2010

Artifacts from the 2010s

“A Genealogy of Queerplatonic”

A blog post tracking the etymology and development of the term “queerplatonic”

2019

“A history of asexuality”

A timeline of asexual history, with a major focus on early online asexual communities

2011

“A thought: ‘WTFromantic’”

The term “quoiromantic” is coined in a blog post

2012

“A/romanticism”

The terms “queerplatonic” and “zucchini” are coined in the comments of a blog post on aromanticism

2010

“Aro Throwback Hour”

A compilation of links on aromantic discourse from the years 2010-2013

2010–2013

“Asexuality BC (Before Cake)”

A personal recounting of early asexual history by an early AVEN member

2017

“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

2011

“Writhing in the Throes of Unrequited Like”

The term “WTFromantic” is coined in a blog post

2011

Haven for the Human Amoeba

The first major online community for asexuals

2000–2019

Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law

A feminist work which first coined the term “amatonormativity”

2012

A Carnival of Aces

A monthly blogging carnival centered on the asexual spectrum

2011–2023

A Carnival of Aros

A monthly blogging carnival centered on the aromantic spectrum

2019–2023

Asexual Research Bibliography

A comprehensive bibliography of academic research on asexuality

1977–2022

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.

2009–2010

Library of Asexual Nonfiction

A bibliography of nonfiction books about asexuality

1993–2023

Nat Titman’s talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference

A talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference 2012 on early asexual history

2012