Asexual

Artifacts involving asexual people

“Some married couples enjoy celibacy”

A newspaper article about married couples who are celibate

1993

“St. Louis Woman Needs Therapy To Deal With Lack of Interest”

An advice columnist suggests that a reader’s asexuality is the result of anxiety and inhibitions

1983

“Study focuses on sexuality and disabilities”

A newspaper article about a study on asexuality and disabilities

1993

“Study: One in 100 adults asexual”

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

2004

“Teacher’s message dismays a parent”

An advice columnist clarifies that homosexuality, bisexuality, and asexuality are not sexes

1992

“The Classification and Labeling of Nonhomosexual Gender Dysphorias”

A paper in which the author attempts to categorize transgender people by their sexual orientation, including asexuals

1989

“The Evolution of Online Asexual Discourse”

An academic dissertation on asexual history and online asexual discourse from the late 1990s to the early 2010s

“The Fourth Sexuality”

A blog post where the author identifies as nonsexual and talks about the invalidation they face

2002

“The Innocent Bystander: Asexual Militancy”

An interview with the president of the Asexual Liberation Movement

“This guy’s not a freak, he’s just asexual”

A newspaper advice columnist suggests to a reader that they might be asexual

1979

“Toby: An Asexual Person”

An excerpt from a textbook describing a neuter person

2006

“Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation”

An article on trans liberation which mentions asexuality

1971

“Victims Laid Out Like Egyptian Book of Dead”

A newspaper article about a convicted killer who refuses to be labeled as asexual

1982

“World of Women; Speeches from the Lesbian Feminist Dialogue Conference”

A speaker talks about solidarity between groups of women, including celibates, asexuals, and virgins

1972

Ain’t I a Woman?, vol. 1, no. 8

A reader mentions asexual women in a submission about oppression in queer relationships

1970

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

Ein Weib?

An early academic paper on queer identities where the author self-identities as asexual

1897

Fifth Estate, vol. 9, no. 4

A reader calls out the news journal Fifth Estate for overlooking the oppression of asexuals

1974

Gender Flex, vol. 11, iss. 14

An article in a queer newsjournal that mentions and defines “asexual” and “onosexual”

1992–1993