“Preference” may perpetuate a violent cycle of the subjugation, murder, and neglect of lives and bodies outside of those who have been privileged to be coded as “normal” due to capitalism.
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Transphobia is a White Supremacist Legacy of Colonialism
When one assumes cisgender and heterosexual existence to be ‘normal,’ their actions and words based on this belief directly serve the agendas of European colonizers.
Creating Ace Space in the Media
We should not be bombarded with messaging that tells us that we are missing a prerequisite to fulfillment and life satisfaction, and that there is something defunct within us.
Speaking Sex: Asexual Perspectives on the Language of Sexuality
All this and more occurs in the very moment I negotiate with the culture and structure that defines my absence-identity – in sex.
Asexual Community Participation: How Often? Why? Why not?
Brian Fink, PhD examines asexual community participation and identifies the reasons why asexuals do or do not participate in communities, both online and offline.
Space for Aces: Finding a Home in a Sexual World
Asexual is one such label which has met with misrepresentations — perpetuated in medicine, the law, and popular media — due to both the lack of a strict definition and a pervasive “sexual assumption.”
Beyond Sex: The Multi-Layered Model of Attraction
Coming of age, I knew I was gay. But, something always felt... different.
Racing Ace: Asexuality, Race, and Social Justice
Understand that an asexual movement must address the nuances of racialized sexuality before being able to argue for an identity-based asexuality.
On the concept of Queer Asexuality
…as ace people we may not possess the ability to simply label ourselves as queer, because of the erasure of asexuality within queer spaces…
Considering Intersectionality and (De)Sexualizing Asexual Bodies
For the asexual whose body is inherently sexualized, they may be deemed to be too inherently sexual to be asexual, directly conflicting with their ability to claim and have access to the identity of asexuality on a societal level.
Asexual Insight on the Male Homoerotic Body
Gay and queer asexual masculinities could challenge erotic bodily regimes but at the same time exist precariously within them.
