2010
Artifacts from the 2010s
“A Genealogy of Queerplatonic”
A blog post tracking the etymology and development of the term “queerplatonic”
“A history of asexuality”
A timeline of asexual history, with a major focus on early online asexual communities
“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
“Asexuality BC (Before Cake)”
A personal recounting of early asexual history by an early AVEN member
“The Evolution of Online Asexual Discourse”
An academic dissertation on asexual history and online asexual discourse from the late 1990s to the early 2010s
“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
Haven for the Human Amoeba
The first major online community for asexuals
Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law
A feminist work which first coined the term “amatonormativity”
A Carnival of Aces
A monthly blogging carnival centered on the asexual spectrum
A Carnival of Aros
A monthly blogging carnival centered on the aromantic spectrum
Asexual Research Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of academic research on asexuality
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.
Library of Asexual Nonfiction
A bibliography of nonfiction books about asexuality
Nat Titman’s talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference
A talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference 2012 on early asexual history