AVEN Digest - 4th May 2015

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AVEN Digest - 4th May 2015

Site News:

A new round of nominations has begun for upcoming moderator elections: http://www.asexuality.org/en/forum-17/announcement-31-new-moderators-needed-nominations/

Visibility and Education:

A visibility event is being planned in Poland, and the organisers are looking for assistance: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117955-b-c-educational-event-in-warsaw-poland/

Asexuality-themed RPG Kingdom of Avenon has been completed: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/115106-making-asexual-video-games-finished-may-2/?p=1061202727

An asexuality panel discussion was recently held at the University of Washington: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117601-university-of-washington-panelists-discuss-ace-spectrum-identities/

The Asexuality Archive has posted a guide for parents of asexuals: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117610-asexuality-archive-a-parents-guide-to-asexuality/

An essay on asexuality has been shared with the AVEN community: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117886-research-paper-aven-visibility/

World Watch:

Everyday Feminism explores asexuality and aromanticism in a new video: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117600-everyday-feminism-asexuality-and-aromance-101/

An article on Role Reboot describes one woman's discovery of her asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117605-role-reboot-i-mistook-my-asexuality-for-sexual-purity/

The lala educates its readers about asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117690-the-lala-asexuality-what-the-world-needs-to-know/

York Vision interviews asexual election candidate George Norman: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117642-york-vision-parliament-doesnt-recognise-my-sexuality-britains-first-openly-asexual-candidate-george-norman-speaks-to-vision/

Sticking with the UK general election, the Green Party's LGBTIQ Manifesto contains specific reference to asexual rights: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117953-green-party-lgbtiq-manifesto/

The University of Sydney's BULL magazine discusses asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117835-university-of-sydney-totally-ace/

The Daily Xtra reports on Ottawa's new support group for those on the asexuality spectrum: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117834-daily-xtra-lets-talk-about-asexuality/

A selection of articles from The Times relating to asexuality has been compiled by ithaca: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/116673-article-citing-aven-07032015/?p=1061202653

Mic.com has published another article on asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117944-mic-6-actual-facts-about-what-it-really-means-to-be-asexual/

The author of the YourTango article on asexuality admits to being the asexual referred to in the interview: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117490-in-the-bruce-jenner-interview-when-diane-sawyer-asked-what-her-sexuality-is-she-said-for-now-she-will-consider-herself-asexual/?p=1061195095

Just Kidding News briefly mentions asexuality in a recent video: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/118069-just-kidding-news-asexual-reference/

A documentary looks at the experiences of asexuals at UC Davis: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/118088-the-ace-spectrum-purples-blacks-grays/

Community:

There is a new facebook group for Jewish asexuals: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/117890-new-facebook-group-jaces-jewish-asexuals-and-allies/

US meetups - New York City (NYU Aces and Aros discussion group, 7th May); Los Angeles (10th May)

UK and Ireland meetups - Gloucester, Dublin (9th May)

The full schedule for 2015 AVEN meetups can be found here.