AVEN Digest - 17th August 2015

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AVEN Digest - 17th August 2015

Site News:

Moderator elections are taking place: http://www.asexuality.org/en/forum-17/announcement-31-voting-has-begun-for-the-new-moderators/

World Watch:

New York Magazine tells us five ways to better understand asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/123645-new-york-magazine-5-ways-to-better-understand-asexuality/

Bustle debunks some asexuality myths: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/123711-bustle-5-myths-about-asexuality-debunked-by-science/

The Huffington Post asks what it means to be asexual in 2015: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/123710-the-huffington-post-heres-what-it-means-to-be-asexual-in-2015/

Canadian film Guidance features asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/119521-asexuality-in-fiction/?p=1061360918

The Flying While Falling Down blog discusses self-discovery and aromanticism: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/123660-flying-while-falling-down-blog-6-things-that-made-me-realize-im-an-aromantic-asexual/

Various articles from Norway cover asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/113475-norwegian-article/?p=1061362451

Recent discussions in the news about former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath have touched on asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/123827-edward-heath-asexual/

BBC Newsbeat explores asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/123864-bbc-newsbeat-15-august-2015/

London's LBC radio discussed asexuality with psychologist Penelope Bond: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/123887-asexuals-are-short-thin-people-with-life-long-health-problems-and-cold-parents/

An article in The Independent looks at asexuality in Britain: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/123970-the-independent-asexuality-one-per-cent-of-britons-have-never-felt-sexually-attracted-to-anyone-at-all/

Community:

Danish meetup - Copenhagen (group planning meeting, 24th August)

UK meetups - London, Glasgow (22nd August); Brighton (23rd August)

US meetup - Henrico, Virginia (22nd August)