Draw from the Deck

a centralized source for keeping up with recent ideas, ongoing discussions, and unfolding events in the ace community

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1/15-2/25

paradife-loft replied to a post about about aromanticism and asexuality in relation to nonmonogamy.

queerascat wrote a critical response to "keep Jughead asexual,” sparking a larger argument.  See a summary with links here.

christian-ace-nerd is launching a Christian ace place.  appalachian-ace posted criticism here and here, responded to by christian-ace-nerd.

Several aces discussed the implications of introducing asexual terminology to children.

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12/11-12/21

nextstepcake commented on a research article on asexual marginalization linked by muslim-ace.

rotten-zuchinis wrote about ace and asexual as umbrella terms.

rotten-zuchinis also posted about a draft of FDA guidelines for sexual desire drugs like flibanserin.  Note that the FDA is accepting feedback for a short time.

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11/30-12/10

vaspider’s comment on a post about nonromantic marriage led to a discussion between queerascat and minamina0013 here and here.

Parts of demisexuality.org are being translated into languages besides English.

chrysocollatown, nextstepcake, godlessace, and aceadmiral discussed the identity-vs-experience conclusion to a research paper on asexuality here, here, and here.

JJ assessed the patterns and problems in news articles on asexual fantasies.

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11/3-11/30

Sennkestra posted an update about Addyi/flibanserin and a lawsuit against the company that makes it. 

swankivy summarized a trend in mixed relationship arguments [cw: rape culture].

Sara and Siggy discussed what they’re looking for in asexual fiction.

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10/6-10/12

Ace-Spec-Tacular announced their AAW scheduling.

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9/29-10/5

Sara argues that we need to accept sexual diversity, not that sex is “natural.”

The Asexual Agenda is looking for contributors.

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9/22-9/28

Ace Radio is looking for special contributors.

aceadmiral wrote about gender and ace representation in fiction.

redbeardace is considered starting a blog for aces about masturbation and sex toys.  More discussion here. Asexual Activities, the result of those conversations, launched.

The Spring 2017 Asexual Scholarship is accepting applications.

swankivy wrote about how you shouldn’t assume that your relationship will have a required amount of sex without negotiating with your partner.

A-Spec-Chatular is a new Discord server for a-spec people.

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9/15-9/21

luvtheheaven is trying to get a better understanding of what typical heterosexuality really is.

ACEs, a Spanish association for the rights of asexual people, is looking for volunteers.

D.C. wrote about bad experiences dating in university.

redbeardace and nextstepcake talked about sex toy use by aces.  An anon chimed in.  Sennkestra (nextstepcake) started a thread about sex toys on her blog.

redbeardace reminds you that you’re not alone.

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9/1-9/7

Sennkestra wrote about first clues about her identity.

The Aces in the Church zine has been released.

Aces and aros are wanted for the 2017 Creating Change Conference.

Sciatrix has started an asexual community on Imzy.

Siggy wrote about analyzing the data on sexual assault for the Asexual Census.

Coyote offered some guidelines on how to support people who aren’t willing to label their experiences as sexual violence.

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8/25-8/31

Siggy compared atheist and asexual identity labels.

Sara has a theory about why asexuality emerged in the Millennials’ Generation.

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8/18-8/24

Ace Toronto is looking for help planning an ace and/or arospec (un)conference in Toronto in fall of 2016.

Nico wrote about asexual representation on BoJack Horseman.

historicallyace offered a history of words to describe people who are not asexual.

captainheartless wrote about value theory and love.

Sara wrote about what she got out of Everywhere House as an ace aro reader.

Jo wrote about the spectrum of sexuality.

AVEN has been incorporated as a not-for-profit NGO.

The Fall 2016 Asexual Scholarship winner was announced.

Some research studies are looking for participants and/or feedback.  More details: here, here, here, and here.

jamie, an aromantic and asexual zine, is looking for submissions.

phynali wrote about evidence in The Discourse.  nextstepcake offered some more information on the Group X study.

There was a discussion of ace history books and Boston Marriages.

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8/4-8/17

historicallyace offered a history of demi and grey terminology.

godlessace wrote about the “coined in a rp forum” myth.  nextstepcake offered a linguistic perspective.

acedialectic shared some clarifying points on David Jay, with an addition from nonbinarydeadpool.

twoplasticheartsnowheretorun disagrees with the idea that ace identities are inherently harmful to young lgbq people.  biacesolidarity writes about how ace/aro communities helped them come to terms with being bi.

The Unburied Fables Anthology is looking for submissions.

Lauren Jankowski will be teaching a Writing the Other Master Class in the fall.

killerbee13 wrote about sex-revulsion.

Asexual India launched.

Queenie wrote about attending New World Magischola as an ace.

There was some objection to the #actuallyasexual tag on the grounds that it is ableist.  Rebuttals here, here, and here, with more commentary here.

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7/27-8/3

A research project being run by an undergraduate at University of Glasgow is looking for participants.

killerbee13 wrote about sex and aromantic identity.

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7/14-7/20

Coyote wrote about preemptive vs. concurrent + reflective consent.

Talia wrote about autochorissexualism and sex-favorable asexuality.

Coyote wrote about discrete divisions in identities.

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7/7-7/13

The June Carnival of Aces on “Resiliency” was posted.  The July Carnival of Aces’ theme is “Make ‘Em Laugh.”

Resources for Ace Survivors has released a Spanish version of their info sheet for health professionals.

Chrysocolla Town created a new page for Spanish-language resources about asexuality for health professionals, and posted about what Chilean health professionals have said about asexuality (in Spanish).

Creative Ace Publishing is expanding.

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7/1-7/6

Asexual Awareness Week will be held October 23-29 this year.

demigray needs moderators for the Demisexuality Resource Center forums.

Sara compared non-mono communities in the 19th and 21st centuries.

Elizabeth reminds people not to link to pieces written by ace survivors and mentally ill aces during arguments.

redbeardace is writing a guide for people who suspect a partner, child, spouse, or friend might be ace, and wants input.

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6/24-6/30

killerbee13 doesn’t think we should define asexuality as a lack of sexual desire.

Sara wrote about ties between 19th century non-mono groups.

Asexual Artists is calling for interviewees.

Aces in the Church, a zine on asexuality and experiences with Christianity, is looking for submissions.

Coyote wrote about strategies for defining QPPs.