Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network
@aroaceresearch.bsky.social
The interdisciplinary Aro/Ace Research Network brings together scholars across Europe working on aromanticism and asexuality.
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We are thrilled to introduce the Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network this #AceWeek! The network is based at @clsrleeds.bsky.social in the UK and brings together researchers who are working on #asexuality and #aromanticism.
🔗Find out more at aroaceresearch.com
🔗Find out more at aroaceresearch.com
Interesting read on the different (sometimes conflicting) functions of identity labels!
"Our process of meaning-making about our own experience is how we get to know ourselves... What works for an individual is what works. What matters is that the process produces self-understanding."
We go deep on identity labels in this one.
We go deep on identity labels in this one.
Identity labels, gatekeeping, and making our own meaning
I take a deep dive into the functions of identity labels and how we choose and use them.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Interesting read on the different (sometimes conflicting) functions of identity labels!
Introducing: Dr Silja Kukka
Silja is a researcher in Literature and Gender/Queer Studies at the University of Oulu, Finland, who works on #fanfiction and #asexuality.
Silja is a researcher in Literature and Gender/Queer Studies at the University of Oulu, Finland, who works on #fanfiction and #asexuality.
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Introducing: Dr Silja Kukka
Silja is a researcher in Literature and Gender/Queer Studies at the University of Oulu, Finland, who works on #fanfiction and #asexuality.
Silja is a researcher in Literature and Gender/Queer Studies at the University of Oulu, Finland, who works on #fanfiction and #asexuality.
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"When you are constantly bombarded by romance in everyday life, it can feel as if love as an asexual person is not good enough."
Exploring asexuality has allowed me to recognise all the love stories in my life and celebrate platonic love
Asexuality teaches us that we can, and should, celebrate platonic bonds in the ways usually reserved for romance
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"When you are constantly bombarded by romance in everyday life, it can feel as if love as an asexual person is not good enough."
Introducing: Rachel Bayer
@rachelbayer.bsky.social is a Geographer at University College Dublin, Ireland, working on asexualities and queer geographies, and compulsory sexuality.
@rachelbayer.bsky.social is a Geographer at University College Dublin, Ireland, working on asexualities and queer geographies, and compulsory sexuality.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Introducing: Rachel Bayer
@rachelbayer.bsky.social is a Geographer at University College Dublin, Ireland, working on asexualities and queer geographies, and compulsory sexuality.
@rachelbayer.bsky.social is a Geographer at University College Dublin, Ireland, working on asexualities and queer geographies, and compulsory sexuality.
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The Love Tank is co-producing the Queer Health Survey, the UK's first inclusive health survey of queer communities. Ace and Aro people are urged to take part, and you must be 18 or over and in the UK.
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The Love Tank is co-producing the Queer Health Survey, the UK's first inclusive health survey of queer communities. Ace and Aro people are urged to take part, and you must be 18 or over and in the UK.
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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This is a great read and an important one! Sharing in recognition of Soul Ace Day (February 13th) to help increase awareness and visibility for Black asexuals.
#Asexual #Ace #BlackAces #Asexuality #BlackSky #LGBTQIA #Queer #SoulAceDay #Sexuality
#Asexual #Ace #BlackAces #Asexuality #BlackSky #LGBTQIA #Queer #SoulAceDay #Sexuality
Soul Ace Day is a month away. Get to know the day’s creators.
Celebrating Black Ace Community... with the creators of Soul Ace Day
Marshall Blount, Alyshia Rodgers and Kimberly Butler created Soul Ace Day to uplift Black ace voices and experiences.
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 PM
This is a great read and an important one! Sharing in recognition of Soul Ace Day (February 13th) to help increase awareness and visibility for Black asexuals.
#Asexual #Ace #BlackAces #Asexuality #BlackSky #LGBTQIA #Queer #SoulAceDay #Sexuality
#Asexual #Ace #BlackAces #Asexuality #BlackSky #LGBTQIA #Queer #SoulAceDay #Sexuality
Join us to celebrate #Aromanticism Awareness Week and #QueerHistoryMonth in Leeds!
Date: Thursday 19th February 2026
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: The Bookish Type, Leeds
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Date: Thursday 19th February 2026
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: The Bookish Type, Leeds
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Shouldn’t It Be Loverly? The Aro/Ace Origins of My Fair Lady (An Aroma
The 1956 musical and 1964 film adaptation of My Fair Lady are among the most referenced love stories in modern media. At this event for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, Dr JT Welsch (University of Y...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Join us to celebrate #Aromanticism Awareness Week and #QueerHistoryMonth in Leeds!
Date: Thursday 19th February 2026
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: The Bookish Type, Leeds
thebookishtype.co.uk/products/sho...
Date: Thursday 19th February 2026
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: The Bookish Type, Leeds
thebookishtype.co.uk/products/sho...
Introducing: Dr Joe Jukes
@joejukes.bsky.social is a cultural geographer and queer theorist at Tampere University, Finland. They work on queer and film studies, platonic relations, ‚nonsexualities‘, emotion and affect, and geographies of sexualities.
@joejukes.bsky.social is a cultural geographer and queer theorist at Tampere University, Finland. They work on queer and film studies, platonic relations, ‚nonsexualities‘, emotion and affect, and geographies of sexualities.
January 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Introducing: Dr Joe Jukes
@joejukes.bsky.social is a cultural geographer and queer theorist at Tampere University, Finland. They work on queer and film studies, platonic relations, ‚nonsexualities‘, emotion and affect, and geographies of sexualities.
@joejukes.bsky.social is a cultural geographer and queer theorist at Tampere University, Finland. They work on queer and film studies, platonic relations, ‚nonsexualities‘, emotion and affect, and geographies of sexualities.
New publication out by Sven Walter and Kira aus dem Bruch that explores affective injustice through the ways Aces are „otherized“ by our culture of allonormativity - congrats! doi.org/10.1007s1140...
January 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
New publication out by Sven Walter and Kira aus dem Bruch that explores affective injustice through the ways Aces are „otherized“ by our culture of allonormativity - congrats! doi.org/10.1007s1140...
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I'm looking for male-identified (cisgender or transgender) asexual people who also identify as gay for an exploratory research project.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Gay Male Asexual Research Project
I am looking for male-identified individuals (cisgender and transgender men) who identify on the asexual spectrum and who identify as gay for an informal research project about the experience of gay m...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I'm looking for male-identified (cisgender or transgender) asexual people who also identify as gay for an exploratory research project.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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This conversation with aspec sex educator Aubri Lancaster @acesexeducation.bsky.social was a really enlightening one.
Deconstructing what intimacy and pleasure looks like... with Aubri Lancaster
In this One on One, I talk intimacy and pleasure with sexuality educator Aubri Lancaster.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This conversation with aspec sex educator Aubri Lancaster @acesexeducation.bsky.social was a really enlightening one.
Happy Holidays from the Aro/Ace Research Network! 🎄
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Happy Holidays from the Aro/Ace Research Network! 🎄
The holidays are a time for love, happiness, and our favourite cheesy #Christmasromcoms 🎄 But they often reinforce questionable ideas about #love and #relationships.
So should we stop watching them?
Find out here 👇
So should we stop watching them?
Find out here 👇
December 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The holidays are a time for love, happiness, and our favourite cheesy #Christmasromcoms 🎄 But they often reinforce questionable ideas about #love and #relationships.
So should we stop watching them?
Find out here 👇
So should we stop watching them?
Find out here 👇
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In a world where emerging sexualities are dismissed as “made up,” “online-only,” or “Western inventions,” seeing ace identities emerge across continents is a reminder of what so many asexual people already know:
Asexuality is everywhere.
Read more about the ace findings here:
Asexuality is everywhere.
Read more about the ace findings here:
New Research Shows Asexuality’s Global Footprint
Asexuality is everywhere
cantonwiner.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In a world where emerging sexualities are dismissed as “made up,” “online-only,” or “Western inventions,” seeing ace identities emerge across continents is a reminder of what so many asexual people already know:
Asexuality is everywhere.
Read more about the ace findings here:
Asexuality is everywhere.
Read more about the ace findings here:
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📅 January 5–7, 2026
📍 Victoria College
🎥 In person/livestreamed
What does it mean to do asexual history? This three-day conference bridges early modern studies and asexuality studies to explore compulsory sexuality, disability, race, and queer histories.
👉 More info crrs.ca/crrsevents/e...
📍 Victoria College
🎥 In person/livestreamed
What does it mean to do asexual history? This three-day conference bridges early modern studies and asexuality studies to explore compulsory sexuality, disability, race, and queer histories.
👉 More info crrs.ca/crrsevents/e...
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📅 January 5–7, 2026
📍 Victoria College
🎥 In person/livestreamed
What does it mean to do asexual history? This three-day conference bridges early modern studies and asexuality studies to explore compulsory sexuality, disability, race, and queer histories.
👉 More info crrs.ca/crrsevents/e...
📍 Victoria College
🎥 In person/livestreamed
What does it mean to do asexual history? This three-day conference bridges early modern studies and asexuality studies to explore compulsory sexuality, disability, race, and queer histories.
👉 More info crrs.ca/crrsevents/e...
Very interesting developments but sadly still no data on asexuality! 📊 The "other" category increased from 0.7% in 2019 to 1.1% in 2024 though. 📈
Christmas has come early for those interested in sexual orientation data! 🎅📊
The Office for National Statistics has just released new sexual orientation data from the 2024 Annual Population Survey – and the story is one where the proportion of queer people in the UK continues to grow! 🧵
The Office for National Statistics has just released new sexual orientation data from the 2024 Annual Population Survey – and the story is one where the proportion of queer people in the UK continues to grow! 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Very interesting developments but sadly still no data on asexuality! 📊 The "other" category increased from 0.7% in 2019 to 1.1% in 2024 though. 📈
Some of our network members attended the workshop “On Asexualities: Crossdisciplinary Perspectives” at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Berlin last weekend: laurin.tirpitz.me/event/acewor...
A huge thank you to Laurin Tirpitz and Ela Przybyło for organising such a fantastic event!
A huge thank you to Laurin Tirpitz and Ela Przybyło for organising such a fantastic event!
December 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Some of our network members attended the workshop “On Asexualities: Crossdisciplinary Perspectives” at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Berlin last weekend: laurin.tirpitz.me/event/acewor...
A huge thank you to Laurin Tirpitz and Ela Przybyło for organising such a fantastic event!
A huge thank you to Laurin Tirpitz and Ela Przybyło for organising such a fantastic event!
Read 10 oberservations from the On Asexualitues conference by @lukebrunning.bsky.social here 👇
Over the last two days I was at the On Asexualities conference in Berlin.
The aim of the meeting was to catalyse research and activism around asexuality and aromanticism.
Here are 10 observations from the event.
The aim of the meeting was to catalyse research and activism around asexuality and aromanticism.
Here are 10 observations from the event.
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Read 10 oberservations from the On Asexualitues conference by @lukebrunning.bsky.social here 👇
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Want to avoid reinforcing compulsory sexuality in your research? Catch up on asexualities and aromanticism research with Megan Carroll and Maya Wenzel in the newest ASA journal, Sex & Sexualities. #asexual
@mcsociology.bsky.social @acefeministmaya.bsky.social
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@mcsociology.bsky.social @acefeministmaya.bsky.social
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New Dimensions, New Directions: Asexualities and Aromanticism in the 21st Century - Megan Carroll, Maya Wenzel, 2025
This article offers an overview of the state of the field for asexualities and aromanticism and suggests new directions for research. Our goal is to inspire fem...
journals.sagepub.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Want to avoid reinforcing compulsory sexuality in your research? Catch up on asexualities and aromanticism research with Megan Carroll and Maya Wenzel in the newest ASA journal, Sex & Sexualities. #asexual
@mcsociology.bsky.social @acefeministmaya.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@mcsociology.bsky.social @acefeministmaya.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Introducing: T.N. Hutchinson
T.N. Hutchinson is a PhD researcher in Literary Studies at the University of York. They work on decadence studies, aestheticism, and Victorian/Edwardian literature.
T.N. Hutchinson is a PhD researcher in Literary Studies at the University of York. They work on decadence studies, aestheticism, and Victorian/Edwardian literature.
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Introducing: T.N. Hutchinson
T.N. Hutchinson is a PhD researcher in Literary Studies at the University of York. They work on decadence studies, aestheticism, and Victorian/Edwardian literature.
T.N. Hutchinson is a PhD researcher in Literary Studies at the University of York. They work on decadence studies, aestheticism, and Victorian/Edwardian literature.
The Diversity Reading List in Philosophy also has great general philosophy resources - go check them out!
@diversityread.bsky.social is an amazing project dedicated to diversifying and decolonising the philosophical canon.
@diversityread.bsky.social is an amazing project dedicated to diversifying and decolonising the philosophical canon.
Happy World Philosophy Day! 🧡
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Diversity Reading List in Philosophy also has great general philosophy resources - go check them out!
@diversityread.bsky.social is an amazing project dedicated to diversifying and decolonising the philosophical canon.
@diversityread.bsky.social is an amazing project dedicated to diversifying and decolonising the philosophical canon.
Not many philosophical texts engage with asexuality & aromanticism, but here are some philosophical publications by @lukebrunning.bsky.social and @nmckeever3.bsky.social:
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Not many philosophical texts engage with asexuality & aromanticism, but here are some philosophical publications by @lukebrunning.bsky.social and @nmckeever3.bsky.social:
Today is World Philosophy Day!
🧡💛🤍🩵💙
Here is why philosophers should care about the asexual and aromantic spectrum (aspec) 👇
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Here is why philosophers should care about the asexual and aromantic spectrum (aspec) 👇
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Today is World Philosophy Day!
🧡💛🤍🩵💙
Here is why philosophers should care about the asexual and aromantic spectrum (aspec) 👇
🧡💛🤍🩵💙
Here is why philosophers should care about the asexual and aromantic spectrum (aspec) 👇
Introducing: Dr Helena Esser
@helenaesser.bsky.social is an Independent Scholar in Germany. Her area of research is Victorian and neo-Victorian gender and popular culture, with specific publications on steampunk and Ouida.
@helenaesser.bsky.social is an Independent Scholar in Germany. Her area of research is Victorian and neo-Victorian gender and popular culture, with specific publications on steampunk and Ouida.
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Introducing: Dr Helena Esser
@helenaesser.bsky.social is an Independent Scholar in Germany. Her area of research is Victorian and neo-Victorian gender and popular culture, with specific publications on steampunk and Ouida.
@helenaesser.bsky.social is an Independent Scholar in Germany. Her area of research is Victorian and neo-Victorian gender and popular culture, with specific publications on steampunk and Ouida.
Introducing: Claudia Sterbini
@claudiasterbini.bsky.social is a PhD Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, working on the construction of stigmas of asexuality in nineteenth-century sexology and literature.
@claudiasterbini.bsky.social is a PhD Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, working on the construction of stigmas of asexuality in nineteenth-century sexology and literature.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Introducing: Claudia Sterbini
@claudiasterbini.bsky.social is a PhD Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, working on the construction of stigmas of asexuality in nineteenth-century sexology and literature.
@claudiasterbini.bsky.social is a PhD Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, working on the construction of stigmas of asexuality in nineteenth-century sexology and literature.