AVEN Digest - 2nd November 2015

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AVEN Digest - 2nd November 2015

Site News:

The Project Team Media Coordinator election has begun: http://www.asexuality.org/en/forum-33/announcement-31-project-team-voting-has-begun/

To help combat spammers, a new registration requirement for users joining the site is being trialled: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/128292-new-registration-requirement/

World Watch:

Canyon News reviews the recent Ace Los Angeles panel discussion held at UCLA: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/128178-canyon-news-ucla-panel-sheds-light-on-asexuality/

Kotaku briefly mentions asexuality in an article about comic series Sex Criminals: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/128179-kotaku-in-sex-criminals-theres-no-such-thing-as-being-a-pervert-graphic-images/

Chapman University's The Panther reports plans to introduce a scholarship for LGBTQIA students (specifically mentioning asexuals): http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/128180-the-panther-senate-update-oct-23-meeting/

Blogger The Asexual Muslim explains to patheos the importance of being able to define herself as asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/128183-giving-a-name-to-the-asexual-muslim-experience/

Santa Rosa Junior College's The Oak Leaf, explores LGBT+ identities, including asexuality: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/128278-the-oak-leaf-just-the-tip-alphabet-soup-in-a-rainbow-bowl/

Anthony Bogaert has had a new article on asexuality published in the Journal of Sex Research: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/128404-bogaert-af-2015-asexuality-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters-the-journal-of-sex-research-524-362-379/

There's also a new article in Psychology Today Online: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/128294-psychology-today-article/

The Independent speculates on whether James Bond's Q could be asexual: http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/113849-tiny-mentions-that-dont-deserve-their-own-thread-2015-version/?p=1061466418

Community:

UK meetup - Bristol (7th November)

US meetups - Atlanta, Georgia (5th November); Grand Rapids, Michigan (6th November)

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