aromantic

Artifacts involving aromantic people

Often defined as someone who does not experience romantic attraction.

“A whirlwind history of asexual communities”

“An informal whirlwind tour of (primarily) online English-speaking ace community history since 1997”

2022 •

Asexual Protagonists: What Their Patterns Reveal About the Representation of Asexuality

An essay discussing the need for a more BIPOC and gender-inclusive representation of asexuality in fiction literature

2021 •

A Carnival of Aros

A monthly blogging carnival centered on the aromantic spectrum

2019–2023 •

“A Genealogy of Queerplatonic”

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

2019 •

Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law

A feminist work which first coined the term “amatonormativity”

2012 •

“Writhing in the Throes of Unrequited Like”

The term “WTFromantic” is coined in a blog post

2011 •

“Word of the Day: Queerplatonic”

The term “queerplatonic” is first introduced on Tumblr by its coiner

2011 •

“Aro Throwback Hour”

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

2010–2013 •

“A/romanticism”

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

2010 •

“*SQUISH!*”

The term “squish” is coined in an AVEN forum thread

2007 •

Coining of the term “aromantic”

The term “aromantic” is used for the first time in an asexual message board

2002 •

Haven for the Human Amoeba

The first major online community for asexuals

2000–2019 •

Library of Asexual Nonfiction

A bibliography of nonfiction books about asexuality

1993–2023 •

Ace Zine Archive

An online directory of ace and ace-related zines

1972–2022 •