spookyplantain:

It has been over two months and I have yet to hear back from asexualawarenessweek about the extremely problematic resource they had listed on their site that was basically an Aryan Brotherhood symbol and that was taken down without any word or public apology/statement of accountability (and, as a far lesser priority, the mysterious loss of my position with them as an intern).

• The original post that includes the emails I sent. Update: it has been 61 days since I sent that first email.
• Why you should care about this issue/the implications
• Upset at AAW? Recommended action
• Media for Asexual Awareness Week ‘14 to bring to light issues of dire importance and relevance to the asexual community – the violence against and murder of trans and queer people of color
• NCAVP’s 2013 report on LGBTQ and HIV-Affected Hate Violence

I also wanted to say thanks to everyone for spreading this around – this silencing of Black and brown aces needs to end. It is violent. I’ve been sort of everywhere in my write-ups, leaving out links, and often not discussing the original issue which was the blatant anti-Blackness of the material on the site and how pervasive that anti-Blackness is in the entire structure of the ace community, especially ace organizations that represent us to the media and are accessed by vulnerable youth.

Please remember to center that, and center the violence that Black LGBTQ people face as the most targeted of the most targeted LGBTQ group when it comes to hate crime and police brutality.

White supremacy is so prevalent in the LGBTQ and ace communities. This is violence. This affects the safety of Q/TPoC. Our lives matter.