asexuality

Asexuality and Disability Blog Carnival

nightengalesknd wrote in asexuality Oct 28, 2013 20:54

On October 31, there will be a blog carnival on Disability and Asexuality hosted over at the blog Yes, That Too They are taking submissions.

I am merely signal boosting, not in any way connected with the blog carnival except in that I wrote a submission which is on my LJ here. Since my calculations suggest there are 500,000 asexual people with ( Read more... )

Interesting Stats From Japan

bart_calendar wrote in asexuality Oct 20, 2013 13:31

A survey earlier this year by the Japan Family Planning Association (JFPA) found that 45% of women aged 16-24 "were not interested in or despised sexual contact". More than a quarter of men felt the same way.

Full story here.

Video collab project

swankivy wrote in asexuality Oct 13, 2013 13:15

Hi guys, just in case you're interested, A-Okay (a new-ish asexuality channel on YouTube) is taking submissions for a collaborative video to release on October 20th for Asexual Awareness Week.

Here is their YouTube collaboration page discussing what they want.

Their criteria and the six questions they want you to answer on video.I am not the ( Read more... )

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Asexuality in Dear Abby!

dbskyler wrote in asexuality Sep 16, 2013 08:35

Today's "Dear Abby" column includes a question from an ace college student, and a response that directs the student to AVEN! It's the third one down:

http://news.yahoo.com/condolences-old-friend-better-never-050013578.html

Radio interview on WNPR's Colin McEnroe show

swankivy wrote in asexuality Sep 09, 2013 18:29

I was on the Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR in Connecticut today. They did a spot on asexuality and I was one of four guests:

Kathy Way (asexual resident who lived locally and inspired the topic)
David Jay (founder of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network)
Anthony Bogaert (author of Understanding Asexuality and psychology professor)
ME!

You can ( Read more... )

Scientific research on prejudice against Asexuals

cheriola wrote in asexuality Aug 30, 2013 17:05

I came across this little article about some proper research being conducted about (American?) society's ace-phobia and possible psychological reasons for it. Just in case you need ammunition against the whole "asexuals aren't discriminated against like other queer groups are" nonsense.

Relatedly, the team of The Asexual Agenda and Asexual Muslim ( Read more... )

Other people dating around you....

linwenolatari wrote in asexuality Aug 16, 2013 22:57

Ok, so these past few days have been pretty rough for me, so I might be being overly sensitive, but I got to thinking about a few things? I hope I don't come off as whiny ( Read more... )

Odd question

fayanora wrote in asexuality Jul 12, 2013 18:46

First off, I'm demisexual. So I have some experience in the ace community. Just not the experience I need to answer a question that came up yesterday. Which I will get to in a moment ( Read more... )

Second survey about asexuality-related terminology

pretzeliter wrote in asexuality Jul 04, 2013 18:07

Hi everyone ( Read more... )

HuffPost Live interview

swankivy wrote in asexuality Jun 28, 2013 14:04

HuffPost Live did an interview with us:

Asexual Pride!

Interview hosted by Ricky Camilerri, including sex researcher Lori Brotto, journalist Dominique Mosbergen, and asexual activists David Jay, Micah R., and me. (I think it's kinda funny that I used my legal name since it was also quoted in the related article Dominique wrote, but people do tend ( Read more... )