I don't feel I do enough regular furry art and considering it's pride month I figured I'd show mine off in one of the few ways I can.

Like a lot of fellow ace people I didn't realize the concept of being asexual existed for a long part of my life. In hindsight there were so many obvious signs but you simply brush them off to the side or ignore them since they don't align with typical ideals on sexuality. It took around 5 years of self discovery and a want for hard change in my life before I started to become fully comfortable with myself publicly. Last year I slowly came out as asexual to close friends and family despite being terrified that I'd be opening Pandora's box. I knew they wouldn't persecute me but I was worried they'd forever think I'm just confused or making excuses for myself. I'd be forever branded as that weird person who 'went off the rails' or some shit.

That wasn't the case though. I'm happy to say that I received nothing but support and acceptance. Something that should be given yet sadly isn't in every case. It brought me to tears that I was lucky enough to be surrounded by loving and supporting people in my life.

I'm likely to always be on the reserved side when expressing my sexuality and that's how I prefer it for now. Just telling anyone I'm Ace still makes me feel like I'm exposed. There's a long way we have to go as a species in understanding and accepting each other and I don't think we'll ever get to a point that's considered perfect, but well...there's definitely people out there who are accepting and willing to be open to new ideas and concepts which is worth celebrating.

Idk how to end these soppy sort of messages and tbh I didn't plan on writing one (I just wanted to post myself holding an Ace flag) so I'll just end with Happy Pride month!