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Question of the Week: June 16, 2015

Posted on June 16, 2015 by ascen

With the year finally closed for most college students, and high schools now letting out, it seems that summer is finally in full swing; I’m looking forward to spending mine in a new city, and I’m going to be spending … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: June 2nd, 2015

Posted on June 2, 2015 by ascen

What’s the next step in the push for full LGBT rights? This is an interesting topic of conversation among some of my friends of the queer persuasion, and seems to stimulate a good bit of controversy. Obviously some major strides … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: May 13th, 2015

Posted on May 13, 2015 by ascen

Hey, first of all, sorry about my absence and missing a week or two on the Question of the Week; finals hit me pretty hard and I left a few things untended. I’m totally done now, so things will be … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: March 24, 2015

Posted on March 24, 2015 by ascen

I’m very excited– being a newly minted voter within the last year, I will be able to participate in the 2016 US presidential election; my very first one! Also notable are the British elections coming up in May 2015, as … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: March 10, 2015

Posted on March 10, 2015 by ascen

Has anyone read any literature substantively discussing asexuality, scientific or otherwise? I’m afraid I don’t know of much, but I realize I have read almost none of it; would you recommend The Invisible Orientation or perhaps Bogaert’s Understanding Asexuality? Are there any other … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: February 24th, 2015

Posted on February 24, 2015 by ascen

I spend a lot of my time with a group of assorted queer friends, who have a pretty wide range of opinions and have interesting takes on some everyday issues some take for granted. A recent point of contention was … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: February 10th, 2015

Posted on February 10, 2015 by ascen

What’s your position on forced outing, specifically of people in positions of power? Before you react aggressively, as I did when I was first asked this question, let me qualify it: there have been a number of politicians and other public … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: January 28, 2015

Posted on January 28, 2015 by ascen

What’s your favorite general LGBT-related piece of fiction? Having this discussion with my friends, we realized we could name only a few– in general, queer characters in literature or cinema seem to follow a few really overdone, railroaded tropes, and … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: January 13, 2015

Posted on January 14, 2015 by ascen

Ascen is a reader who volunteered to help us with the Question of the Week.  Please welcome them and enjoy the discussion. –Siggy How do you think formulaic novels/stories with forced romances affect the asexual community? Or, maybe, how do … Continue reading →

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