BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:380@sussexpride.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230226 DTSTAMP:20221230T160410Z URL:https://sussexpride.org/events/aromantic/ SUMMARY:Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week DESCRIPTION:Aromanticism is a type romantic orientation – that is\, an id entity that can describe a persons relationship to romance or patterns of romantic attraction or interest.\n\nAromantic people’s experiences of ro mance (or the lack thereof) are often disconnected from normative societal expectations in some way. This can be due to experiencing little to no ro mantic attraction\, due to feeling repulsed by romance\, or due to being u ninterested in romantic relationships.\n\nMany aromantic people mention ha ving trouble relating to the experience of “falling in love”\, or of h aving romantic “crushes”. Many may pursue non-traditional forms of int imate relationships\, or choose not to have formal “relationships” at all.\n\nThere is significant diversity in whether aromantic may or may not enjoy specific activities that are often coded as romantic (such as kissi ng)\, be uncomfortable with romance\, be single or have a partner or be ma rried – those are individual characteristics that vary widely from one a romantic person to another.\n\nIn addition\, aromanticism also includes a whole range of related identities\, often referred to as the “aromantic spectrum”\, which include people who may not identify as strictly aroman tic\, but who find that the label is still a close fit and that they have a lot in common with the community. Some groups within the aromantic spect rum may also adopt new terms like grayromantic\, demiromantic\, lithromant ic\, quoiromantic\, etc.\n\nTo learn more about aromanticism and the whole aromantic spectrum\, check out these FAQs and other 101 resources from t hese aro community partners >\;>\; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/sussexpride.org/wp-content/upl oads/2022/12/ASE.png?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Aromantic END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR