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
KazMuttersprache2011asexual; asexual continuum; Carnival of Aces; categorization; definitions
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
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
Zach Schudson, Sari van Anders'You have to coin new things': sexual and gender identity discourses in asexual, queer, and/or trans young people's networked counterpublics2019asexual; bisexual; categorization; community-building; definitions; gender; identity; nonbinary; online community; romantic; self-identification; trans
Matt Dawson, Susie Scott, Liz McDonell"'Asexual' Isn't Who I Am": The Politics of Asexuality2018asexual; asexual continuum; categorization; community; disability; discrimination; interdisciplinary; LGBTQ; online community; politics; queer
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
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 ChasinTheoretical Issues in the Study of Asexuality2011asexual; asexual continuum; categorization; community; definitions; demisexuality; gender; nonbinary; psychology; self-identification; split attraction; theory; trans
CJ ChasinAsexuality and the Re/Construction of Sexual Orientation2019aromantic; asexual; categorization; compulsory sexuality; definitions; gender; identity; LGBTQ; neoliberal; pathologization; queerplatonic; repulsion/aversion; romantic; split attraction
Andrew HinterliterHow is asexuality different from hypoactive sexual desire disorder?2013asexual; categorization; definitions; gatekeeping; HSDD; pathologization; psychology
Anna KurowickaThe Queer Identity for the Twenty-First Century? An Exploration of Asexuality2015a-fluidity; asexual; autism; AVEN; categorization; coming out; community; essentialism; feminism; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; masturbation; media; pathologization; psychology; queer; romantic; sexusociety
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
Adrienne ColborneChasing Aces: Asexuality, Misinformation and Challenges of Identity2018asexual; asexual continuum; categorization; community; HSDD; identity; LGBTQ; pathologization; queer; romantic; self-identification; split attraction; trauma; visibility
Brian M. Watson“There was sex but no sexuality*:” Critical Cataloging and the Classification of Asexuality in LCSH2020asexual; asexual reading/theory; categorization; identity; online community; queer; queer theory
Julie Sondra DeckerThe Basics2014aphobia; asexual; asexual continuum; categorization; definitions; gender; gold star asexual; identity; pathologization
Christine FeradayFor Lack of a Better Word: Neo-Identities in Non-Cisgender, Non-Straight Communities on Tumblr2016aromantic; asexual; categorization; gender; gender fluidity; identity; LGBTQ; nonbinary; queer; self-identification; trans; transgender
Randi GressgårdAsexuality: from pathology to identity and beyond2013asexual; AVEN; categorization; community; essentialism; gender; identity; orientation; pathologization; politics; psychology; queer; queer theory; self-identification; social construct
Christine LabuskiDeferred Desire: The Asexuality of Chronic Genital Pain2014categorization; disability; identity; intimacy; nonsexual; pathologization; qualitative methods; queer; romantic
Ela PrzybyloAce and aro lesbian art and theory with Agnes Martin and Yayoi Kusama2022amatonormativity; archives; aromantic; art; art history; asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; Boston Marriage; categorization; compulsory sexuality; definitions; desexualization; disability; discrimination; erotics; feminism; gay; gender; identity; indigenous; LGBTQ; nonbinary; queer; race; repulsion/aversion; split attraction