Asexual
Artifacts involving Asexual people
Often defined as someone who does not experience sexual attraction.
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
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.
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
“*Afraid to Ask”
A satirical reader submission criticizing sex in the media, responding to an article on asexuality
Ain’t I a Woman?, vol. 1, no. 8
A reader mentions asexual women in a submission about oppression in queer relationships
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
“Between Mental Health and Mental Disease”
A medical case study that describes a woman who does not want to have sex with her husband as asexual
The Female Impersonators
A book which describes “anaphrodites,” who never desire or pursue marriage, courtship, or sex
Sexualpathologie
An early example of pathologization of asexual people in medical literature and use of the term “asexual”
“Says Sex Hatred Still Spreading”
Novelist Compton Mackenzie expresses concern about an “asexual class” of people
Ist “freie Liebe” Sittenlosigkeit?
A book by Emma Trosse, translated as Is “free love” immoral?, in which she self-identifies as being “without sensuality”.
Ein Weib?
An early academic paper on queer identities where the author self-identities as asexual