Asexual
Artifacts involving asexual people
Gender Flex, vol. 3, iss. 19
An article in a queer newsjournal about intersex people mentions asexuality
Gender Flex, vol. 4, iss. 23
An article in a queer newsjournal that mentions that trans men can be of any orientation, including asexual
Haven for the Human Amoeba
The first major online community for asexuals
Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love
The book which first introduced the concept of “limerence”
Off Our Backs, vol. 3, no. 5
An issue of a feminist news journal that mentions asexuality
Psychopathia Sexualis
The first use of the term “anesthesia sexual” to refer to asexual people
Sappho und Sokrates
A formative academic work in legitimizing queer identities which recognizes asexual people
Sexual Impotence in the Male and Female
Works by William Hammond on the topic of “sexual impotence”, which includes both physical defects/difficulties and low desire.
Sexualpathologie
An early example of pathologization of asexual people in medical literature and use of the term “asexual”
The Asexual Manifesto
A paper by the Asexual Caucus of the New York Radical Feminists
The Female Impersonators
A book which describes “anaphrodites,” who never desire or pursue marriage, courtship, or sex
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report The Briggs Initiative
A talk show conversation about the legislation surrounding gay schoolteachers, which mentions asexuality
The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory, and Ethics of Sexual Orientation
A book on human sexuality that points out how the Kinsey scale fails to account for asexuals
The Satanic Bible
A book describing asexuals as being “sexually subliminated” by non-sexual interests
Transvestia, vol. 9, no. 52
A newsournal about crossdressing (“transvestism”) that classifies different kinds of crossdressers, including aseuxals
TV Guise, vol. 1, iss. 9
An article in a newsjournal that calls on all kinds of queer folks, including asexuals, to form a PAC
Woroni, vol. 24, no. 8
An article from an Australian student magazine discussing bisexuality and whether it could be better understood as a form of asexuality.
A Carnival of Aces
A monthly blogging carnival centered on the asexual spectrum
Asexual Research Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of academic research on asexuality