AVEN Digest - 15th June 2015

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AVEN Digest - 15th June 2015

Site News:

Nominations are being taken for the position of Dedicated Research Contact on the Project Team: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120306-new-project-team-member-needed-nominations/

Eligibility criteria for AVEN elections have been updated. The new policy relates to members returning to the site after a ban: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120591-new-elections-policy-regarding-previously-banned-members/

North American Asexuality Conference:

The North American Asexuality Conference takes place in Toronto on the weekend of the 20th-21st June: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/108773-the-2015-north-american-asexuality-conference/

Asexual people of colour are needed for a panel discussion at the conference on Saturday 20th: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/108773-the-2015-north-american-asexuality-conference/?p=1061265337

Visibility and Education:

A Swedish documentary on asexuality, created for a school project, has been posted on YouTube: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120480-finished-documentary-project/

World Watch:

The Huffington Post's Young Voices section has included a piece by a demiromantic asexual in a series for Pride month about coming out: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120213-heres-what-it-means-to-be-a-demi-romantic-asexual-agender-teen/

A blogger on the Muslim section of faith site patheos writes about squishes: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120234-squishes-and-a-journey-of-learning-and-unlearning/

Spanish site Provincia discusses asexuality and social media: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120252-el-movimiento-asexual-llega-a-twitter-instagram-y-tumblr-translation-ive-provided/

Dear Prudence answers a letter from a woman married to an asexual man: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120254-dear-prudence-q-a-columnist/

Qué! explains how to tell if you're asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120253-10-claves-para-detectar-si-eres-asexual-rough-translation-ive-provided/

Verdict ponders the possibility of platonic marriages: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120295-verdict-justice-alito-asks-whether-non-romantic-couples-should-have-the-right-to-marry-absurd-question/

This month's Carnival of Aces blogging event is about mental health. Notes of an Asexual Muslim has recently posted about this topic: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120317-notes-of-an-asexual-muslim-coming-out-of-hiding-how-isolation-erasure-and-invalidation-over-asexuality-have-affected-my-mental-health/

Notes of an Asexual Muslim also discusses marriage: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120405-notes-of-an-asexual-muslim-islam-patriarchy-and-the-recalcitrant-asexual-wife/

Love, InshAllah has a new asexuality-themed blog post: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120318-love-inshallah-the-boyfriend-that-wasnt-and-other-tales-of-an-asexual-girlhood/

The Poets' Sceneries blog discusses asexual erasure from the point of view of a grey asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120320-poets-sceneries-blog-grey-a-and-in-relationship-erasure-hurts/

CNN has published an article on asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120371-cnn-an-orientation-to-asexuality/

Tyler Ford explains what it means to be asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120431-mtv-how-can-i-help-my-friend-through-their-transition-tyler-ford-breaks-it-down/

The Academic Minute looks at the work of Anthony Bogaert: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120425-the-academic-minute-anthony-bogaert-brock-university-asexuality-studies/

Bustle tells us 10 things about asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120394-am-i-asexual-10-things-you-dont-but-should-know-about-asexuality-because-its-not-all-about-sex/

Living in a Sexual Minority details one woman's realisation of her asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120520-kimberley-tough-living-in-a-sexual-minority/

Frankfurter Rundschau has published an article on asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120544-frankfurter-rundschau-liebe-ohne-sex/

Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian recommends books with asexual representation to a reader: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/119521-articles-on-asexuality-in-fiction/?p=1061274441

Community:

Canadian meetup - Kitchener (20th June)

UK meetups - Bristol, Newcastle (20th June)

US meetups - Syracuse (NY, Pride parade, 20th June); Los Angeles (21st June)

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