So I keep thinking about Jaiden Animations’ “coming out” video and MAN does it make me feel extremely seen! I also identify as aroace (uh, spoilers for Jaiden’s video I guess, whoops) and pretty much everything that she said I related to wholeheartedly and like??? I feel a lot more valid? It’s great! I have loved her videos since as far as I’ve been watching YouTube, which is a long time ago, and just to see that someone like her is aroace is eXTREMELY VALIDATING AND I FEEL A HUNDRED TIMES MORE CONFIDENT WITH THIS LABEL!!!  It’s not like I felt uncomfortable or something with my orientation, it’s just that it didn’t really seem to fit anywhere between the LGBTQ+ community and the rest of heteronormative society, and this whole video is just… WOW. (It just goes to show how starved I am, and presumably a lot of people, for aromantic and asexual representation, and this isn’t even a fictional piece of media but a real coming out! Content creators, step up your game, please!)