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.
  2. If you want to further specify your search results, you can also select the category (article, book chapter, etc.) and type of resource (academic or community).
  3. Search up the term you are looking for in the search bar. Your results will be filtered based on the tags, category, and type you've selected.
  4. You can also check and uncheck different types of information you want to see in the table such as Press, Disciple, Editors, etc.
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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
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
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
Eunjung KimCuring Virginity2017asexual; corrective assault; desexualization; disability; disability theory/studies; nonsexual; pathologization; queer; sexual violence; virginity
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
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
Queenie, N/ACompulsory sexuality, or why dating and being asexual can be very confusing, especially if people keep giving you dumb puberty books2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; compulsory sexuality; corrective assault; heteronormativity; identity; primary source; repulsion/aversion; Tumblr; virginity
Scott McLellanAsexual Non-representationalism and Reactive Sexual Sovereignty2015asexual; asexual reading/theory; colonialism; community; community-building; corrective assault; intersectionality; political theory; queer theory; representation; sovereignty
Raquel ReichardHow Latina 'Spicy and Sexy' Stereotypes Hurt Asexual Latinas2015abuse; asexual; corrective assault; discrimination; gatekeeping; identity; Latinx; race; sexual violence; stereotypes; whiteness
Sherronda J. BrownRefusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture2022adolescence; antiracism; aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; Black; capitalism; compulsory sexuality; controlling images; corrective assault; definitions; dehumanization; femininity; fetishization; frigidity; gatekeeping; gender; history; infantilization; intersectionality; masculinity; monstrosity; nonhuman; objectification; pathologization; queer; race; reproduction; reproductive futurity