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
Alok Vaid-MenonWhat's R(ace) Got To Do With It?: White Privilege & (A)sexuality2014asexual; asexual reading/theory; colonialism; gender; history; identity; intersectionality; masculinity; narrative; political theory; politics; privilege; queer; race; South Asian; trauma; whiteness
Kristin S. ScherrerWhat Asexuality Contributes to the Same-Sex Marriage Discussion2010amatonormativity; feminism; gatekeeping; intimacy; LGBTQ; marriage; nonmonogamy; queer; single; trans; whiteness
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
Benjamin Marks"Sick, Dead, or Lying": A critical textual analysis of asexuality in popular culture2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; community; compulsory sexuality; dehumanization; disability; identity; infantilization; LGBTQ; media; online community; pathologization; queer; race; representation; TV; whiteness
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. MolletAsexuality & Asexuality Studies2021asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; definitions; demisexuality; gender; gray-asexuality; identity; online community; race; representation; split attraction; 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
Amanda L. Mollet, Brian LackmanAsexual Student Invisibility and Erasure in Higher Education: 'I Thought I Was the Only One'2020allosexual; asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; coming out; community-building; dehumanization; gender fluidity; identity; LGBTQ; narrative; nonbinary; online community; qualitative methods; queer; race; romantic; split attraction; trans; whiteness
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
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
Sherronda J. BrownBlack folks don't need a nuclear family to be legitimate2020aphobia; aromantic; Black; marriage; politics; queer; romantic; whiteness
IlyA Place of Whiteness2011antiracism; AVEN; black conscious asexuality; Carnival of Aces; race
Sherronda J. BrownSex is not what makes us human2020asexual; Black; dehumanization; race; sex; whiteness
Raquel ReichardHow Latina 'Spicy and Sexy' Stereotypes Hurt Asexual Latinas2015abuse; asexual; corrective assault; discrimination; gatekeeping; identity; Latinx; race; sexual violence; stereotypes; whiteness
SiggyInterview with Ianna Hawkins Owen2013asexual; AVEN; Black; disability; discrimination; race; whiteness
ace-muslimAsexuality is not just a white identity (but would you know that from looking?)2012community; online community; queer; race; representation; White; whiteness
yingchen, yingtongAn aromantic manifesto'zine; aromantic; consent; counterpublics; heteronormativity; intimacy; liberalism; neoliberal; oppression; politics; privilege; queer; whiteness
Michael ParamoExamining the Whiteness of the Ace Community2018asexual; Asian; Black; community; indigenous; Latinx; privilege; race; representation; self-identification; visibility; whiteness
Kristina GuptaGendering asexuality and asexualizing gender: A qualitative study exploring the intersections between gender and asexuality2018asexual; compulsory sexuality; femininity; gender; masculinity; qualitative methods; sex; trans; transgender; trauma; whiteness
Angela ChenWhitewashed: Chapter from Ace2020asexual; Asian; black conscious asexuality; Chinese; community; desexualization; gender; intersectionality; media; online community; race; representation; stereotypes; transgender; whiteness