AVEN Digest - 22nd June 2015

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Site News:

The election for a new member of the Project Team has commenced: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120702-new-project-team-member-needed-voting/

Visibility and Education:

A TeeSpring campaign for asexual visibility t-shirts is nearing its end: http//www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120731-ace-awareness/

The Advocate magazine is planning a series of stories from people on the asexuality spectrum (participants still needed): http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120891-the-advocate-magazine-looking-for-asexual-individuals/

Vitality magazine has been looking for asexual writers: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120894-vitality-magazine-looking-for-asexual-writers/

A new organisation promoting asexual rights and visibility has been set up in the UK: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120757-maaple-movement-for-asexuality-awareness-protection-learning-and-equality/

An undergraduate thesis explores the relationship between romantic orientation and identification with LGBTQ among asexuals: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120636-alexa-k-bell-romantic-identity-and-lgbtq-identification-variations-of-experience-in-the-asexual-community/

The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender includes a chapter on asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/113849-tiny-mentions-that-dont-deserve-their-own-thread-2015-version/?p=1061279447

World Watch:

The Rainbow Hub has an article about understanding asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120605-the-rainbow-hub-building-blocks-for-understanding-asexuality/

Notes of an Asexual Muslim summarises a paper on biological markers of asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120606-notes-of-an-asexual-muslim-biological-markers-of-asexuality-handedness-birth-order-and-finger-length-ratios-in-self-identified-asexual-men-and-wom/

Seeker Daily has posted a video about asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120699-seeker-daily-did-a-video-on-us/

The Verbose Bricolage blogs about coming out as asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120768-the-verbose-bricolage-coming-out-as-asexual/

The Body is Not an Apology has posted about asexuality and polyamory: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120878-the-body-is-not-an-apology-asexuality-and-polyamory-my-life-is-not-a-contradiction/

The New York Times looks at how female libido drug flibanserin could affect asexuals: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120653-the-new-york-times-could-the-new-female-viagra-threaten-asexuals-identity/

Auntie SparkNotes replies to somebody wanting to come out as asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120658-sparknotes-article-on-coming-out-as-an-asexual/

Community:

Pride - This weekend sees asexuals marching in Pride parades in Toronto, London, Berlin and San Francisco. San Francisco will also be holding an asexuality unconference.

International Meet - An international meetup for asexuals is taking place next month (10th-12th July) in Copenhagen: http://www.asexuality.org.uk/en/topic/113472-international-meetup-in-copenhagen-denmark-10-12-july-2015/

Australian meetup - Sydney (28th June)

UK meetups - Glasgow, Leeds (27th June); Brighton (28th June)

US meetups - Tampa, Florida, Madison, Wisconsin (27th June)

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

Beyond AVEN:

Ace Survivors has useful resources for asexual victims of sexual violence: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/120785-resources-for-ace-survivors/