Here are some supplementary resources that can help you research asexuality, talk to asexual people, read personal accounts, understand the subject, or network with others. Please note that the resources mentioned here are primarily accessible on the Internet and may contain contradictory or controversial opinions.
Basic Information, Introductions, Organizations, and FAQs:
- The Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN):
“AVEN hosts the world’s largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality.”
http://asexuality.org
- Asexual Awareness Week:
“Asexual Awareness Week is an international organization dedicated to raising awareness and visibility about the asexual spectrum worldwide.”
http://asexualawarenessweek.com/
- Partnership for Asexual Visibility and Education (PAVE):
“Our goal is different than other asexuality projects. This project aims to mobilize aces and allies across the United States with shared political values to take action for progressive policy issues, including asexual issues.”
http://acesandallies.org/
- Asexual Resources and Education (ARE:UK):
“The organisation provides resources for asexuals, allies and others such as teachers and healthcare workers whilst working with academics to increase understanding and acceptance of asexuality in professional sectors.”
http://www.are-uk.com/
- Asexuality–The Student Room:
“Have you ever wondered what it means when someone says they are asexual? This article lays out some of the common questions that you might have about asexuality and then answers them for you.”
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Asexuality
- AVEN Project Team:
“A group of members dedicated to overseeing AVEN’s many efforts to bring education and visibility to the outside world.”
http://avenpt.tumblr.com/
- Asexuality Archive:
“The Asexuality Archive is a collection of all things Ace. In these pages, I hope to provide a comprehensive and uncensored look into what asexuality is, what it means to us and how it shapes our lives. My intention is to provide information that is approachable and informative, whether or not you’re asexual.”
Site: http://www.asexualityarchive.com/
Book: http://www.asexualityarchive.com/book/
- The Asexual Agenda:
“The Asexual Agenda has two primary goals: 1. Stimulate and promote asexual blogs. We serve as a community center: a place for readers to discuss with each other, and a portal to other asexual blogs. 2. Strive towards greater understanding, especially in our target audience: people under the ace spectrum who already understand the basics.”
http://asexualagenda.wordpress.com
- Asexuality Resources:
A collection of helpful links to other places on the web, including You-Tube videos, Tumblr essays, asexual people’s blogs, and research.
http://juliesondradecker.com/?page_id=2058
- Asexual Advice:
This blog takes submissions from readers, using a team of volunteer asexual people who are experienced in answering questions.
http://asexualadvice.tumblr.com/
Discussion Groups, Networking, and Forums
Academic Resources and Research Collectives
- Asexual Explorations:
“Asexual Explorations exists to promote the academic study of asexuality.”
http://www.asexualexplorations.net/home/
- Asexuality Studies:
“Asexuality Studies is an online forum for asexuality research which was launched in October 2011.”
http://asexualitystudies.org/
- The Asexual Sexologist:
“I created this page because I needed a place to start sorting through all of the resources I was finding while doing my research for my Masters in Human Sexuality (with a focus on Asexuality).”
http://asexualsexologist.wordpress.com/
- Understanding Asexuality:
“The time is right for a better understanding of this sexual orientation, written by an expert in the field who has conducted studies on asexuality and who has provided important contributions to understanding asexuality.”
Book by Anthony F. Bogaert, March 2012, ISBN 1442200995.
- Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (Routledge Research in Gender and Society):
“As the first book-length collection of critical essays ever produced on the topic of asexuality, this book serves as a foundational text in a growing field of study.”
Book by Megan Milks and Karli June Cerankowski, March 2014, ISBN 0415714427.
- Asexuality and Sexual Normativity: An Anthology:
“This unique volume collects a diverse range of interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical work which addresses this emergence, raising important and timely questions about asexuality and its broader implications for sexual culture.”
Book by Mark Carrigan, Kristina Gupta, and Todd G. Morrison, May 2014, ISBN 0415731321.
Brochures and Educational Materials
Published Papers and Book Chapters on Asexuality
- “Asexuality as a Spectrum: A National Probability Sample Comparison to the Sexual Community in the UK.” Caroline H. McClave, Master’s Thesis, Columbia University, May 2013.
http://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac:162382
- “Intergroup Bias Toward ‘Group X’: Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals.” Cara C. MacInnis & Gordon Hodson, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, September 2012.
http://gpi.sagepub.com/content/15/6/725
- “Producing facts: Empirical asexuality and the scientific study of sex.” Ela Przybylo, Feminism & Psychology, 2012.
http://fap.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/20/0959353512443668.abstract?rss=1
- “How Do You Know You Don’t Like It If You Haven’t Tried It?” Mark Carrigan, Chapter in Sexual Minority Research in the New Millennium, Todd G. Morrison, Melanie A. Morrison, Mark A. Carrigan, & Daragh T. McDermott, 2012, ISBN 1612099394.
- “Asexuality: An Emergent Sexual Orientation.” Stephanie B. Gazzola & Melanie A. Morrison, Chapter in Sexual Minority Research in the New Millennium, Todd G. Morrison, Melanie A. Morrison, Mark A. Carrigan, & Daragh T. McDermott, 2012, ISBN 1612099394.
- “The Presence of Absence: Asexuality and the Creation of Resistance.” Lily Hughes, Gnovis Journal, November 2011.
http://gnovisjournal.org/2011/11/21/lily-hughes-journal
- “Furthering Our Understanding of Asexuality: An Investigation into Biological Markers of Asexuality, and the Development of the Asexuality Identification Scale.” Morag Allison Yule, The University of British Columbia, August 2011.
https://circle.ubc.ca/bitstream/id/131897/ubc_2011_fall_yule_morag.pdf
- “Physiological and Subjective Sexual Arousal in Self-Identified Asexual Women.” Lori Brotto & Morag Allison Yule, Archives of Sexual Behavior, August 2011.
http://www.obgyn.ubc.ca/SexualHealth/documents/Brotto%20&%20Yule%202011%20-Physiological%20&%20subjective%20sexual%20arousal%20in%20asexual%20women%20%7B%7B2675%7D%7D.pdf
- “Asexuality in disability narratives.” Eunjung Kim, Sexualities, August 2011.
http://sexualities.sagepub.com/content/14/4/479.abstract
- “Performing Asexuality through Narratives of Sexual Identity.” Janet L. Sundrud, Master’s Thesis, San José University, August 2011.
http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5119&context=etd_theses
- “Asexual Scripts: A Grounded Theory Inquiry Into the Intrapsychic Scripts Asexuals Use to Negotiate Romantic Relationships.” Carol Haefner, dissertation for a Doctorate of Philosophy at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, April 2011.
http://gradworks.umi.com/3457969.pdf
- “There’s more to life than sex? Difference and commonality within the asexual community.” Mark A. Carrigan, Sexualities, 2011.
http://sexualities.sagepub.com/content/14/4/462.abstract
- “Theoretical issues in the study of asexuality.” CJ DeLuzio Chasin, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2011.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/g6qq605677372428/
- “Radical refusals: On the anarchist politics of women choosing asexuality.” Breanne Fahs, Sexualities, August 2010.
http://sex.sagepub.com/content/13/4/445.abstract
- “Asexuality: a mixed-methods approach.” Lori Brotto, Gail Knudson, Jess Inskip; Katherine Rhodes; Yvonne Erskine, Archives of Sexual Behavior, June 2010.
http://prod.obgyn.ubc.ca/SexualHealth/documents/Brotto%20et%20al.%202010-%20Asexuality%20...%20%7B%7B2206%7D%7D.pdf
- “What Asexuality Contributes to the Same-Sex Marriage Discussion.” Kristin Scherrer, Journal of Gay Lesbian Social Services, January 2010.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892980/
- “New Orientations: Asexuality and Its Implications for Theory and Practice.” Karli Cerankowski & Megan Milks, Feminist Studies, 2010.
- “How much sex is healthy? The pleasures of asexuality.” Eunjung Kim, Chapter in Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality, Jonathan M. Metzl & Anna Rutherford Kirkland, 2010, ISBN 0814795935.
- “Crisis and safety: The asexual in sexusociety.” Ela Przybylo, Sexualities, 2010.
http://sexualities.sagepub.com/content/14/4/444.abstract
- “Patterns of Asexuality in the United States.” Dudley L. Poston, Jr. & Amanda K. Baumle, Demographic Research, 2010.
http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/18/23-18.pdf
- “Asexual Relationships: What Does Asexuality Have to Do with Polyamory?” Kristin S. Scherrer, Chapter in Understanding Non-Monogamies by Meg Barker & Darren Langdridge, 2009, ISBN 0415652960.
- “Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating identity, negotiating desire.” Kristin S. Scherrer, Sexualities, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893352/
- “Asexuality: Dysfunction or variation.” Anthony Bogaert, Chapter in Psychological Sexual Dysfunctions by Jayson M. Caroll & Marta K. Alena, 2008, ISBN 1604560487.
- “Asexuality: Classification and Clarification.” Nicole Prause & Cynthia A. Graham, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2007.
http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/publications/PDF/PrauseGraham.pdf
- “Toward a Conceptual Understanding of Asexuality.” Anthony Bogaert, Review of General Psychology, 2006.
- “Asexuality: Prevalence and Associated Factors in a National Probability Sample.” Anthony Bogaert, Journal of Sex Research, 2004.
- “Asexual and Autoerotic Women: Two invisible groups.” Myra T. Johnson, Chapter in The Sexually Oppressed by Jean S. Gochros and Harvey L. Gochros, 1977, ISBN 0809619156.
Published Articles and Interviews on Asexuality
Asexuality has been a topic of much discussion in the media—more and more frequently as it becomes more widely acknowledged. Various facets of the orientation have been explored in mainstream media throughout the years; articles and interviews have been featured in such publications as ABC News, The Atlantic, BBC News, The Daily Beast, The Daily Mail, Elle, Feministe, The Good Men Project, Good Vibrations, The Guardian, Gurl, The Huffington Post, The Independent, Marie Claire, Metro, New Idea, New Scientist, Psychology Today, Salon, Scientific American, The Sun, The Telegraph, and XOJane.
A long list of articles, with links to their Internet versions where applicable, is published on this collective:
http://juliesondradecker.com/?page_id=2091
Asexuality-Related Professional Video Media
Quite a few television programs, talk shows, and documentary series have been made about asexuality. Asexual guests have been featured on 20/20, Montel Williams, CNN, The Morning Show, HuffPost Live, MTV, The View, and more, plus a full-length documentary titled (A)sexual was produced by Arts Engine (director: Angela Tucker) in 2011. The documentary is available on Netflix and can be followed at http://asexualthemovie.com/. More asexuality-related professional video media pieces are collected here:
http://juliesondradecker.com/?page_id=2080
(Note that some of these shows and TV spots are more sensationalistic than others.)
Asexuality-Related Audio Interviews, Presentations, and Podcasts
Internet Videos and Channels on Asexuality
- The Asexuality Top 10: Channel swankivy
“This is my top ten countdown about the misconceptions concerning asexuality. It begins with an introduction on what asexuality is, continues down a top ten list of most commonly suggested reasons for my lack of interest in sex and my refutations of them, and a follow-up honorable mentions catch-all video.”
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF64276F6C84C6CBE
- Letters to an Asexual: Channel swankivy
“I read the letters I get regarding asexuality and answer questions, tackle criticisms, and rebut nastiness as needed.”
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL70DADE9AE5417828
- Hot Pieces of Ace: Channel HotPiecesofAce
“Hot Pieces of Ace is a YouTube collab channel designed to help the asexual community in any way imaginable . . . that can be captured on film.”
http://www.youtube.com/user/HotPiecesofAce
- NO SEX?! –ASEXUALITY: Channel lacigreen
“This video covers the basic questions asked about an asexual orientation.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77o83_U8O5o
- Asexual Bingo: Channel swankivy
“Sometimes silly, sometimes serious, and always with lots of bad language and inappropriate graphics, here is a capsule view of the kinds of comments I get on my YouTube videos and through other channels regarding asexuality.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncoHJo5128Q
- Asexuality: Channel republicofsandals
“A collection of videos on Asexuality.”
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL732D7335BEAA40DB
- ACESOMNIACS: Channel ACESOMNIACS
“Vlogs about asexuality topics by some random AVENites.”
http://www.youtube.com/user/ACESOMNIACS
- Shit People Say to Asexuals: Channel swankivy
A collection of what people say to asexual people: collaborative project of sixteen asexual people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBabpK_nvs0
- Everything’s A-Okay: Channel AOkayVideo
“Whoever you may be, know that you’re not alone. You are a-okay just the way you are. Don’t ever forget that.”
http://www.youtube.com/user/AOkayVideo
- Queer As Cat: Channel QueerAsCat
“This channel will be home to my video blogs regarding asexuality, panromanticism, biromanticism, gender neutrality and more.”
http://www.youtube.com/user/QueerAsCat
- Ace Ideas: Channel UCWne6-e7QHSu74eM2hh7NkA
“We are a diverse group of asexuals here to share our knowledge, experiences, passions, hobbies, and stories surrounding our asexuality.”
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWne6-e7QHSu74eM2hh7NkA
More channels and videos about asexuality are collected here:
http://juliesondradecker.com/?page_id=2083
Asexuality-Related Blogs
There are hundreds of asexuality-related blogs and blogs by asexual people on the Internet. They move, close, and get abandoned too frequently to list reliably here, but they are sometimes the best places to understand what asexual people are going through, to give and receive advice, and to connect to others.
AVEN has a partial list of blogs here:
http://www.asexuality.org/wiki/index.php?title=Asexual_Sites
A fairly long list of asexuality-related blogs is here:
http://juliesondradecker.com/?page_id=2077