2010
Artifacts from the 2010s
Ace Zine Archive
An online directory of ace and ace-related zines
Asexual Research Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of academic research on asexuality
Library of Asexual Nonfiction
A bibliography of nonfiction books about 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.
Introduction of the asexual pride flag
The asexual pride flag is proposed, designed, voted on, and decided on across a series of AVEN forum threads.
“A/romanticism”
The terms “queerplatonic” and “zucchini” are coined in the comments of a blog post on aromanticism
“Aro Throwback Hour”
A compilation of links on aromantic discourse from the years 2010-2013
“A history of asexuality”
A timeline of asexual history, with a major focus on early online asexual communities
“Word of the Day: Queerplatonic”
The term “queerplatonic” is first introduced on Tumblr by its coiner
“Writhing in the Throes of Unrequited Like”
The term “WTFromantic” is coined in a blog post
A Carnival of Aces
A monthly blogging carnival centered on the asexual spectrum
Coining of “allosexual”
A collection of blog posts documenting the origin and history of the term “allosexual”
Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law
A feminist work which first coined the term “amatonormativity”
Nat Titman’s talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference
A talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference 2012 on early asexual history
“The Evolution of Online Asexual Discourse”
An academic dissertation on asexual history and online asexual discourse from the late 1990s to the early 2010s
“Asexuality BC (Before Cake)”
A personal recounting of early asexual history by an early AVEN member
“A Genealogy of Queerplatonic”
A blog post tracking the etymology and development of the term “queerplatonic”
A Carnival of Aros
A monthly blogging carnival centered on the aromantic spectrum