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
Amy N. Antonsen, Bozena Zdaniuk, Morag Yule, Lori A. BrottoAce and Aro: Understanding Differences in Romantic Attractions Among Persons Identifying as Asexual2020allosexual; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; categorization; gender; identity; nonbinary; online community; psychology; qualitative methods; romantic; science; self-identification; split attraction; trans; visibility
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
Lori A. Brotto, Morag A. YuleReply to Hinderliter (2009)2009asexual; AVEN; community; HSDD; pathologization; psychology; self-identification
Day WongAsexuality in China's sexual revolution: Asexual marriage as coping strategy2015asexual; AVEN; celibacy; China; intimacy; love; marriage; mixed methods; nonsexual; pathologization; platonic; pro forma marriage; romantic; self-identification; sexusociety
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
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
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
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 ChasinTheoretical Issues in the Study of Asexuality2011asexual; asexual continuum; categorization; community; definitions; demisexuality; gender; nonbinary; psychology; self-identification; split attraction; theory; 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
Amanda L Mollet, Brian R LackmanAsexual Borderlands: Asexual Collegians' Reflections on Inclusion Under the LGBTQ Umbrella2018aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; community; definitions; identity; intersectionality; LGBTQ; mixed methods; online community; queer; romantic; self-identification; visibility
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
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
Amanda L. Mollet"I Have a lot of Feelings, Just None in the Genitalia Region": A Grounded Theory of Asexual College Students' Identity Journeys2020allosexual; asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; coming out; community; compulsory sexuality; definitions; disability; identity; intersectionality; LGBTQ; online community; race; romantic; self-identification; sexual violence; sexusociety; social construct; split attraction; trans; whiteness
CJ Deluzio ChasinReconsidering Asexuality and Its Radical Potential2013aromantic; asexual; AVEN; categorization; community; compulsory sexuality; demisexuality; essentialism; feminism; gatekeeping; gold star asexual; gray-asexuality; HSDD; nonsexual; pathologization; politics; psychology; self-identification
Megan CarrollAsexuality and Its Implications for LGBTQ-Parent Families2020asexual; AVEN; community; demisexuality; disability; gender; gray-asexuality; HSDD; intersectionality; intimacy; LGBTQ; pathologization; race; romantic; self-identification; trans; whiteness
Adrienne ColborneChasing Aces: Asexuality, Misinformation and Challenges of Identity2018asexual; asexual continuum; categorization; community; HSDD; identity; LGBTQ; pathologization; queer; romantic; self-identification; split attraction; trauma; visibility
Milica Batričević, Andrej CvetićUncovering an A: Asexuality and Asexual Activism in Croatia and Serbia2016asexual; asexual reading/theory; community; compulsory sexuality; definitions; discrimination; gatekeeping; HSDD; identity; intersectionality; intimacy; LGBTQ; politics; queer; queer theory; religion; self-identification; visibility
Christine FeradayFor Lack of a Better Word: Neo-Identities in Non-Cisgender, Non-Straight Communities on Tumblr2016aromantic; asexual; categorization; gender; gender fluidity; identity; LGBTQ; nonbinary; queer; self-identification; trans; transgender