1970
Artifacts from the 1970s
“*Afraid to Ask”
A satirical reader submission criticizing sex in the media, responding to an article on asexuality
“A Lack of Sexual Desire Emerges as a Contemporary Condition”
A newspaper article on the emergence of asexuality as a new phenomenon
“A Typology of Transsexualism: Gender Identity Theory and Data”
An academic paper that classifies trans women into three groups—heterosexual, homosexual, and asexual
“All God’s Children Need Love” Gay Freedom Day Parade
A photo featuring a sign for equal rights for queer people, including asexuals
“Asexual and Autoerotic Women: Two Invisible Groups”
One of the first academic papers on asexuality
“Asexual Chic: Everybody’s Not Doing It”
A newspaper story in which various self-professed asexual people are interviewed
“Asexuals have problems too”
A satirical article about the prevalence of sex in society from the perspective of a fictionalized asexual
“Atypical sexualities face oppression”
A newspaper article in which a sex therapist expresses concern about celibates being labelled as asexual
“Choose Your Label” Barnard College
A photo of activists at Barnard College inviting people to choose their own label
“Eunuch Lib: No More Sex!”, Berkeley Barb
An article in the newspaper Berkeley Barb which posits that young people are choosing to be asexual
“Helen Help Us!” The News-Dispatch
A reader submission about neopronouns that mentions asexuality by name
“Sexual Orientation and Self-Perception”
A study that reimagines the Kinsey Scale as a two-dimensional spectrum that accounts for asexuality
“Sexual Roles Historically Stressed To Serve Society”
A newspaper article in which the author suggests that every person is, at their core, asexual
“SexualLaw Reporter,” The Conspiracy
An introduction to a newsletter about legal issues relevant to queer people, including asexuals
“The Innocent Bystander: Asexual Militancy”
An interview with the president of the Asexual Liberation Movement
“This guy’s not a freak, he’s just asexual”
A newspaper advice columnist suggests to a reader that they might be asexual
“Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation”
An article on trans liberation which mentions asexuality
“World of Women; Speeches from the Lesbian Feminist Dialogue Conference”
A speaker talks about solidarity between groups of women, including celibates, asexuals, and virgins
Ain’t I a Woman?, vol. 1, no. 8
A reader mentions asexual women in a submission about oppression in queer relationships
Fifth Estate, vol. 9, no. 4
A reader calls out the news journal Fifth Estate for overlooking the oppression of asexuals