Searchable Bibliography

Our searchable bibliography will allow you to browse and easily find a list of curated sources pertaining to aromanticism, asexuality, and its related subject matters. To maximize the relevancy of the search results, these are our recommended steps to using the bibliography.

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AuthorsTitleYearTags
CJ BishopA mystery wrapped in an enigma--asexuality: a virtual discussion2013aphobia; aromantic; asexual; AVEN; community; compulsory sexuality; corrective assault; HSDD; nonsexual; pathologization; psychology; reproduction; romantic
Erick BurdockVillains, victims, and virgins: Asexuality in the films of Alfred Hitchcock2018asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; AVEN; celibacy; corrective assault; dandy; death; desexualization; gay; gender; HSDD; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; masculinity; media; otherness; pathologization; queer; queer theory; representation; repulsion/aversion; romantic; sexual violence; trauma; virginity
Lori A. Brotto, Morag A. YuleReply to Hinderliter (2009)2009asexual; AVEN; community; HSDD; pathologization; psychology; self-identification
Xu Guo, Day WongConstructions of Asexual Identity in China: Intersections of Class, Gender, Region of Residence, and Asexuality2020aromantic; asexual; China; coming out; HSDD; identity; intersectionality; LGBTQ; mixed methods; online community; pro forma marriage; romantic; single; social construct; trans
Hillary H. Bush, Lindsey W. Williams, Eva MendesBrief Report: Asexuality and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum2021asexual; autism; disability; gender; HSDD; pathologization; psychology; qualitative methods; quantitative methods
Elijah G. StuckiCompulsory Sexuality and Amatonormativity in Higher Education: A Photovoice Study with Asexual and Aromantic Students2019amatonormativity; aromantic; art; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; colonialism; coming out; community; community-building; compulsory sexuality; corrective assault; definitions; dehumanization; disability; gender; HSDD; identity; intersectionality; kinship; LGBTQ; mental illness; nonbinary; otherness; pathologization; queer; race; romantic; sexual violence; social construct; trans
Joseph De LappeAsexual Activism2016asexual; community; HSDD; identity; LGBTQ; online community; pathologization; psychology; queer
Tamara DeutschAsexual People's Experience with Microaggressions2018aromantic; asexual; coming out; corrective assault; definitions; dehumanization; discrimination; gatekeeping; gray-asexuality; HSDD; infantilization; LGBTQ; media; mental illness; pathologization; psychology; repulsion/aversion; sexual violence; split attraction; visibility
Jana Fedtke53X+M³=Ø? [SEX+ME=NO RESULT?]: Tropes of Asexuality in Literature and Film2012asexual; asexual reading/theory; disability; disability theory/studies; HSDD; intersectionality; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; pathologization; pop culture; theory; TV
Ellen Van Houdenhove, Paul Enzlin, Luk GijsA Positive Approach Toward Asexuality: Some First Steps, but Still a Long Way to Go2017AVEN; categorization; definitions; HSDD; pathologization; psychology; science
Mark Carrigan, Kristina Gupta, Todd G. MorrisonAsexuality special theme issue editorial2013asexual; asexual continuum; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; definitions; HSDD; intersectionality; psychology; qualitative methods; quantitative methods; split attraction
Mark CarriganAsexuality2015a-fluidity; aphobia; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; asexual reading/theory; categorization; celibacy; definitions; demisexuality; discrimination; essentialism; gatekeeping; gender; gray-asexuality; HSDD; identity; LGBTQ; pathologization; psychology; queer; self-identification; split attraction
CJ Deluzio ChasinMaking Sense in and of the Asexual Community: Navigating Relationships and Identities in a Context of Resistance2015aphobia; asexual; AVEN; community; definitions; discrimination; friendship; gender; HSDD; intersectionality; LGBTQ; psychology; split attraction; trans
Aasha Brianna FosterMeasuring Social Invisibility and Erasure: Development of the Asexual Microaggressions Scale2018asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; compulsory sexuality; definitions; desexualization; disability; discrimination; HSDD; interdisciplinary; intersectionality; LGBTQ; mental illness; pathologization; psychology; race; romantic; split attraction; visibility
Lysa Westberg GabrielSlashing the Invisible: Bodily Autonomy in Asexual Fan Fiction2018aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; celibacy; definitions; gender; HSDD; literary analysis/theory; literature; masculinity; nonbinary; online community; pathologization; queer; representation
Andrew HinterliterHow is asexuality different from hypoactive sexual desire disorder?2013asexual; categorization; definitions; gatekeeping; HSDD; pathologization; psychology
Emily M. Lund, Bayley A. JohnsonAsexuality and Disability: Strange but Compatible Bedfellows2005asexual; asexual reading/theory; autism; desexualization; disability; disability theory/studies; HSDD; intersectionality; pathologization; romantic; split attraction
CJ Deluzio ChasinReconsidering Asexuality and Its Radical Potential2013aromantic; asexual; AVEN; categorization; community; compulsory sexuality; demisexuality; essentialism; feminism; gatekeeping; gold star asexual; gray-asexuality; HSDD; nonsexual; pathologization; politics; psychology; self-identification
Elisabetta RuspiniAsexual Women and Men: Living without Sex2013asexual; AVEN; coming out; HSDD; identity; intimacy; masturbation; reproduction; sexusociety
Elisabetta RuspiniAsexual Women and Men: Living without Sex2013asexual; AVEN; coming out; HSDD; identity; intimacy; masturbation; reproduction; sexusociety