Asexual
Artifacts involving asexual people
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report The Briggs Initiative
A talk show conversation about the legislation surrounding gay schoolteachers, which mentions asexuality
“Eunuch Lib: No More Sex!”, Berkeley Barb
An article in the newspaper Berkeley Barb which posits that young people are choosing to be asexual
“Asexual Chic: Everybody’s Not Doing It”
A newspaper story in which various self-professed asexual people are interviewed
“A Lack of Sexual Desire Emerges as a Contemporary Condition”
A newspaper article on the emergence of asexuality as a new phenomenon
Asexual Research Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of academic research on asexuality
“Asexual and Autoerotic Women: Two Invisible Groups”
One of the first academic papers on asexuality
“Helen Help Us!” The News-Dispatch
A reader submission about neopronouns that mentions asexuality by name
“A Typology of Transsexualism: Gender Identity Theory and Data”
An academic paper that classifies trans women into three groups—heterosexual, homosexual, and asexual
“SexualLaw Reporter,” The Conspiracy
An introduction to a newsletter about legal issues relevant to queer people, including asexuals
William Burroughs interviews David Bowie
An interview with David Bowie in which he talks about asexuality
Fifth Estate, vol. 9, no. 4
A reader calls out the news journal Fifth Estate for overlooking the oppression of asexuals
Conversation on gender role definitions
A talk show conversation about gender roles and raising children which mentions asexuality
Off Our Backs, vol. 3, no. 5
An issue of a feminist news journal that mentions asexuality
“Choose Your Label” Barnard College
A photo of activists at Barnard College inviting people to choose their own label
“All God’s Children Need Love” Gay Freedom Day Parade
A photo featuring a sign for equal rights for queer people, including asexuals
The Asexual Manifesto
A paper by the Asexual Caucus of the New York Radical Feminists
“World of Women; Speeches from the Lesbian Feminist Dialogue Conference”
A speaker talks about solidarity between groups of women, including celibates, asexuals, and virgins
“Sexual Roles Historically Stressed To Serve Society”
A newspaper article in which the author suggests that every person is, at their core, asexual
“Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation”
An article on trans liberation which mentions asexuality
“Asexuals have problems too”
A satirical article about the prevalence of sex in society from the perspective of a fictionalized asexual