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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mark CarriganThere's more to life than sex? Difference and commonality within the asexual community2011asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; community; definitions; identity; pathologization; qualitative methods; repulsion/aversion; self-identification; split attraction
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
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
Maria Bulmer, Keise IzumaImplicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Sex and Romance in Asexuals2017aromantic; asexual; AVEN; community; definitions; intimacy; psychology; quantitative methods; romantic; self-identification; social construct; split attraction
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 Carrigan, Kristina Gupta, Todd G. MorrisonAsexuality special theme issue editorial2013asexual; asexual continuum; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; definitions; HSDD; intersectionality; psychology; qualitative methods; quantitative methods; 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
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
Breanne FahsRadical Refusals: On the Anarchist Politics of Women Choosing Asexuality2010a-fluidity; anarchy; asexual; definitions; feminism; identity; pathologization; political theory; politics; sexual liberation
Aasha Brianna FosterMeasuring Social Invisibility and Erasure: Development of the Asexual Microaggressions Scale2018asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; compulsory sexuality; definitions; desexualization; disability; discrimination; HSDD; interdisciplinary; intersectionality; LGBTQ; mental illness; pathologization; psychology; race; romantic; split attraction; visibility