June 2012
43 posts
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May 2012
30 posts
(A)sexual documentary on YouTube
redbeardace:
I’d like to point out that although the documentary appears to be on YouTube a week early, that’s because someone pirated it.
Which, of course, is so not cool. It wasn’t made by some multi-billion dollar mega-corp who’s out to gouge you for every penny they can, after all.
So I’m not watching it yet. I’m waiting until it is officially and legitimately released next week and I...
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"Which implies that sexual allosaurs (or whatever...
greenchestnuts:
nextstepcake:
blackdogrunning:
moarhelenplz:
Let me just record my amusement that now that we have alternative terms for “sexual”, these people are mocking us for them.
Bwejshskjfhkjdshfklsdg.
Welp
y’know, as someone mentioned, I think I could get behind “allosaurus sex” as a new alternative :P
No no no. Not allosaurs. Tyrannosaurus sex!
nah, that one’s...
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so, any asexy tumblr homestucks....
did anyone else see that last update as uu just commissioning the best asexual porn ever? Handholding, poetry, no “copping feels” or anything–they even had cake ;D
moarhelenplz:
duskandshiverrrr replied to your post: “Which implies that sexual allosaurs (or whatever term the tumblr aces are using now) …”
I’m going to refer to “sexuals” as allosaurus sex from now on.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
"Which implies that sexual allosaurs (or whatever...
blackdogrunning:
moarhelenplz:
Let me just record my amusement that now that we have alternative terms for “sexual”, these people are mocking us for them.
Bwejshskjfhkjdshfklsdg.
Welp
y’know, as someone mentioned, I think I could get behind “allosaurus sex” as a new alternative :P
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AVEN Worldpride T-shirt design contest! →
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New Study: Bogaert: Asexuality and... →
see also the AVEN discussion here: http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?/topic/74569-autochorissexualism/
It’s very short - barely two pages - and at this level is mostly just suggesting this as an interesting topic for more exploration, but it’s still rather interesting.
Abstract:
I present evidence that target-oriented paraphilias may occur in some who report no sexual...
AVEN Worldpride T-Shirt Design Contest
signal boost! (and yes, I will be spamming this all week…)
avenpt:
Have you ever wanted to get more involved in asexual visibility efforts? Ever wanted to have something you designed be seen by thousands of admiring eyes? Well, we’re currently looking for creatively-minded individuals to submit t-shirt design ideas for the upcoming WorldPride march in London this summer! The results will...
Queer =/= LGB(t)
adecentworld:
If you’re going to describe some shared unified experience or some theoretical framework as to why asexuals aren’t queer, at least try to recognize one of the members you do typically include in the acronym.
That T?
Yeah, queerness isn’t just about sexuality or love or romance. The vast majority of the cissexism I’ve faced has nothing to do with my asexuality, my aromanticism, or...
AVEN Worldpride T-Shirt Design Contest
avenpt:
Have you ever wanted to get more involved in asexual visibility efforts? Ever wanted to have something you designed be seen by thousands of admiring eyes? Well, we’re currently looking for creatively-minded individuals to submit t-shirt design ideas for the upcoming WorldPride march in London this summer! The results will be worn with pride by a contingent of aces and allies from all...
purple-power-ranger:
There is significant debate over whether asexuality is a sexual orientation or not. It is most comparable to hypoactive sexual desire disorder(HSDD), in the sense that both imply a general lack of sexual attraction to anyone, but asexuality is generally not considered a disorder (such asanorgasmia, anhedonia, etc.) or a sexual dysfunction because asexuality does not...
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Judgement Free Health Care Providers →
neutrois:
Judgment Free Health Care Provider Directory is a compiled listing of health care providers willing and able to provide quality, culturally competent care to gender and sexual minorities.
Wow. Truly Awesome.
ooh, this actually looks interesting. And they even have a section for asexuality/demisexuality! Although it’s still rather sparse at the moment.
So, followers - anyone...
FACT: Every time someone tells an asexual person...
southpawscopic:
shiyiya:
SWEET. That makes EVERYTHING BETTER. Komodo dragons are AWESOME.
Asexuality and WORLD PRIDE!
nethenclawpuff:
Okay, so it’s World Pride this year, and I don’t know if any of you are going (you’re all welcome) the main organising of it is going on at AVEN and a group of us on Skype. I’m doing the placard stuff though there’s other fun stuff going on too.
As such, there’s two threads going on at AVEN that I’m asking for help with.
If you’re a member I’d love any aces or graces to...
Asexual awakening - new article from the Sydney... →
greenchestnuts:
nextstepcake:
Overall, a pretty decent article, although it does follow most of the usual “asexuality exists” tropes (with the sexless dolls, depressed looking couple, and nay-saying therapist who has probably never done any research on asexuality, etc.). But yeah, overall, it’s not bad at all.
also, that first person interviewed is me, so….yeah….maybe I’m a bit biased. But...
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Asexual awakening - new article from the Sydney... →
Overall, a pretty decent article, although it does follow most of the usual “asexuality exists” tropes (with the sexless dolls, depressed looking couple, and nay-saying therapist who has probably never done any research on asexuality, etc.). But yeah, overall, it’s not bad at all.
also, that first person interviewed is me, so….yeah….maybe I’m a bit biased. But...
vladdraculea:
vladdraculea:
hiddenjumprope:
metapianycist:
New Movie Trailer About ‘Asexual’ Character — The Olivia Experiment
ace-reporter:
Am I the only person who thinks the premise of the movie would be incredibly offensive if the main character was Gay or Lesbian?
Nope, you’re not the only person.
The asexual support group struck me as being really odd, for being called an...
LGBTQ connections →
littlepaperfrogs:
So, what exactly do we do?
The basic idea of LGBTQconnections is to provide people in need of a support with those willing to give it. Each person will individually be asigned a mentor who will provide them with support/information/whatever they might need from then on. Once assigned the mentor will immediately get in touch with their mentee.
Here’s how to get started: To...
allosexism
andifimflyingsolo:
harmonioussanctity:
lunasspecto:
Allosexism, therefore, refers to an ideology privileging people who are sexually attracted to other people, and prejudices arising from that ideology.
So without touching the rest of this, I’m just going to come right out and ask, exactly how are homosexual people sexually privileged? Before you can even begin to bandy about allosexism,...
Boston/NYC aces - looking for interviews about...
avenpt:
Journalist Sarah Mirk is looking for asexuals to interview about their thoughts and experiences with relationships for a book on nontraditional relationships. She will be in NYC from May 5th through 17th and Boston from the 19th through 22nd, and can also conduct interviews by Skype. Anyone who is interested should contact Sarah Mirk at mirk.sarah@gmail.com
Hi AVEN team! I am a...
AVEN Project Team: Boston/NYC aces - looking for... →
avenpt:
Journalist Sarah Mirk is looking for asexuals to interview about their thoughts and experiences with relationships for a book on nontraditional relationships. She will be in NYC from May 5th through 17th and Boston from the 19th through 22nd, and can also conduct interviews by Skype. Anyone who…
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I like the word allosexism
cupcakemichi:
nextstepcake:
cupcakemichi:
And I’m pretty sure it makes sense.
I think I’ll keep using it.
Allosexism (n) - The attitude or bias that favours sexual people and relationships.
EDIT: Looks like at least one other person is already using it! :3 Make it two! :D
I’ve definitely hear it come up before, around the time that allosexual was becoming popular (which, for the...
idontwearties:
synergiclove:
idontwearties:
hiddenjumprope:
Wooooooow AVEN
After much deliberation the Admod Team has decided not to go ahead with an aromantic forum due to the fact that we do not want to seem like we are making one romantic orientation appear to be more important than any other. We encourage the aromantics in AVEN to make threads in the various forums as they see fit.
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I like the word allosexism
cupcakemichi:
And I’m pretty sure it makes sense.
I think I’ll keep using it.
Allosexism (n) - The attitude or bias that favours sexual people and relationships.
EDIT: Looks like at least one other person is already using it! :3 Make it two! :D
I’ve definitely hear it come up before, around the time that allosexual was becoming popular (which, for the record, is so far my favorite of...
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Internalized Homophobia and LGB Aces
greenchestnuts:
I’m talking to someone about the Trevor Project’s treatment of asexuals (among other things), and she asked, “In terms of harm reduction for the greatest number of people does it do any significant harm for legitimately asexual LGB people to have the possibility of internalized homophobia be brought up (cuz I know it does a whole hell of a lot of harm to repressed LGB people for...