i want more awareness of lithromanticism. when talking about aromanticism and all of the orientations that fall beneath that umbrella it’s almost always entirely left out. i want to spread awareness of lithromanticism so that people actually KNOW WHAT IT IS and then we can avoid hurtful erasure that, from my own experience, occurs daily.

so. on that note, basically lithromanticism, as aforementioned, falls sort of underneath the category of aromanticism. however, unlike most aromantics, lithromantics generally tend to experience romantic attraction and a need to feel loved—until these feelings are reciprocated!!!!! upon this reciprocation, repulsion generally occurs.** there is a lot more to it than that and it varies from person to person, quite obviously, but that is the most basic definition of it imaginable. you can ask me if you have questions but i can really only speak from personal experience here—that’s how i experience lithromanticism.

as a lithromantic i feel hardly supported at all. when trying to discover my romantic orientation, i had to dig through countless forum posts and blogs until i finally found even a scarce mention of the identification. it shouldn’t have been so hard to discover any information about it. i shouldn’t have had to search so hard for that sense of belonging and a label that i could comfortably identify with. and now that i do identify that way i’m tired of people always leaving my identity out of most discussions pertaining to romantic orientation. i want to be recognized a little, at least within this community. that’s all. so please try to spread this around, that would mean a lot

***IMPORTANT: REVISED TO ADD that some lithromantics simply feel apathetic towards reciprocation and are indifferent. DEFINITELY NOT ALL experience repulsion. as i said, it varies from person to person!!