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friendship

How We Cultivate Intimacy in Our Aroace Friend Group

What would be the shape of our lives if we prioritised each other?

Priyanka —

Jul 29, 2025

asexuality

you need help

"Recently, we've been flirting a lot, and my romantic feelings for her have returned."

dating

‘How Can I Talk to My Friend/Crush About Sexual Compatibility Without Being Weird?’

Does it make sense to suggest talking about how we feel about kissing/ cuddling/ sex-related stuff/etc.? And if so, what’s the best way to go about it respectfully and in…

Summer Tao —

Nov 19, 2024

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first person

Play Parties Let Me Explore My Asexuality

Maybe I didn’t always know I was ace, but I can’t say there weren’t signs.

Abbie —

Sep 11, 2024

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asexuality

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identity

Celebrating Asexuality’s Glorious Queerness This Ace Week

Even while it is a great time to be ace, anti-ace rhetoric continues to circulate in queer communities.

Ela Przybylo —

Oct 22, 2023

asexuality

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tv feature

The Subtle Aroace Gaze of “Heartstopper” Season Two

Throughout the show, we see Isaac’s journey as someone who is aroace.

Ela Przybylo —

Aug 18, 2023

asexuality

reproductive health

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first person

My Hysterectomy and Early Menopause Reshaped My Sexuality — So My Queerness Found New Spaces to Inhabit

Where once my sexuality flourished in the spaces of the unknown, it is now content to be still.

Juniper Fitzgerald —

Mar 6, 2023

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Ace by Angela Chen, Soft on Soft by Em Ali, Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland, How to be Ace by Rebecca Burgess, The Art of Saving the World by Corinne Duyvis, From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey, Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve, and Forward March by Skye Quinlan

quizzes

Quiz: Which Sapphic Asexual Book Should You Read This Ace Week?

It’s Ace Week! Answer a few simple questions, and I will recommend a sapphic asexual book for you to read!

Casey —

Oct 23, 2022

asexuality

masturbation

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first person

I’m Asexual and I Prefer to Have Sex With Myself

I finally realized that it is completely possible to be asexual, experience some sexual attraction and enjoy sex — even if you’re only having sex with yourself.

Latonya —

Sep 5, 2022

also.also.also

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society + culture

Also.Also.Also: In News Surprising Zero Asexuals, Many Asexuals Do In Fact Masturbate

Living in messy clutter is what’s in for fall, reflecting on Serena Williams’ last tournament and the legacy of a GOAT, and for the love of God, please stop asking…

Carmen Phillips —

Aug 30, 2022

asexuality

masculine of center

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dating

Your Assumptions About Black, Queer Masculinity Are Erasing My Asexual Identity

As a black, masc, asexual person, I am continually sought out for my assumed hypersexuality. When people don’t get that from me, they automatically assume a flaw, forgetting there are other…

Timinepre Cole —

Apr 7, 2022

asexuality

non-binary

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first person

Coming to Terms With My Asexuality as a Black, Non-Binary Lesbian

Society can make us feel like we’re flawed or like our relationships aren’t as valid because we’re not having as much sex as we’re “supposed to.”

Ashleigh-Rae Thomas —

Oct 4, 2021

AAPI Heritage Month

asexuality

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identity

How Tam Found Empowerment in the Closet

What are you to do when you are a Vietnamese asexual and aromantic woman who grew up in white, cishet, francophone-dominated Montreal in the 1980s and 1990s?

Diamond Yao —

May 17, 2021