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.

  1. Select the tags you are interested in the advanced filters such as affect, adolescence. Tags were manually assigned by our research team to each resource to ensure they are relevant.
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AuthorsTitleYearTags
Claudie ArseneaultDeath, Stillness, and Exile--Three Prongs of Asexual Imagery in Fiction2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; community; death; dehumanization; literary analysis/theory; literature; narrative; otherness; representation; romantic
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
Melissa Shani Brown, Nichola Lucy Partridge"Strangely Like a Person": Cole and the Queering of Asexuality in Dragon Age: Inquisition2021aphobia; archives; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; dehumanization; masculinity; media; nonsexual; otherness; pathologization; queer; representation; video games
Hendrike Tel"This Work is Tagged 'Asexual Character'": An Analysis of Asexuality in Fanfiction2020aphobia; aromantic; asexual; community; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; online community; pathologization; psychology; quantitative methods; queer; romantic; split attraction; TV
SiggyAce Tropes: Allo Savior Complex2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; fiction; identity; literary analysis/theory; literature
Esther D. Rothblum, Evan A. Krueger, Krystal R. Kittle, Ilan H. MeyerAsexual and Non-Asexual Respondents from a U.S. Population-Based Study of Sexual Minorities2020aphobia; coming out; discrimination; identity; LGBTQ; psychology; quantitative methods; science
Nicolette K Robbins, Kathryn Graff Low, Anna N. QueryA Qualitative Exploration of the 'Coming Out' Process for Asexual Individuals2017aphobia; asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; definitions; identity; online community; romantic; science; split attraction
Luke Brunning, Natasha McKeeverAsexuality2021aphobia; asexual; asexual continuum; asexual reading/theory; categorization; definitions; demisexuality; infantilization; injustice; morality; philosophy; relationships; romantic; 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
Karen CuthbertAsexuality and epistemic injustice: a gendered perspective2021aphobia; compulsory sexuality; discrimination; feminism; gender; injustice; qualitative methods; queer; silence
Alex HendersonLet's Talk About Love, Tash Hearts Tolstoy, and the Asexual Coming- of-Age Story2019adolescence; aphobia; asexual; celibacy; dehumanization; fiction; infantilization; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; online community; pathologization; queer; romantic
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
Benjamin Marks"Sick, Dead, or Lying": A critical textual analysis of asexuality in popular culture2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; community; compulsory sexuality; dehumanization; disability; identity; infantilization; LGBTQ; media; online community; pathologization; queer; race; representation; TV; whiteness
Catherine MeyerA is Not for Ally: Affirming Asexual College Student Narratives2019aphobia; asexual; corrective assault; gatekeeping; gender; identity; intersectionality; LGBTQ; pathologization; queer; race; self-identification; sexual violence; trauma; whiteness
Gwendolyn OsterwaldContradictions in the Representation of Asexuality: Fiction and Reality2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; early modern; history; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; medieval; pathologization; queer; reproductive futurity; TV
Marcelina SzubaWe're Here, We're Queer... Or Are We? Queerness, Asexuality, and Communicative Capitalism on Tumblr2018aphobia; asexual; capitalism; gatekeeping; gender; identity; LGBTQ; neoliberal; online community; performativity; political theory; politics; privilege; queer; queer theory
Sherronda J. BrownBlack folks don't need a nuclear family to be legitimate2020aphobia; aromantic; Black; marriage; politics; queer; romantic; whiteness
awkward-aro-ace-princess-76Arophobia and amatonormativity is so constant2022amatonormativity; aphobia; aromantic; film; love; romantic