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
LascielMy Ace Realization and Coming Out to the World2011Carnival of Aces; coming out
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
Essi VirtanenThe Representation of Queer Identities in Terry Pratchett's Discworld2022amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; fiction; gender; identity; literary analysis/theory; literature; marriage; nonbinary; queer; queer theory; representation; romantic; virginity
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
Elijah G. StuckiCompulsory Sexuality and Amatonormativity in Higher Education: A Photovoice Study with Asexual and Aromantic Students2019amatonormativity; aromantic; art; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; colonialism; coming out; community; community-building; compulsory sexuality; corrective assault; definitions; dehumanization; disability; gender; HSDD; identity; intersectionality; kinship; LGBTQ; mental illness; nonbinary; otherness; pathologization; queer; race; romantic; sexual violence; social construct; trans
Kaiya Jacob, Ela PrzybyloThe Erotic Worldmaking of Asexual and Aromantic Zines2021'zine; antiracism; archives; aromantic; art; asexual; comics; community; community-building; compulsory sexuality; erotics; fiction; intersectionality; media; queer; visibility; world building
Margaret Rose McDowellAgainst Compulsory Sexuality: Asexual Figures of Resistance2022allosexual; archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; Black; Boston Marriage; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; dehumanization; erotics; feminism; gender; intimacy; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; politics; pop culture; queer theory; race; reproductive futurity; sexual liberation; sexusociety; single; TV; world building
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
Lorca Jolene SloanAce of (BDSM) clubs: Building asexual relationships through BDSM practice2015asexual; BDSM; fantasies; identity; kink; qualitative methods
Scott McLellanAsexual Non-representationalism and Reactive Sexual Sovereignty2015asexual; asexual reading/theory; colonialism; community; community-building; corrective assault; intersectionality; political theory; queer theory; representation; sovereignty
trivialknotLGBTA: Building offline spaces2011asexual; AVEN; Carnival of Aces; community
Kristina GuptaAsexuality and Disability: Mutual Negation in Adams v. Rice and New Directions for Coalition Building2014asexual; crip; definitions; desexualization; disability; disability theory/studies; discrimination; identity; intersectionality; law; pathologization; political theory; politics
NeirA Carnival of Aros – The Relationship Between the Aro and Ace Communities2019aromantic; aromantic spectrum; asexual; Carnival of Aros; community; community-building; intersectionality
BriarImagine A World Without Amatonormativity2019amatonormativity; aromantic; BDSM; Carnival of Aros; polyamory
MagniA World Without Amatonormativity (Carnival of Aros, June 2019)2019amatonormativity; aromantic; Carnival of Aros; film; marriage
SoulRiserWould a tribe of antisocial hermits work?2019aromantic; Carnival of Aros; community; community-building; relationships
Sara JakšaCarnival of Aros June 2023: Being aromantic in an allonormative world: Calling for more diverse media representation2023allonormativity; amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; Carnival of Aros; media; representation; Tumblr
Nothing RadicalManaging Expectations in an Allonormative World2023allonormativity; alloromantic; amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; Carnival of Aros; friendship; platonic; relationships; Tumblr
DJ DJAsex Notes From A Sex Party2011asexual; asexual continuum; community; community-building; consent; sex; sexual