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
Dominique A. CanningQueering Asexuality: Asexual-Inclusion in Queer Spaces2015aromantic; asexual; AVEN; bisexual; community; community-building; gatekeeping; identity; LGBTQ; online community; otherness; passing; queer; romantic; split attraction
Xu Guo, Day WongConstructions of Asexual Identity in China: Intersections of Class, Gender, Region of Residence, and Asexuality2020aromantic; asexual; China; coming out; HSDD; identity; intersectionality; LGBTQ; mixed methods; online community; pro forma marriage; romantic; single; social construct; trans
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
Matt Dawson, Susie Scott, Liz McDonell"'Asexual' Isn't Who I Am": The Politics of Asexuality2018asexual; asexual continuum; categorization; community; disability; discrimination; interdisciplinary; LGBTQ; online community; politics; queer
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
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
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
Esther D. Rothblum, Evan A. Krueger, Krystal R. Kittle, Ilan H. MeyerAsexual and Non-Asexual Respondents from a U.S. Population-Based Study of Sexual Minorities2020aphobia; coming out; discrimination; identity; LGBTQ; psychology; quantitative methods; science
Karen CuthbertYou have to be Normal to be Abnormal: An Empirically Grounded Exploration of the Intersection of Asexuality and Disability2017asexual; autism; disability; gold star asexual; intersectionality; pathologization; queer; race; sociology; theory
Min Joo LeeIntimacy Beyond Sex: Korean Television Dramas, Nonsexual Masculinities, and Transnational Erotic Desires2020asexual; erotics; fetishization; gender; intersectionality; k-drama; Korean; masculinity; nonsexual; romantic; whiteness
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
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
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
Wendy L. Morris, Stacey Sinclair, Bella M. DePauloNo Shelter for Singles: The Perceived Legitimacy of Marital Status Discrimination2007discrimination; law; marriage; quantitative methods; single
Ela PrzybyloSome Thoughts on Asexuality as an Interdisciplinary Method2013asexual; asexual reading/theory; compulsory sexuality; feminism; interdisciplinary; intimacy; pathologization; psychology; queer; sociology
Myra T. JohnsonAsexual and Autoerotic Women: Two Invisible Groups1977asexual; celibacy; feminism; masturbation; pathologization; religion; reproduction; sexual liberation; virginity
Hannah Tessler, Canton WinerSexuality, Romantic Orientation, and Masculinity: Men as Underrepresented in Asexual and Aromantic Communities2023amatonormativity; aromantic; aromantic spectrum; asexual; community; compulsory sexuality; gender; love; masculinity; patriarchy; relationships; single