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
Elizabeth BrakeMinimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law2012amatonormativity; asexual; community; compulsory sexuality; discrimination; gender; injustice; jealousy; law; marriage; monogamy; morality; nonmonogamy; objectification; philosophy; platonic; political theory; privilege; relationships; romantic; sexual violence; social construct
yingchen, yingtongAn aromantic manifesto2018amatonormativity; archives; aromantic; capitalism; jealousy; love; monogamy; political theory; politics; primary source; queer; romantic; social construct; trans
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
Tiina Vares"My [asexuality] is playing hell with my dating life": Romantic identified asexuals negotiate the dating game2018asexual; BDSM; gender; intimacy; monogamy; New Zealand; nonmonogamy; qualitative methods; romantic; split attraction
Kristin S. ScherrerWhat Asexuality Contributes to the Same-Sex Marriage Discussion2010amatonormativity; feminism; gatekeeping; intimacy; LGBTQ; marriage; nonmonogamy; queer; single; trans; whiteness
Michael CobbSingle: Arguments for the Uncoupled2012art; art history; capitalism; death; gender; LGBTQ; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; monogamy; nonmonogamy; philosophy; political theory; queer; romantic; single; social construct; theory; TV
Daniela CutasEditorial: On Love2018amatonormativity; autism; Black; colonialism; friendship; gender; love; marriage; morality; nonmonogamy; philosophy; queer; race; reproduction; romantic
Evelyn ElgieBeing and Doing: Interrogating Dominant Narratives of Asexual Kinship in an Amatonormative Culture2017amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; colonialism; identity; indigenous; intersectionality; intimacy; kinship; nonmonogamy; nonsexual; online community; queer theory; queerplatonic; romantic; social construct; sociology; split attraction; theory
Dan CopulskyAsexual Polyamory: Potential Challenges and Benefits2016asexual; celibacy; community; identity; intersectionality; intimacy; jealousy; nonmonogamy; online community
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
Chelsea ReynoldsThe 'Woke' Sex Discourse: Sexuality and Gender in Online Consumer Magazines2020amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; BDSM; bisexual; capitalism; coming out; feminism; gay; gender; gender fluidity; intersectionality; intersex; kink; LGBTQ; media; neoliberal; nonbinary; nonmonogamy; politics; pop culture; queer; race; sex education; sexual violence; trans; whiteness
Ela PrzybyloAsexuality and the Feminist Politics of 'Not Doing It'2011aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; essentialism; feminism; gender; history; HSDD; intersectionality; intimacy; love; nonmonogamy; pathologization; politics; queer theory; romantic; sexual liberation; single
Hayle DambrowkyThe Asexual Perspective: Intimacy without the Intimate2022asexual; asexual reading/theory; celibacy; colonialism; indigenous; intimacy; kinship; marriage; monogamy; queer; queer theory; reproductive futurity; single
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
Nicole BraidaChallenging Love: An exploration of Theories and Practices of Consensual Affective Non-Monogamies in Italy2020affect; amatonormativity; aromantic; aromantic reading/theory; friendship; history; intimacy; love; medieval; nonmonogamy; polyamory; queer; queer theory; queerplatonic; romantic
Justin Leonard Clardy'I Don't Want to be a Playa no More': An Exploration of the Denigrating effects of 'Player' as a Stereotype Against African American Polyamorous Men2018amatonormativity; Black; nonmonogamy; polyamory; queer; race; romantic; sexual; stereotypes
Ela PrzybyloCritical Nonsexualities2017antiracism; archives; asexual; asexual resonances; celibacy; colonialism; desexualization; disability; erotics; gender; indigenous; intersectionality; kinship; LGBTQ; nonmonogamy; nonsexual; politics; queer; race; religion; single; sovereignty; transnational; virginity