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
Amy N. Antonsen, Bozena Zdaniuk, Morag Yule, Lori A. BrottoAce and Aro: Understanding Differences in Romantic Attractions Among Persons Identifying as Asexual2020allosexual; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; categorization; gender; identity; nonbinary; online community; psychology; qualitative methods; romantic; science; self-identification; split attraction; trans; visibility
Donna M. Mandigo, Louis F. KavarThe Asexual Male Experience: A Phenomenological Inquiry2022allosexual; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; definitions; friendship; gender; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; masculinity; masturbation; otherness; platonic; psychology; qualitative methods; queerplatonic; relationships; romantic; self-identification; split attraction
Patricia KennonAsexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity2021adolescence; allosexual; aphobia; asexual; asexual continuum; compulsory sexuality; fiction; gray-asexuality; identity; LGBTQ; literary analysis/theory; literature; queer; race; romantic; split attraction
Amanda L. Mollet, Brian LackmanAllonormativity and Compulsory Sexuality2022allosexual; amatonormativity; aphobia; asexual; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; corrective assault; discrimination; fiction; gender; identity; LGBTQ; nonsexual; pathologization; privilege; religion; representation; sex education; single; trans; TV
Margaret Rose McDowellAgainst Compulsory Sexuality: Asexual Figures of Resistance2022allosexual; archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; Black; Boston Marriage; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; dehumanization; erotics; feminism; gender; intimacy; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; politics; pop culture; queer theory; race; reproductive futurity; sexual liberation; sexusociety; single; TV; world building
Amanda L. Mollet"I Have a lot of Feelings, Just None in the Genitalia Region": A Grounded Theory of Asexual College Students' Identity Journeys2020allosexual; asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; coming out; community; compulsory sexuality; definitions; disability; identity; intersectionality; LGBTQ; online community; race; romantic; self-identification; sexual violence; sexusociety; social construct; split attraction; trans; whiteness
Amanda L. Mollet, Brian LackmanAsexual Student Invisibility and Erasure in Higher Education: 'I Thought I Was the Only One'2020allosexual; asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; coming out; community-building; dehumanization; gender fluidity; identity; LGBTQ; narrative; nonbinary; online community; qualitative methods; queer; race; romantic; split attraction; trans; whiteness
Adam Key, Brontë PearsonNon-Love Letters: Asexualizing Queer Love and Generosity2021allosexual; asexual; classical; friendship; gender; love; marriage; media; nonsexual; platonic; queer; queer theory; romantic; sexual violence; trauma; virginity
Lee Yingtong LiSupplementary Context--'Let's Talk about being agender, aromantic, asexual and Asian'2020allonormativity; allosexual; amatonormativity; discrimination; HSDD; LGBTQ
Liza Blake, Nicholas Brush, Simone Chess, Rachel Chung, Catherine Clifford, Aley O'MaraEarly Modern Asexuality and Performance: An ACMRS Roundtable2020allonormativity; allosexual; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; Catholic; celibacy; chastity; early modern; food; gender; gray-asexuality; history; intimacy; literary analysis/theory; literature; performativity; protestant; Shakespeare
S.L. Dove CooperWe’re on Our Side: Aziraphale and Crowley’s Thoroughly Queer Relationship in Good Omens2019allonormativity; allosexual; amatonormativity; aromantic; aromantic reading/theory; asexual; asexual reading/theory; erasure; love; media; platonic; queer; queerplatonic; representation; romantic; TV
CoyoteTop 6 Mistakes in the Academic Field of Asexuality Studies2022allosexual; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; community; definitions; essentialism; orientation; split attraction
Brooke HigginbottomThe Nuances of Intimacy: Asexual Perspectives and Experiences with Dating and Relationships2024allosexual; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; dating; relationships
Julia FineFrom crushes to squishes Affect and agency on r/ AskReddit and r/ Asexual2023affect; allosexual; asexual; discourse; heterosexuality; language; masculinity; nonsexual; online community; Reddit; social media; squish
Angela ChenAce: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex2020allonormativity; allosexual; amatonormativity; aphobia; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; coming out; community; compulsory sexuality; definitions; dehumanization; desexualization; disability; discourse; erotics; femininity; friendship; frigidity; gender; identity; interdisciplinary; intersectionality; intimacy; LGBTQ; literature; marriage; masculinity; media; monogamy; morality; narrative; online community; otherness; queer; race; relationships; self-identification; sex; stereotypes
Angela ChenJust let me Liberate you: Chapter from Ace2020allosexual; asexual; celibacy; chastity; compulsory sexuality; feminism; frigidity; political theory; politics; sex; sexual liberation; sexusociety; theory; virginity