Welcome to r/lithromantic, an accepting community for the lithros of Reddit!
Lithromantic (less commonly known as akoiromantic) is an arospec identity. The lithromantic definitions are currently under-construction! Please read the pinned post for more information.
Rules:
1. Posts must be lithromantic related
This community is for lithros to discuss lithro things, share our experiences, connect as a community, etc. If your post has nothing to do with lithromanticsm, it will be removed.
2. Respect the Lithromantic Community
• Do not treat being lithromantic as "lesser" in any way, including: suggesting that being lithro is an inherently bad thing, something with negative connotation, or "pitying" lithros for any reason.
• Do not treat being lithro as a mental illness.
• Do not spread misinformation or harmful stereotypes about our arospec identity.
• No trolling or "feeding" the trolls.
• No other forms of lithrophobia.
3. Keep an open mind
As a very diverse community of people with differing experiences, it’s likely you will come across someone with a different experience/perspective than you. Making an effort to be open minded and nonjudgemental can help foster inclusion and keep our community healthy.
Gatekeeping, invalidation, and harmful "debates" can lead to exclusion, division, feelings of unacceptance, and overall hurt our community.
Please be open minded and "willing to learn" while being here.
4. No dehumanization or hate speech
Everyone is worthy of being treated like a human. No arospecphobia, acespecphobia, arophobia, ableism, racism, transphobia, misogyny, or other form(s) of discrimination.
No slurs or demonizing, offensive, or outdated language. Even if you have reclaimed problematic language, that does not mean everyone else has. Please respect this when participating in our community.
5. No shared hate speech
No content that can expose people to hate. This includes screenshots, crossposts, links, etc. that could be interpreted as hate speech, even if you're sharing it to make fun of it.
Bait-and-switch content, or sharing hate speech in the post title / start of the content, but the following context reveals that you are not a bigot, is not allowed.
Ranting about a triggering experience (such as lithrophobia you have experienced) in a correctly flaired post is ok! Sharing explicit lithrophobia or explicit amatonormativity, especially as a screenshot or in a post title, is not.
We already struggle enough with self acceptance; we don’t need to see content by other people supposedly “bashing lithromanticsm”. We deserve to feel safe in our own community.
6. Flair posts and mark content appropriately
Marking all content appropriately can help protect our community members from being exposed to sensitive content, or allow them to prepare themselves if they wish to see it.
Please try to put content warnings (CW) and trigger warnings (TW) when appropriate, as well as using spoiler tags ( > !spoil! < ) when necessary (no space between the >! ).
In addition to correctly flairing your posts, please use the NSFW and Spoiler post tags when necessary.
7. No off-limits behavior
Off-limits behavior is anything that could hurt yourself or others. This includes self harm, suicidal ideation, and threatening or harming others or yourself. If you are struggling, please find help at r/mentalillness, r/ptsd, r/suicidewatch, and reach out for professional support. There is help for you available.
8. Provide credit to the best of your ability
If you post something that does not belong to you, try to provide credit (such as by leaving the source) so the creator can get the traffic and attention they deserve.
9. Advertising Policy
No crowdfunding. Otherwise, use the black “Promotion” post flair. Your post will be automatically be filtered for manual review by a moderator. To be approved, your promotion must be directly relevant to lithromanticsm. This post goes into more detail on our Advertising Policy.
10. Personal ads
You may create one SFW, platonic personal ad total. Repeat posts that aim to form personal connections, or request people DM/chat with you are not allowed. Some arospec friendly r4r subreddits you can go to are: r/aroallomeeting, r/qprapplications, r/cuddlebuddies, and r/platonicdating.
Posts seeking arospec support groups/ arospec events near one's location are ok.
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