Asexual (Ace) Awareness Week October 25 – Saturday, October 31, 2026, celebrates greater advocacy, education, and solidarity of the ace umbrella of asexual-spectrum identities and sexual attraction. It is an international campaign dedicated to raising visibility, sharing education, and celebrating the asexual, aromantic, demisexual, and gray-asexual communities. The ace flag is a four-striped flag: black represents asexuality, gray represents the gray-area between sexual and asexual (including gray-asexuality and demisexuality), white represents allies and non-asexual partners, and purple represents community. Ace refers to those who do not experience sexual attraction but often identify somewhere on a spectrum that includes emotional, spiritual and affectional romantic attraction to other people. Asexuality is distinct from romantic orientation and does not necessarily define sexual behaviors as each person experiences relationships, and attraction differently Since the issues Aces face are directly influenced by their other marginalized identities, many in the ace community—especially Aces of color, otherly-abled Aces, and Aces with other 2SLGBTQIA+ identities—can face significant barriers to equality and acceptance. Ace pride celebrates the validity of relationships and community. As full human beings the spiritual invitation is to cross divides of differences and take risks by authentically choosing to get to know one another. May we whisper to each other of belongings—of I belong, and you belong and we belong just as we are. The sacred is all around us, and small human acts of acceptance can connect us to its presence. Spirit of Life we open ourselves to you and to each other in the fullness of our authenticity.
