AVEN Digest - 19th October 2015

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AVEN Digest - 19th October 2015

Site News:

Chat users are now required to agree to the site's Terms and Services before entering the chatroom: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126921-announcement-concerning-the-chatroom/

Voting has begun in the contest to design a new logo for the AVENues newsletter: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126895-voting-avenues-logo-contest/

Requests:

John Carroll University in Ohio is running a survey for the LGBT+ community on Ageing Empoweredly: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126686-lgbtqqi-aging-empoweredly-study/

A journalism student is looking for opinions about the representation of asexuality in the media: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126834-asexuality-in-the-media/

Asexuality SF are looking for help to create an asexuality press kit: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126683-help-wanted-the-ace-press-kit-project/

Visibility:

This week is Asexual Awareness Week! Here's a handy list of online projects taking place for the occasion: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/127038-asexual-awareness-week-online-projects-masterpost/

One of a number of presentations on the theme of Disgust to be held in Copenhagen's Main Library on Wednesday 21st October will touch on asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/99016-danish-meetups-follow-this-topic/?p=1061437790

World Watch:

The Columbia Spectator mentions asexuals in an article about LGBT+ diversity and stereotypes: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126606-bi-the-way/

The Mary Sue has an article about asexuality in video games: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126631-borderlands-asexual-representation-how-i-discovered-my-sexuality-while-playing-a-first-person-shooter/

Comic book series Sex Criminals features an asexual character: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126638-sex-criminals-13/

A third article talks about the asexuality of Archie Comics' Jughead: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126641-third-time-author-says-jughead-is-asexual/

Romance novel How To Be A Normal Person features an asexual lead: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126636-an-interview-with-tj-klune-author-of-how-to-be-a-normal-person/

The Saturday Night Show in Ireland recently featured a discussion on asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/113849-tiny-mentions-that-dont-deserve-their-own-thread-2015-version/?p=1061451791

The Huffington Post has an article on invisible orientations: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/126851-i-never-knew-huffington-post-readers-coul-be-so-mean-article-about-unknown-orientations/

Community:

Asexual Outreach has launched an event finder to locate asexuality events in your area: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/127021-find-asexual-awareness-week-events-near-you-on-asexual-outreachs-event-map/

Australian meetups - Sydney (Asexual Awareness Week film and storytelling event, 24th October); Sydney (25th October)

Canadian meetups - Ottawa (Asexual Awareness Week events, 21st-23rd October)

New Zealand meetup - Auckland

UK meetups - Newcastle (24th October); Brighton (25th October)

US meetups - Atlanta, Georgia (21st October); Los Angeles, California (Ace Los Angeles panel discussion, 22nd October); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (panel discussion, 24th October)

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