Asexual

Artifacts involving asexual people

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

“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

Nat Titman’s talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference

A talk at WorldPride Asexual Conference 2012 on early asexual history

2012

A Carnival of Aces

A monthly blogging carnival centered on the asexual spectrum

2011–2023

“A history of asexuality”

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

2011

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

David Jay on Tucker

David Jay, founder of AVEN, is interviewed on MSNBC’s Tucker

2006

David Jay on The View

David Jay, founder of AVEN, is interviewed on ABC’s The View

2006

“Toby: An Asexual Person”

An excerpt from a textbook describing a neuter person

2006

“Gray-A’s”

The term “gray-asexual” is coined in an AVEN forum thread

2006

“Asexual sex”

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

2006

“For Them, Just Saying No Is Easy”

An article in the New York Times about asexuality

2005

“Black rings and other ways to show asexual pride”

The tradition of asexuals wearing a black ring is introduced in an AVEN forum thread

2005

“Study: One in 100 adults asexual”

An article by CNN about asexuality which mentions Anthony Bogaert’s study

2004

“No sex please, we’re asexual”

An article in The Guardian about asexuality which mentions AVEN and quotes asexual people

2004

“Glad to be asexual”

An in-depth article on asexuality published in New Scientist where the author meets David Jay.

The Official Nonlibidoism Society

A website dedicated to people with no libido

2003

“Semisexuality”

An early discussion about aspec identities between allosexual and asexual

2003