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.

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AuthorsTitleYearTags
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
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
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
Luke Brunning, Natasha McKeeverAsexuality2021aphobia; asexual; asexual continuum; asexual reading/theory; categorization; definitions; demisexuality; infantilization; injustice; morality; philosophy; relationships; romantic; 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
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
Lisa OrlandoThe Asexual Manifesto1972asexual; feminism; fetishization; gender; intimacy; morality; nonsexual; objectification; patriarchy; political theory; politics; relationships
Lorca Jolene SloanAce of (BDSM) clubs: Building asexual relationships through BDSM practice2015asexual; BDSM; fantasies; identity; kink; qualitative methods
asexycuddleslutDiscovering Asexuality in a Sexual Relationship2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
AydanMy Feelings on Significant Others2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
EmeraldLearning to be alone2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
JoDefining Significant Others2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
HezekiahCarnival of Aces: Sexless relationships and how to find them2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
codeman38A Pair of Aces2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
QueenieConfessions concerning dating and being ace2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
RowanCarnival of Aces - Dating and Significant Others2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
AsexualityArchive…And Then What?2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
SiggyEngineering a relationship2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; dating; relationships
QueenieNonsexual relationships for sex-repulsed or celibate aces2013asexual; Carnival of Aces; polyamory; relationships
LauraWhy the idea of queerplatonic relationships or platonic life partnerships is important to me2013asexual; Carnival of Aces; polyamory; queerplatonic; relationships