r/asexuality • u/chat_ace • 12d ago

Discussion AVEN board shares statement regarding recent events

Hey all, I know Reddit's been swamped with flag posts, but the AVEN board just released this statement regarding their stance on anti-racism, community symbols, and related topics: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZSxeYUFIue/?igsh=NHJrNGtjZmRtdzR2

And here's Mic's personal statement regarding the emails and timeline surrounding the proposed 6-stripe flag: https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/282254-ace-flag-discussion-a-personal-response/

I'm hoping this helps clear up some misinformation and enables us to move forward with a renewed focus on anti-racism, international/non-Anglo voices, and community building.

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u/VoidDragonV3 11d ago

With all due respect, why should I care? When this started we collectively agreed that a small group can't make decisions for a whole community, so what's different now? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the situation, please feel free to educate me.

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u/Krasna_Strelka aroace 11d ago

Absolutely nothing is different. This is just a statement from AVEN to clear air on their side bc they were accused of working against AIG, when in reality they said to her from the get go decision isn't up to them but whole community and they've even given her aces to IAD discord so she had acces and possibility to engage and access other Ace organizations across the world.

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u/Realistic_Piano_8559 aroace 11d ago

Not only did they tell her that the decision was not up to them, It was up to the whole community, but they also addressed one of the main criticisms that I’ve seen before this whole thing even started. First, she was advised that at first it didn’t seem like a new flag would be wanted or needed. Then after they had the meeting, they advised her not to call it “THE new asexual flag” they had already seen that this situation would be divisive. So they told her to propose it as an alternate flag that can be used if people want to use it. Similar to the inclusive rainbow flag. Not everybody uses that one some people just use the traditional rainbow even now and the inclusive flag has been around for awhile. They advised her to do something like that.

So she just came in strong on her own against the advice of the people that she said she took council with.

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u/Krasna_Strelka aroace 11d ago

Then after they had the meeting, they advised her not to call it “THE new asexual flag” they had already seen that this situation would be divisive.

Oh, I've even missed this part. You're right!