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
Sandra AlexanderssonQueer Game Design: What kind of game design practices are favored by queer players?2022aromantic; asexual; LGBTQ; media; nonbinary; nonmonogamy; queer; trans; video games
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
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
Megan Arkenberg"A Mayde, and Last of Youre Blood": Galahad’s Asexuality and its Significance in ‘Le Morte D’Arthur’2014archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; celibacy; fiction; gender; history; literary analysis/theory; literature; masculinity; medieval; morality; queer; queer theory; virginity
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
Kelsey BorresonWhat it Means to be 'Aromantic' According to Aromantic People2022aromantic; asexual; AVEN; comics; friendship; identity; media; platonic; queerplatonic; repulsion/aversion; romantic
C. BougieComposing Aromanticism2021amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; AVEN; categorization; coming out; definitions; discrimination; dysphoria; friendship; gender; identity; kinship; narrative; online community; poetry; queer; queer theory; relationships; self-identification; social construct; split attraction; theory
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
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
Dominique A. CanningQueering Asexuality: Asexual-Inclusion in Queer Spaces2015aromantic; asexual; AVEN; bisexual; community; community-building; gatekeeping; identity; LGBTQ; online community; otherness; passing; queer; romantic; split attraction
yingchen, yingtongAn aromantic manifesto2018amatonormativity; archives; aromantic; capitalism; jealousy; love; monogamy; political theory; politics; primary source; queer; romantic; social construct; trans
Nat WrhelThe Acest of Aces: Representations of Asexuality in Fiction2017archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; comics; dehumanization; fiction; gender; LGBTQ; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; queer; romantic; TV
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
Nikki Hayfield, Thom Winter-Gray"Can I be a kinky ace?": How asexual people negotiate their experiences of kinks and fetishes2021aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; BDSM; definitions; fantasies; fetish; intersectionality; kink; masturbation; qualitative methods
Matthew WilliamsCold Heart: An Exploration of Aromanticism in Lucy2018amatonormativity; aromantic; friendship; literary analysis/theory; literature; love; platonic
Elina Valovirta"Caribbean Passion"--The Hypersexual and the Asexual Woman as Reparative Tropes2014asexual; asexual reading/theory; Black; death; desexualization; feminism; gender; intersectionality; literary analysis/theory; literature; queer theory; race; religion; reproduction
Kyle WebsterA Textual Analysis of Online Asexual Representation and Visibility on Reddit2018asexual; asexual reading/theory; coming out; community; compulsory sexuality; definitions; LGBTQ; media; online community; performativity; queer; queer theory; representation; visibility
Christian Klesse, Leehee Rothschild, Jaisie WalkerQueer(ing) Consensual Non-Monogamies, Queering Therapy: Queer Intimacy, Kinship, and Experiences of CNM in LGBTQIA+ Lives2022amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; BDSM; bisexual; friendship; gender; intimacy; kink; kinship; LGBTQ; nonbinary; nonmonogamy; platonic; psychology; queer; queerplatonic; romantic; trans
Essi VirtanenThe Representation of Queer Identities in Terry Pratchett's Discworld2022amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; fiction; gender; identity; literary analysis/theory; literature; marriage; nonbinary; queer; queer theory; representation; romantic; virginity
Tiina VaresAsexualities, Intimacies and Relationality2019aromantic; asexual; AVEN; crush; definitions; demisexuality; friendship; gray-asexuality; intimacy; marriage; monogamy; narrative; nonsexual; online community; platonic; queerplatonic; repulsion/aversion; romantic; self-identification; split attraction; squish