AVEN Digest - 29th June 2015

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AVEN Digest - 29th June 2015

Site News:

Steph has been elected to the Project Team: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121347-welcome-our-new-project-team-member/

Visibility and Education:

Asexuals recently took part in Pride marches across Italy: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121367-asexuality-and-prides-in-italy-d/

The dates of this year's Asexual Awareness Week have been confirmed as 19th-25th October: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121100-asexual-awareness-week-2015/

Session summaries for last week's North American Asexuality Conference are now available to view: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121289-naac2015-roundup-north-american-asexuality-conference-session-summaries/

creative-aces is looking for asexual artwork for a new book: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121067-looking-for-asexual-theme-art-work-to-be-featured-in-an-art-book/

Asexual spectrum individuals in education are eligible for a $500 (USD) scholarship: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121066-fall-2015-ace-scholarship-call-for-applications/

MAAPLE is currently studying the identification of asexual staff members at UK universities: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121065-maaple-the-invisible-orientation-in-uk-universities/

The Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy recently studied the experiences of asexual women: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121261-taylor-francis-stories-about-asexuality-a-qualitative-study-on-asexual-women/

World Watch:

A sex survey conducted by the Irish Times found that 1% of respondents identified as asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121396-irish-times-sex-survey/

The US nationwide health study PRIDE, aimed at LGBTQ individuals (including asexuals), is available to participate in via an iPhone app: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121182-nationwide-health-study/

The Rainbow Hub has a new article about understanding asexual relationships... http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121016-the-rainbow-hub-love-without-sex-understanding-asexual-relationships/

...and another on asexuality misconceptions: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121151-the-rainbow-hub-no-im-not-a-sponge-common-misconceptions-about-asexuality/

The Stranger also looks at misconceptions surrounding asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121070-so-you-reproduce-like-a-starfish-the-stranger/

A Plus recently posted about the current asexuality movement: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121064-a-plus-the-asexuality-movement-is-gaining-traction/

Prismatic Entanglements has a new Carnival of Aces blog on the theme of asexuality and mental health: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121111-prismatic-entanglements-a-south-korean-perspective-on-asexuality-and-mental-health/

An old Feminspire article looks at asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121154-feminspire-asexuality-life-without-sexual-attraction/

BUST magazine features asexuality in its current issue: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121156-bust-no-sex-pleaseim-asexual/

Dr Date replies to somebody who might be asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/113849-tiny-mentions-that-dont-deserve-their-own-thread-2015-version/?p=1061287031

Notes of an Asexual Muslim muses on same-sex marriages in Islam from an asexual perspective: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121262-same-sex-marriage-in-islam-notes-for-asexual-muslims/

The Asexual Agenda also posted about same-sex marriage last year: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121267-the-asexual-agenda-i-dont-understand-dating-so-im-getting-married/

Asexual Artists holds a number of interviews with, funnily enough, asexual artists: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/121337-asexual-artists-interview/

Community:

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