Artifacts

All artifacts

Library of Asexual Nonfiction

A bibliography of nonfiction books about asexuality

1993–2023

Haven for the Human Amoeba

The first major online community for asexuals

2000–2019

David Jay on Tucker

David Jay, founder of AVEN, is interviewed on MSNBC’s Tucker

2006

“Says Sex Hatred Still Spreading”

Novelist Compton Mackenzie expresses concern about an “asexual class” of people

“Helen Help Us!” The News-Dispatch

A reader submission about neopronouns that mentions asexuality by name

“Victims Laid Out Like Egyptian Book of Dead”

A newspaper article about a convicted killer who refuses to be labeled as asexual

1982

Conversation on gender role definitions

A talk show conversation about gender roles and raising children which mentions asexuality

The Female Impersonators

A book which describes “anaphrodites,” who never desire or pursue marriage, courtship, or sex

1922

“Gray-A’s”

The term “gray-asexual” is coined in an AVEN forum thread

2006

Leather Spinsters: Asexuality

A page on the website for the Leather Spinsters dedicated to their asexual members

1998

Asexual Protagonists: What Their Patterns Reveal About the Representation of Asexuality

An essay discussing the need for a more BIPOC and gender-inclusive representation of asexuality in fiction literature

2021

“Asexual Man Needs Counseling, Not Advice”

An advice columnist suggests the reason a reader is asexual is his “fear of close relationships”

1983

Nat Titman’s talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference

A talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference 2012 on early asexual history

2012

“Semisexuality”

An early discussion about aspec identities between allosexual and asexual

2003

“Glad to be asexual”

An in-depth article on asexuality published in New Scientist where the author meets David Jay.

“Word of the Day: Queerplatonic”

The term “queerplatonic” is first introduced on Tumblr by its coiner

2011

“Sexual Roles Historically Stressed To Serve Society”

A newspaper article in which the author suggests that every person is, at their core, asexual

1972

“A history of asexuality”

A timeline of asexual history, with a major focus on early online asexual communities

2011

“World of Women; Speeches from the Lesbian Feminist Dialogue Conference”

A speaker talks about solidarity between groups of women, including celibates, asexuals, and virgins

1972