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.
  5. Additionally, Boolean Search functionalities are also available incuding AND, OR, NOT, Parentheses (), Quotation Marks "", Question Mark "?" and Asterisk "*". You can read more about these operators here.

If you have trouble finding the sources you were looking for, check out our “About” page for other websites that could also offer help!

NOTE: CERTAIN RESOURCES WILL ONLY BE ACCESSIBLE VIA INSTITUTIONAL LOGIN/SUBSCRIPTION/OR PAYMENT
Show/Hide Categories:

AuthorsTitleYearTags
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
Matthew WilliamsCold Heart: An Exploration of Aromanticism in Lucy2018amatonormativity; aromantic; friendship; literary analysis/theory; literature; love; platonic
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
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
Matt Dawson, Susie Scott, Liz McDonnellNegotiating the boundaries of intimacy: the personal lives of asexual people2016aromantic; friendship; identity; intimacy; narrative; passing; psychology; qualitative methods; relationships; romantic; social construct; sociology; split attraction
Daniela CutasEditorial: On Love2018amatonormativity; autism; Black; colonialism; friendship; gender; love; marriage; morality; nonmonogamy; philosophy; queer; race; reproduction; romantic
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
Colin Görke"Melted Your Cold Heart Yet?" Amatonormative Masculinity in Casino Royale and Spectre2019amatonormativity; aromantic; feminism; friendship; gender; marriage; masculinity; media; platonic; pop culture; queerplatonic; romantic
John GuilloryThe Bachelor State: Philosophy and Sovereignty in Bacon’s New Atlantis2006bachelor; celibacy; community; early modern; friendship; gender; history; homosociality; marriage; masculinity; philosophy; politics; protestant; religion; university
Donna M. Mandigo, Louis F. KavarThe Asexual Male Experience: A Phenomenological Inquiry2022allosexual; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; definitions; friendship; gender; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; masculinity; masturbation; otherness; platonic; psychology; qualitative methods; queerplatonic; relationships; romantic; self-identification; split attraction
Anna Kurowicka"The only story I will ever be able to tell": Nonsexual Erotics of Friendship in Donna Tartt's The Secret History and Tana French's The Likeness2020amatonormativity; asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; capitalism; community; friendship; jealousy; literary analysis/theory; literature; love; nonsexual; queer; queerplatonic; romantic
Christina LangIntimacy and Desire Through the Lens of an Aro-Ace Woman of Color2018amatonormativity; anarchy; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; Boston Marriage; coming out; demisexuality; desexualization; feminism; friendship; gender; gold star asexual; identity; intersectionality; intimacy; kinship; media; pathologization; queer theory; race; romantic; sex education; single; theory; TV
Katie LinderQueering the Nuclear Family: Navigating Familial Living as an Asexual (Personal Reflection)2019aromantic; asexual; community; compulsory sexuality; friendship; gray-asexuality; intimacy; LGBTQ; marriage; queerplatonic; romantic; self-identification; sexual violence
Kristýna Kaymak Minaříková"But You're Not Alone": Outside of Coupledom2021amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; bachelor; discrimination; friendship; love; marriage; media; neoliberal; nonmonogamy; pop culture; qualitative methods; reproduction; romantic; single
Michón Neal5 Ways Amatonormativity Sets Harmful Relationship Norms for Us All2016amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; autism; friendship; intimacy; jealousy; love; nonmonogamy; romantic
Adam Key, Brontë PearsonNon-Love Letters: Asexualizing Queer Love and Generosity2021allosexual; asexual; classical; friendship; gender; love; marriage; media; nonsexual; platonic; queer; queer theory; romantic; sexual violence; trauma; virginity
Anna KurowickaThe ace art of failure: Asexuality and BoJack Horseman2022asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; capitalism; coming out; community; friendship; media; pop culture; queer theory; TV
Hilal KasikciFrigid transgressions: Unveiling the queer potentialities of asexuality2015aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; capitalism; compulsory sexuality; feminism; fetishization; friendship; identity; intimacy; monogamy; neoliberal; nonmonogamy; objectification; pathologization; queer theory
Kristina Gupta"And Now I'm Just Different, but There's Nothing Actually Wrong with Me": Asexual Marginalization and Resistance2017asexual; AVEN; community; compulsory sexuality; desexualization; friendship; identity; nonsexual; otherness; pathologization; romantic