asexual
Artifacts involving asexual people
Often defined as someone who does not experience sexual attraction.
“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
Sappho und Sokrates
A formative academic work in legitimizing queer identities which recognizes asexual people
Der Konträrsexualismus inbezug auf Ehe und Frauenfrage
Pamphlet published in 1895 by Emma Trosse in which she explores Sinnlichkeitslosigkeit (absence of sexual desire)
Psychopathia Sexualis
The first use of the term “anesthesia sexual” to refer to 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.