2000
Artifacts from the 2000s
Asexual Research Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of academic research on asexuality
Haven for the Human Amoeba
The first major online community for asexuals
The New View Campaign
The New View Campaign was a US-based movement which aimed to challenge the increasing medicalisation of female sexuality and sex characteristics.
“I Am Not a Freak!!!!”
A nonsexual person dispels some myths about their nonsexuality
“Nonsexuality Rant”
A blog post from the eaarly web where the author complains about people invalidating their asexuality
“The Fourth Sexuality”
A blog post where the author identifies as nonsexual and talks about the invalidation they face
Asexuality LiveJournal
An asexual LiveJournal community, which was one of the first sex-positive asexual discussion forums
Coining of the term “aromantic”
The term “aromantic” is used for the first time in an asexual message board
“Questions Asked by Asexual and Questioning People”
An early version of the AVEN FAQ, written by Nat Titman
“Semisexuality”
An early discussion about aspec identities between allosexual and asexual
“Asexuality: Prevalence and Associated Factors in a National Probability Sample”
An early study on the prevalence of asexuality
“Glad to be asexual”
An in-depth article on asexuality published in New Scientist where the author meets David Jay.
“No sex please, we’re asexual”
An article in The Guardian about asexuality which mentions AVEN and quotes asexual people
“Study: One in 100 adults asexual”
An article by CNN about asexuality which mentions Anthony Bogaert’s study
“Black rings and other ways to show asexual pride”
The tradition of asexuals wearing a black ring is introduced in an AVEN forum thread
“For Them, Just Saying No Is Easy”
An article in the New York Times about asexuality