Asexuality
Resources
From books, to videos, to websites, and more—everything you need to continue your reeducation on your own.
Books
Non Fiction
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen (Bookshop)
The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker (Bookshop)
Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives edited by Karli June Cerankowski and Megan Milks (Bookshop)
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown (Bookshop)
Ace Voices: What It Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace by Eris Young (Bookshop)
Asexuality: A Brief Introduction by Asexuality Archive (Bookshop)
A Little Book of Ace by Clara Dehlin (Bookshop)
I am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life by Cody Daigle-Orians (Bookshop)
Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality by Ela Przybylo (Bookshop)
Ace Notes: Tips and Tricks on Existing in an Allo World by Michele Kirichanskaya (Bookshop)
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Fiction
Loveless by Alice Oseman (Bookshop)
Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee (Bookshop)
Upside Down by N.R. Walker (Bookshop)
Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (Bookshop)
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Bookshop)
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (Bookshop)
Soft on Soft by Mina Waheed (Bookshop)
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Graphic Novels/Comics
A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernández (Bookshop)
How to be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess (Bookshop)
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (Bookshop)
I Want to Be a Wall by Honami Shirono (Bookshop)
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Research Articles
A Test of the Investment Model Among Asexual Individuals: The Moderating Role of Attachment Orientation (2022) by Alexandra Brozowski et al. (Frontiers)
Asexual and Non-Asexual Respondents from a U.S. Population-Based Study of Sexual Minorities (2019) by Esther D. Rothblum et al. (Springer)
Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire (2008) by Kristin S. Scherrer (PubMed)
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Website Articles
Understanding Asexuality (The Trevor Project)
Explore the Spectrum: Guide to Finding Your Ace Community by Morgan Pasquier (GLAAD)
Understanding the Asexual Community (HRC Fundation)
Asexuality, Attraction, and Romantic Orientation (LGBT Center UNC - Chapel Hill)
Six Ways to Be an Ally to Asexual People by Leni Morris (Stonewall)
Asexuality: What it Means and What to Know by Jennifer Tzeses and Sara Faye Green (Psycom)
Being Asexual by Natasha McKeever and Luke Brunning (Aeon)
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Media
Videos
What is Asexuality? by Amaze Org (Youtube)
What Does It Mean to Be Asexual? by Psych2Go (Youtube)
Asexuality: My Story of Self-Exploration TEDxYouth@LAS by Chantal Kelly (Youtube)
5 Asexual People Explain What "Asexual" Means to Them by Tinder (Youtube)
4 Demisexual People Explain What "Demisexual" Means to Them by Tinder (Youtube)
Do All Asexuals Think the Same? by Jubilee (Youtube)
Asexual People Speak Out by DW Documentary (Youtube)
The Queer Erasure of Asexuality (A Discussion) by James Somerton (Youtube)
Asexual People Answer Questions You're Too Afraid to Ask by As/Is (Youtube)
Films
Straight Up (2020)
The Olivia Experiment (2012)
(A)sexual (2011)
Withnail and I (1987)
Podcasts
Sounds Fake But Okay
The Asexuality Podcast
A OK
The Ace Couple
The Asexual Cult, But a Podcast
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