What we’re about
Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Aromantic Meetup Group! This group is for individuals who identify as aromantic and are interested in meeting like-minded people in the Bay Area.
Come and make friends with others who get it, discuss aromantic experiences or just hangout. Reddit has been a great support for us, and IRL is even better.
Join us for social meetups, events, and online discussions centered around building community for folks on the aromantic spectrum in the Bay Area.
Let's have some fun, find support and celebrate our aromantic lives.
Friends of aromantics are welcome.
If you want to learn more about the romantic orientations of the aromantic spectrum, check out the information at the Aromantic-spectrum Union pages.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- San Francisco Pride Parade March1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
We are going to walk in the San Francisco Pride Parade on 6/29. Friends and allies are welcome to join us. It can be a surprisingly moving experience to walk in the parade.
The goal is three fold:
- have some fun being in community
- build awareness of aromantic spectrum
- help other arospec folks find community
We will have 3'x5' Aromantic and Grayromantic flags and now an 8'x2' banner.
Please bring any colors you like from the aromantic spectrum community (or none at all). Supplementary colors from other LGBTQIA+ communities are welcome, but we do want some aro colors too so it is clear who we are.
There is great arospec swag at different Etsy shops and possibly elsewhere (search is your friend!). Get a tiny flag, or a 1x2 footer, something gihugic, stickers, buttons, shirts (Artistshot, Teepublic, and Zazzle, have some creative ones), or whatever. Come with as much or as little as you want. All are welcome whether you want to pronounce this identity boldly or not. Make your own poster. There are some fun ideas out there.
The details of the march (where and exactly when) are beginning to trickle out. The meeting location is updated on this page. The 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM span is approximate. The parade starts at 10:30.
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I do not yet know where we will be placed in the sequence, though we have asked to be near the SF Bay Area Ace contingent.I have ordered an 8'x2' banner (green background, white lettering "Bay Area Aromantics" and the meetup group URL in black. Simple but I am short on time.)
I have submitted our contingent Parade agreement, and purchased event insurance (required by the parade). All our paperwork has been accepted. Let me know if you would like to see the agreement.
Rules to be aware of:
- No third party sponsorships. This means we can't display or distribute logos or promotional materials of other organizations
- No beverage distribution. This is to prevent sales. We can give beverages to members within our contingent.
- We are giving the parade the right to take pictures, video, sound recording etc and use them however they like (and I have to let y'all know about this!)
- We have to comply with City of SF Grant Requirements. This means:
- No political signage urging the election or defeat of any candidate or ballot initiative
- No political activity organizing, creating, funding, participating in, supporting, or attempting to influence any political campaign
- Drug Free rules (no using, distributing or selling federally controlled substances)
- No tropical hardwood or virgin redwood (okay)
- any my favorite, if we do any business with Northern Ireland we are urged to move towards resolving employment inequities. (Yes, that is really in there. 😂 )
Good ol' litigation and rule happy America.
