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Labels must be allowed to die

Posted on July 10, 2019 by

On Glossaries Have you ever seen one of those asexual or aromantic glossaries?  If not, I have many examples in the footnotes!1  These glossaries often serve as repositories for all the identity terms that one person or another has advocated … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Demisexual, Language, sex-favorable | 15 Comments

The Asexual Agenda is open to contributors

Posted on July 7, 2019 by

Longtime readers know that the blog periodically accepts applications for new contributors.  We have decided to switch to a model where applications are accepted all year round.  If you are interested in applying, please see our “Write for us” page, … Continue reading →

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The Biology Definition of Asexuality May Have More Impact on the Sexual Orientation Than We Think

Posted on June 25, 2019 by

For a long time I assumed there was a chasm between asexuality as a scientific term and as a sexual orientation identity; the words were separate and the gap between them unbreachable. Asexuality meant one thing in biology textbooks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual identity, asexual politics, Language, personal experience, sex-favorable | Tagged | 9 Comments

Reject alcohol sponsorship

Posted on June 7, 2019 by

Recently, Budweiser UK announced its “Fly the Flag” campaign, which aims to support LGBT+ diversity by highlighting nine specific groups. For each group, they’re offering money to an associated charity, and are releasing a limited edition cup with a flag … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual politics, Media | 17 Comments

When unimportant relationships are important

Posted on May 20, 2019 by

Recently, I wrote about my experience not forming close friendships. That’s not strictly speaking true–sometimes I do form some close friendships, but I tend to be uncommitted to them, and I often value friend networks over individual friendships. Now I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Modeling, Relationships | 1 Comment

I don’t make close friends

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

What is a friend? In ace communities, most of the time when we’re talking about friendships, it’s in order to differentiate it from other kinds of relationships, such as romantic or queerplatonic relationships. Of course, this puts a strong emphasis … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, personal experience, Relationships | 10 Comments

Terrible graphs of orientation

Posted on April 30, 2019 by

It used to be one of distinctive features of ace communities, that we really liked drawing graphs. Oh so many graphs, more than I can include. The graphs were painful, and we liked the pain. It’s fallen out of fashion … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, History, Modeling | 24 Comments