Homer Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 The purpose of this thread is to list all of the appearances of asexuality in 2020. At the end of the year, this will be added to the World Watch archives. If you are looking for an asexual related story from 2020, please check the list below before posting. To see other years and their archives, visit the World Watch archive forums. Articles, interviews and research literature TV, film, radio and books YouTube/online video and podcasts Other Resources in other languages The index is organized in chronological order, with newer articles appearing at the top. This thread will remain locked so that it can be used for references only. If you see any errors or can't find the right link in a thread, please message the current World Watch admod. Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) Articles November & December Yasmin Benoit, gq-magazine.co.uk - Everything you ever wanted to know about asexuality - 5-Dec-2020 Alex Shea, shape.com - What Does It Really Mean to Be Asexual? - 18-Nov-2020 September & October GLAAD - 7 Young People Discuss Their Ace Identities and What People Get Wrong About Asexuality - 29 October, 2020 Mey Rude, pride.com - 10 Percent of LGBTQ+ Teens Identify on the Asexual Spectrum - 28-Oct-2020 Yasmin Benoit, teenvogue.com - What Is Asexuality: Myths and Truths About Being Asexual - 27-Oct-2020 Jamie Wareham, forbes.com - How To Be An Asexual Ally: Learn Why Some Asexual People Have Sex (And Accept That Most Don’t) - 25-Oct-2020 Federica La Marca, bbc.co.uk - We’ve come a long way from ‘asexuality cures’ but mainstream media must do more' - 21-Oct-2020 Rhaina Cohen, theatlantic.com - What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life? - 20-Oct-2020 Angela Chen, theatlantic.com - The Rise of the 3-Parent Family - 22-Sep-2020 July & August Riley Black, smithsonianmag.com - ‘Ammonite’ Is Historical Fan Fiction About the World’s First Great Fossil Hunter - 26-Aug-2020 Stefanie Marsh, The Times - Generation asexual let’s not get physical - 8-Aug-2020 (includes misconceptions and negative comments!!) Ellie & Imi, beyondabookshelf.co.uk - A-spec August: the improved and revamped reading challenge! - 17-Jul-2020 Sharon Roznik, Fond Du Lac reporter - What does it mean to be asexual? Oshkosh attorney shares his story - 15-Jul-2020 Yvonne Hogan, Independent.ie - Many don't know much about asexuality but there are still stereotypes attached to it' - Meet the men and women living asexual lives - 5-Jul-2020 Alice Oseman, BBC - Alice Oseman on being aromantic asexual - 2-Jul-2020 May & June Parvathi Benu, edexlive.com - Asexual and proud: Meet author and asexual DU student activist Meghna Mehra - 22-Jun-2020 Mia Birdsong, salon.com - The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models - 20-Jun-2020 Amanda Mannen, cracked.com - SpongeBob Somehow Reminds Us Sexuality Is A Spectrum - 15-Jun-2020 Bella DePaulo Ph.D., psychologytoday.com - A Darker Side of Singlism: Discrimination in the Legal Code - 31-May-2020 Sabrina Furminger, yvrscreenscene.com - Asexuality takes centre-stage in ‘It’s Not You, It’s Not Me.’ – and it’s about time - 25-May-2020 Bella DePaulo Ph.D., psychologytoday.com - Biased Against Asexuals? Let Me Count the Ways - 14-May-2020 March & April Isobel Granby, tor.com - Asexuality and the Baggins Bachelors: Finding My Counterparts in Middle-earth - 20-Apr-2020 Emma McGowen, bristle.com - How Do You Ask To Use A Condom During Oral Sex? A Sex Educator Explains - 20-Apr-2020 Emma McGowan, bustle.com - What To Do If You’re Anxious About Sex, According To A Psychologist & A Sex Educator - 6-Apr-2020 Meg Hanson, Pop Dust - What If Colton Underwood Was Just Asexual? - 31-Mar-2020 Dr Margarita Holmes and Jeremy Baer, rappler.com - [Two Pronged] 35, single, with erectile dysfunction - 22-Mar-2020 Suzannah Weiss, mindbodygreen.com - What Does Asexual Mean? Definitions & How To Know If You're "Ace" - 20-Mar-2020 Jaymee Mak, coldteacollective.com - What I learned after being in a relationship with an asexual person - 16-Mar-2020 Bethany Wade, filmdaily.co - What do the letters LGBTQI mean? Learn by watching queer TV - 13-Mar-2020 Michael Waters, slate.com - Finding Asexuality in the Archives - 6-Mar-2020 January & February Kathleen Allan, worldatlas.com - What is LGBTQ? - 27-Feb-2020 Sherronda J. Brown, Wear Your Voice - Wear Your Voice — Langston Hughes Doesn't Owe Us More Than What He Left Us With - 26-Feb-2020 greenpeace.org.uk - A natural state of being: LGBTQ+ behaviours in the animal kingdom - 26-Feb-2020 Macaela McKenzie and Alyssa Girdwain, pulse.com - Could You Be Asexual? Here’s Everything You Need To Know - 20-Feb-2020 Mudita Sonawane, Feminism India - ‘Intelligent’ TV Shows Disappoint Asexual, Aromantic And LGBTQ Spectrum - 20-Feb-2020 Jasmine Andersson, inews.co.uk - I'm asexual and aromantic, and I don't need to be fixed' - 18-Feb-2020 Harriet Brewis, Evening Standard - Asexuality is not a lifestyle choice for loners and it’s time society embraced that, says model and activist Yasmin Benoit - 17-Feb-2020 Aditya Mirchandani, vice.com - Vice — What it’s Like Identifying as Asexual on Valentine’s Day - 13-Feb-2020 Marie Claire, Marie Claire - ‘I’m marrying my fiancé even though it’s 18 months since we last had sex’ - 12-Feb-2020 Christina Baker, Daily Collegian - Asexual students at Penn State feel they have community, but not visibility - 11-Feb-2020 Nicole Magas, The Peak - Making room for asexual folk is more important than awkward representation - 9-Feb-2020 Ranjan Adiga, Huffington Post India - How I Struggled In An Arranged Marriage As An Asexual Man - 9-Feb-2020 Kasey Liu, scotscoop.com - Aromantic and Asexual Awareness Week broadens the impact of Valentine’s Day - 7-Feb-2020 Jaimee Bell, bigthink.com - Is asexuality psychological or biological? - 7-Feb-2020 Morri Sampey, The Vermilion - The LGBT community should be included in sex education lessons - 5-Feb-2020 Elyette Levy, The Link - Asexuality, Explained Through Cake - 4-Feb-2020 Amanda Finn, Huffington Post - I’m Demisexual. Here’s What I Want You To Know. - 3-Feb-2020 timesofindia.indiatimes.com - What is demisexuality? 5 ways to know if you are a demisexual - 28-Jan-2020 Josephine Augustino, kidspot.com.au - Husband refuses sex with wife and wants an open marriage - 17-Jan-2020 Jenna Fletcher, Medical News Today - Demisexuality: What to know - 14-Jan-2020 Joanna Kyte, refinery29.com - The Art Of Not Having Sex: 5 Women On Why They Are Celibate - 9-Jan-2020 Stoya; slate.com - Why Does My “Asexual” Boyfriend Keep Initiating Hot Sex With Me? - 1-Jan-2020 Interviews Yasmin Benoit, qwearfashion.com - This is What Asexual Looks Like Part 6: In Celebration of Ace Week 2020 - 3-Nov-2020 Yasmin Benoit & Samuel Boyle, bbc.co.uk - Me and my Asexuality - 26-Oct-2020 Jerry, loudandout.com - Asexuality Know Better - With Asexual Author Sandra Bellamy - 9-Oct-2020 Kirin McCrory, electricliterature.com - Why Aren’t There More Books About Asexuals? - 21-Sep-2020 Oiii Kirst - Asexual Redefines Sex - ft Sandra Bellamy - 13-Sep-2020 Sennkestra & Maddy, asexualagenda.wordpress.com - Interview with Angela Chen, Author of “Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex” - 12-Sep-2020 Sabrina Barr, independent.co.uk - Yasmin Benoit interview: ‘People think that being asexual is a mental disorder’ - 26-Aug-2020 (paywalled!) Asexualise My Asexual Life - Let's Talk About Asexuality - A Happy Life Without Sex - Sexuality Misconceptions By Sex Coach Diane - 2-Aug-2020 Angela Chen, buzzfeednews.com - How I Discovered My Own Asexuality Without Knowing It - 25-Jun-2020 Michele Kirichanskaya, femestella.com - Let's Talk Asexuality: Every Question You Ever Had About Asexuality Answered - 13-Feb-2020 Nana Baah, vice.com - I Only Have Sex Because I'm Good at It - 14-Jan-2020 Research Literature Lauren B. McInroy - Comparing Asexual and Non-Asexual Sexual Minority in Adolescents and Young Adults: Stressors, Suicidality, and Mental and Behavioural Health Risk Outcomes - 25 August, 2020 Hillary H. Bush, Lindsey W. Williams & Eva Mendes, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Brief Report: Asexuality and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum - 13-Jun-2020 (paywalled!) Tori Bianchi, Western Washington University - Gender Discrepancy in Asexual Identity: The Effect of Hegemonic Gender Norms on Asexual Identification - 21-Mar-2020 Edited March 6 by fantastic mx. foxglove update Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) TV Jessica Lindsay & Anna Paul, metro.co.uk - Is Liv from Emmerdale asexual and what does it mean? - 18-Nov-2020 Brockmire - S4E5; "Double Header" - 15-Apr-2020 Reuben Baron, cbr.com - Steven Universe: A Crystal Gem Is Confirmed As Asexual - 14-Mar-2020 High Maintenance - S4E2; "Trick" - 15-Feb-2020 Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya - Every character comes to life in Sex Education’s horny and heartfelt 2nd season - 9-Jan-2020 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone - ‘Sex Education’ Season 2 Review: More Forbidden Fruit, A Little Less Sweet - 8-Jan-2020 Michele Kirichanskaya, femestella.com - The End of 'BoJack Horseman' Could Mean the End of Asexual Representation on Mainstream TV - 7-Jan-2020 Film Timothy Hellman - PDX ACES - 25-Oct-2020 (documentary) Besties Make Movies - 2 Weeks - 6 October, 2020 Cristina Costantini & Kareem Tabsch, Netflix - Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado - 14-Jul-2020 James Sweenie - Straight Up - 2-Jul-2020 (thread with discussion) James Sweenie - Straight Up - 9-Mar-2020 Books Smangaliso Simelane, thesouthafrican.com - Asexual Awareness Week: Three books that give a voice to ace characters - 31-Oct-2020 Elizabeth Hopkinson - Asexual Myths & Tales - 28-Oct-2020 Alice Oseman - Loveless - 9-Jul-2020 Nicole Hill, bookriot.com - 8 Asexual Books to Help You Celebrate Pride Month - 19-Jun-2020 (list) Anna Niemczyk - Asexuality - the Fourth Orientation (review) - 27-Apr-2020 Jenna Claire - Water Runs Red - 31-Mar-2020 Alex Gino - Rick - 19-Mar-2020 Comics SallyVinter, DeviantArt - Slice of Life - 22-Nov-2020 Edited March 7 by fantastic mx. foxglove update Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) YouTube/online video roge - Joe Lycett on Gay Pride, Sexuality, and Gender - 31-Dec-2020 (mention at ~8min) Hannah Witton - 6 Myths About Monogamy That Are Ruining Our Relationships | Hannah Witton - 22-Dec-2020 Psych2Go - What Does It Mean to Be Asexual? Oshkosh attorney shares his story - 17-Nov-2020 Asexualise My Asexual Life - Understanding Asexuality | Asexual Awareness Week 2020 | Asexual Awareness | #aceweek - 30-Oct-2020 Asexualise My Asexual Life - 8 Types Of Asexual Attractions | Asexual Awareness | Asexual Awareness 2020 | #aceweek - 29-Oct-2020 Eliott Simpson - (A)sexy and I know it - Official Lyric video - 28-Oct-2020 Asexualise My Asexual Life - Asexual Awareness Week 2020 | Asexual Awareness 2020 | #aceweek - Asexualise My Asexual Life - 25-Oct-2020 Alexis and Lilian - What Being Asexual Feels Like - with Holly Wyder - 23-Sep-2020 Eliott Simpson - Asexual Comedy Set | Eliott Simpson - 15-Aug-2020 Shaaba. - lessons from a queer, to you - 28-Jul-2020 (implicit mention) Like Stories Of Old - The Universal Beauty of LGBT+ Love Stories - 28-Jul-2020 Evie Lupine - What Are Queerplatonic Relationships? (QPRs) - 30 June, 2020 CharCharChar - Ace Pride 19: Like Storm [CC] - 20-Jun-2020 Overly Sarcastic Productions - Miscellaneous Myths: Pride Tales - 12 June, 2020 David J Bradley - That One Time House Cured Asexuality - 11-May-2020 Jubilee - 5 Virgins vs 2 Secret Non-Virgins - 5-Apr-2020 Jaymee Mak - It's Not You, It's Not Me. (Asexual Short Film) - 9-Mar-2020 Imaginarium - Asexuality and Being Human - 26-Feb-2020 AnthonyPadilla - I spent a day with ASEXUALS - 14-Jan-2020 Podcasts Secular Sexuality - Secular Sexuality 07.45 with Christy Powell, Vi La Bianca and Miss O Kissed - 13-Nov-2020 Secular Sexuality - Secular Sexuality 07.28 with Christy Powell, Vi La Bianca & Miss O Kissed - 17-Jul-2020 Chris Gethard - Asexual Ex-Conservative Lunchlady, Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People #223 - 15-Jul-2020 Kelly R. Minter - Ask A Therapist: Internalized Homophobia and why you should care - 24-Jun-2020 (mention at ~10:30) National Student Pride on Spotify - Am I Asexual Or Afraid Of Sex? - 1-Apr-2020 How to Fail with Elizabeth Day - How to Fail: Andrew Scott - 1-Jan-2020 Edited March 8 by fantastic mx. foxglove update Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) Other europa.eu - Union of Equality: The Commission presents its first-ever strategy on LGBTIQ equality in the EU - 12-Nov-2020 Gretchen Whitmer, michigan.gov - October 25-31, 2020: Asexual Awareness Week - 27-Oct-2020 Barrie Pride, facebook.com - October 25-31, 2020 -- International Asexual Awareness Week - 26-Oct-2020 Rob Gilliam, Google Doodles - Celebrating Marsha P. Johnson - 30-Jun-2020 oulgbtq.org - Ace & Aro Spectrum Definitions - 7-Jun-2020 Jasmine Henry, jstationx.com - Crusader Kings 3 Same-Sex Romances Confirmed - 14-Apr-2020 Sriti Jha - Confessions Of An Asexual Romantic - 21-Mar-2020 Katie Donohoe, gci.ie - Festival of LGBT+ history 'OUTing the Past' comes to Dublin in March 2020 - 5-Mar-2020 Socialist Worker - Marxism and asexuality - 7-Feb-2020 Acacia To, palatinate.org - Review: DDF Scratch Night - 3-Feb-2020 Michele Kirichanskaya, The Mary Sue - Asexual Anime Headcanon: Five Characters Who Could Be on the Asexual Spectrum - 30-Jan-2020 Isiah McKimmie, news.com.au - Relationship Rehab: My wife’s shocking sex confession - 26-Jan-2020 Shayna Josi, keengamer.com - Outer Worlds: Why Parvati's Asexuality is Ace - 9-Jan-2020 Pauley Perrette - Pauley Perrette Twitter - 20-Jan-2020 Jeanne Phillips, mercurynews.com - Dear Abby: I want a man but I’ve never been good at sex - 1-Jan-2020 Edited August 25, 2021 by Quasar.w update Link to post Share on other sites
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