provide advocacy and education to the community and the general public.[1][2][3]
Aromanticism is defined as "having little or no romantic feeling towards others: experiencing little or no romantic desire or attraction."[4]
AUREA is the leading organizer of the annual Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW), observed the week after Valentine's Day.[5][6][7]
Advocacy Work[edit]
Since first launched in 2019, AUREA's main goal is to assist in the growth of the aromantic community and to advocate for its interests through recognition and education internationally.[2][3] The organization often acts as point of contact for media to accurately represent the aromantic community.[2]
As aromanticism is often confused with asexuality, the organization is especially highlighting the importance of the recognition that aromanticism is distinctly different from asexuality and that while it overlaps for some, it doesn't for many others.[8]
The organization has co-hosted panels on Aromanticism and has partnered with The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project (TAAAP) on some of the panels during the Creating Change conference in 2021 organized by the National LGBTQ Task Force non-profit organization.[9]
Research & publications[edit]
As aromanticism is still very under-researched,[10] along with providing educational material on their website,[2][8][11] the organization also helps researchers interested in creating studies on aromanticism through access to the community and their own bi-annual census.[12][13] AUREA regularly creates referrals for researchers interested in studying the field of aromanticism by publishing asks for study participants through their website and social media channels such as Twitter.[14][15]
In 2021, the organization was approached by Jessica Kingsley Publishers to commission a book about aromanticism.[16][17]
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week[edit]
AUREA is the leading organizer of the annual LGBTQIA+ awareness period for aromanticism, the Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW).[18]
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week has been created to spread awareness and acceptance of people on the aromantic spectrum, the issues aromantic people face and to celebrate aromantic people. The event is observed annually in the week after February 14th, Valentine's Day in February, in the first full week starting on Sunday, to bring wider acceptance and awareness for aromanticism.[6][19]
The event was first recognized from November 10th-17th of 2014 under the name Aromantic Awareness Week. Subsequently in 2015 it was moved to February and the name was changed to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week to be more inclusive of all identities on the aromantic spectrum.[18][20]
Co-organized with the tumblr blog aromantic-official, in 2021, the aromantic-official tumblr blog has announced that in order to consolidate the efforts for the event, the tumblr-blog has since retired from posting new original content and instead to share the content created by AUREA for the event instead.[21]
ASAW has been officially recognized by a handful of states in the United States including Washington State.[22][23]
See also[edit]
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- Aromantic erasure
- Asexual Visibility and Education Network
- Creating Change Conference
- Romantic orientation
References[edit]
- ↑ "Aromantic Resources". pflag.org. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Resources To Learn About the Aromantic Spectrum For Aromantic Awareness Week". weareher.com. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About AUREA". aromanticism.org. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "Aromantic Defintion & Meaning - Merriam-Webster". Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ↑ "Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week". lgbtq.wa.gov. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Are you ready for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week?". lgbtqnation.com. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week". arospecweek.org. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "What It Means To Be Aromantic, According To Relationship Experts & Aromantics". womenshealthmag.com. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "Creating Change 2021". taaap.org. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ Przybylo, Ela; Gupta, Kristina (2020). "Editorial Introduction: The Erotics of Asexualities and Nonsexualities: Intersectional Approaches". Feminist Formations. 32 (3): vii–xxi. doi:10.1353/ff.2020.0034. ISSN 2151-7371. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Sarah Costello & Kayla Kaszyca (21 February 2021). "Ep. 171: What is Aromanticism?". Sound Fake but Okay. Transcript.
- ↑ "Research on Aromanticism". aromanticism.org. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "Aro Census". aromanticism.org. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ AUREA [@aromantic_aurea] (12 January 2022). "AUREA is partnering with the University of Queensland to research aromantic, arospec, and romantically diverse identities!..." (Tweet). Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via Twitter.
- ↑ AUREA [@aromantic_aurea] (9 April 2023). "Researchers from the University of Queensland are calling for LGBTQIA+ individuals interested in helping to design better mental health programs for their community. Participants must live in Australia, be 16 years or over, and self-identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via Twitter.
- ↑ AUREA [@aromantic_aurea] (18 June 2021). "AUREA has been invited to publish a book! We are putting together a team to accomplish this large undertaking. If you're interested in applying, the deadline is July 15, and the application is here" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Projects - Aromantic Book Project". aromanticism.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "About ASAW". arospecweek.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ↑ "NYSCASA Honors Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week". nyscasa.org. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "aromantic spectrum awareness week". aromantic-official.tumblr.com. 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.
- ↑ "blog update and future plans". aromantic-official.tumblr.com. 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ↑ "Washington Becomes 5th State to Recognize Aro Week". February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week". lgbtq.wa.gov. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
External Links[edit]
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