Did you know? The colour green was originally chosen for the aromanticism flag since it's the opposite of red on a colour wheel. (And red is the colour most commonly associated with romantic love.)

Scan from an 1976 article in an gay magazine which discusses asexuality in some depth [1]. It's interesting to see how the Asexual Manifesto has echoed through time up to the present day. #asexualhistory

[1]: Turner, Greg (1976). Sexual identity. Gay Liberator, issue 48, 1976, p. 6.

Had this – er, well-fed –squirrel eyeing up my spreadsheets today. Wonder if it thinks they’ll help it keep track of its acorns.

This picture is an excerpt of a letter [1] written to Heresies magazine which appeared in a 1981 issue. In response to an article focusing on marginalised sexualities the author remarked "I also felt a bit left out [but] it's hard for me to believe that there are no others who share my situation".

This picture is an excerpt from a 1980 research paper and depicts one of the earliest scientific models of asexuality. [1]

[1]: Storms, Michael D. (1980). Theories of sexual orientation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 38 (5): 783–792. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.38.5.783.