asexual
Artifacts involving asexual people
Often defined as someone who does not experience sexual attraction.
“Happy Celibates Want No Change”
An asexual Dear Abby letter writer responds to a statement Abby made about abstinence
Tharunka Student Sex Survey Results
Results from an Australian (NSW) student survey where 2% of respondents said they were “asexual (i.e. no sex drive)”.
Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love
The book which first introduced the concept of “limerence”
“This guy’s not a freak, he’s just asexual”
A newspaper advice columnist suggests to a reader that they might be asexual
“The Innocent Bystander: Asexual Militancy”
An interview with the president of the Asexual Liberation Movement
“Sexual Orientation and Self-Perception”
A study that reimagines the Kinsey Scale as a two-dimensional spectrum that accounts for asexuality
“Atypical sexualities face oppression”
A newspaper article in which a sex therapist expresses concern about celibates being labelled as asexual
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
Sexuality: An AUS Women’s Department Poster
A queer feminist poster by the Australian Union of Students (AUS) Women’s Department. References both asexuality and celibacy.
Sexuality: An AUS Women’s Department Pamphlet
A queer feminist pamphlet by the Australian Union of Students (AUS) Women’s Department. References both asexuality and celibacy.
CAMP INK, vol. 4, no. 5
An article in one of Australia’s first LGBTQ magazines which mentions asexuality
“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