Terms and Where They Came From
The origins of terms and labels used by the asexual community.
“A Genealogy of Queerplatonic”
A blog post tracking the etymology and development of the term “queerplatonic”
Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law
A feminist work which first coined the term “amatonormativity”
“Writhing in the Throes of Unrequited Like”
The term “WTFromantic” is coined in a blog post
“Word of the Day: Queerplatonic”
The term “queerplatonic” is first introduced on Tumblr by its coiner
“A/romanticism”
The terms “queerplatonic” and “zucchini” are coined in the comments of a blog post on aromanticism
Coining of the term “aromantic”
The term “aromantic” is used for the first time in an asexual message board
Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love
The book which first introduced the concept of “limerence”
Kertbeny’s pamphlets protesting Prussian sodomy laws
Pamphlets protesting Prussian sodomy laws which coined the terms “homosexual” and “heterosexual”