2015, Jesse Case, "Lack of Asexual Representation on Valentine's Day", The Revolution (Albemarle High School), 13 February 2015, page 2:
"If an aro [aromantic] person were to want to give a valentine to their best friend it would be perceived wrong, because v-day is made to be all about romantic love. Platonic love isn't considered to be enough," Hoeing said.
2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:
For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.
2016, Desiree Haley, "Students find inclusivity in A-Spectrum", Daily Titan (California State University, Fullerton), 5 April 2016, page 4:
Although the people in attendance land on different points of the ace and aro spectrums, Fazio said the meetings are a way for all of them to gain some personal relief.
This is the reason why, when I first watched The Hunger Games, I saw Katniss, Peeta and Gale as just another forced Hollywood love triangle and was turned off the series altogether. It wasn't until I read further into the intricacies of that dynamic (Katniss is obviously aro. Why do you think she's so passionate about archery?) and the commentaries that the novels were making that I started to really enjoy the films.
2016, Megan Swett, "Celebrating Queertober and the LGBT+ community", The Journal (University of Illinois, Springfield) 19 October 2016, page 1:
An aro person may never develop a crush on person[sic], or envision themselves entering a romantic relationship with someone.
2017, Melissa Reph, "You might not like hearing this, but I don't like 'Riverdale'", The Muhlenberg Weekly (Muhlenberg College), 26 October 2017, page 3:
For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.
2018, Erika Westhoff, "The A-Team: Navigating Nonexistence", Stephens Life (Stephens College), Spring 2018, page 21:
The few studies where it has been discussed are asexuality studies with subjects who identify as both aro and ace.
2018, Isabel Nathan, "Asexuals, you are not alone", Washington Blade, 19 October 2018, page 20:
But asexuality and aromanticism aren't illegal, and the social stigmas attached to being ace or aro aren't obvious to many people.
2018, Claire Dwyer, "Asexual Awareness Week", The Scripps Voice (Scripps College), 1 November 2018, page 5:
That feeling resonated with me so strongly, and made me think of a lot of us on the ace and aro spectrums here at the Claremont College.
2018, Alexis Stark, "A-spectrum student experiences on MSU's campus", The State News (Michigan State University), 29 November 2018, page 5:
This provides a home base for people looking to learn more about ace and aro identities.
2019, Grace Christiansen, "Deadman's Hand", Debate, August 2019, page 15:
As a media consumer, I find it difficult to identify with characters in books and films simply because of the lack of ace and aro representation within entertainment.
Noun: "(slang, neologism) a person who is aromantic"[edit]
2016, Laura Chan, "My sexual preference is nope", Dalhousie Gazette (Dalhousie University), 12 February - 18 February 2016, page 16:
While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.
2018, Isabel Nathan, "Asexuals, you are not alone", Washington Blade, 19 October 2018, page 20:
Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.
2019, Chelaine Kirsh, "Let's talk about aces, baby", The Sheaf (University of Saskatchewan), 24 October 2019, page 11:
Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.