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Asexual Perspectives

Opening the door to self-discovery

By ~Acer~

As humans, we are in general a social species, programmed to support each other in family units and communities and it seems often mob rule dictates what is normal, expected or acceptable behaviour. Especially in a modern society where the media projects these ideas into every facet of our lives, we are now educated very early on as to how life apparently is. No matter what our true feelings inside, we may now attempt to adhere to the ‘rules’ that we have collectively set ourselves.

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Digest for 3rd - 17th June 2013

Site News:

The election for a new moderator for the Announcements and Philosophy, Politics & Science forums is currently taking place.

Visibility:

Dates for this year's Asexuality Awareness Week have been published.

A presentation on asexuality was delivered at the Canadian University Queer Service Conference in May.

Project Team member michaeld was recently interviewed about asexuality on Australian radio.

A blog post on the Huffington Post website argues for greater inclusion of asexuality in discussions on sexuality in general.

Research:

Participants are still required for a survey on asexuality and disability.

Asexuals who work in science, technology, engineering or mathematics are invited to take part in a survey on LGBTQA workplace issues.

Schedules and abstracts for asexuality panels taking place at this year's National Women's Studies Association conference in Cincinnati have been published.

World Watch:

Comedian Ben Rosen talks about his asexuality in one of his routines.

The Huffington Post is running a six-part article series on asexuality this week.

Community:

A new asexuality blog has been launched.

Asexual podcast Unscrewed & Illuminated returns with a new episode.

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