AVEN Digest - 27th July 2015

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AVEN Digest - 27th July 2015

Visibility:

Initial preparations are being made for an asexual presence at next year's Creating Change conference: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122609-creating-change-2016/

Asexual Outreach are looking for submissions of asexual stories: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122719-high-school-aces-submit-your-story-for-an-ace-education-project/

A graduate student is looking for help to create an asexuality awareness game: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122810-ace-awareness-game/

World Watch:

Asexuality is discussed on the blog Blibli: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122599-blibli-ae-asexual-people-dont-have-sex/

The Advocate continues its series of Ace Stories: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122584-the-advocate-21acestories-is-asexuality-synonymous-with-celibacy/;http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122651-the-advocate-21acestories-dating-or-not-while-asexual/; http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122701-the-advocate-21acestories-including-the-a-in-lgbtqia/; http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122759-the-advocate-op-ed-what-i-now-know-about-asexuals/

Vortex Breakdown discusses why asexual awareness matters: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122654-why-asexuality-awareness-matters/

Love Matters brings us its top 5 facts about asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122734-love-matters-asexuality-top-five-facts/

The Thinking Asexual talks about aromanticism: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122162-the-thinking-asexual-an-aromantic-primer/

The Asexual Agenda looks at asexuality in the media: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122849-the-asexual-agenda-asexuality-in-the-media-towards-diverse-representation/

...and asexuality in China: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122923-the-asexual-agenda-paper-asexuality-in-chinas-sexual-revolution/

NewNowNext ponders what percentage of the population could be asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122796-newnownext-what-percentage-of-the-population-is-asexual/

Community:

Australian meetup - Melbourne (over 30s) (2nd August)

Isreali meetup - Jerusalem Pride (30th July)

US meetup - Cincinnati (1st August)

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

Beyond AVEN:

The July Carnival of Aces theme is Asexual History: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122649-july-carnival-of-aces-call-for-submissions-asexual-history/

The Asexual Agenda is looking for contributors: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/122696-looking-for-asexual-agenda-contributors/