January08 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I picked other, because AVEN was mentioned on another forum that I belong to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umi_No_Tenshi Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Wikipedia ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMG Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I saw the creator of AVEN/this website on the Richard and Judy show a few years back; I'd never heard of asexuality before it. I can remember listening to him and thinking "so I'm not the only one!". That was a real good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNull Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I have had tons of thoughts about asexuality and very clearly knew the term for years.... so I decided to go ahead and find a forum on it :) and what showed up at the top? aven :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77ships Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Ages ago asexuality and AVEN were once mentioned on the frontpage of a free newspaper that I like to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewel_box554 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I'm pretty sure it was from Wikipedia. I was going through an especially angsty period I my life back when I found AVEN. I was trying to find a name for how I felt and somehow stumbled across the asexuality page and found the link. The rest is history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popsicle Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I typed 'asexual' into google, and along with the wikipedia page, Aven came up. I was on a hunt for a descriptive definition on asexuality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avril Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 first I found asexuality in Google, then I saw some interviews in Youtube with creator of this site - David Jay ;) There was mentioned site asexuality.org so I checked it out and the next day registered:) I can't explain how great I felt when I found out there was asexuality.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Link from Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 It's complex. It started when I was going through the back topics of anther forum, which linked to a youtube video about homophobes being repressed gays (?), and one of the related videos was on asexuality, and mentioned this site. So, I decided to take a look. And here I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epithet Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I was bored, so I started stalking people on Xanga. The word my friend had used recently to describe me popped into my head, so I typed in 'asexual'. Came across someone who was apologizing for falsely stating that he was an asexual, because there were people out there who really were. And, wouldn't you know it, he'd posted a link to AVEN right there. Aww, memories. :) EDIT: Don't be fooled by when I joined, I was a lurker here for a good couple years...well, it seems like a long time to me :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrik Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 The Wikipedia article about asexuality linked here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disjointed Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 For me it was after another failed relationship were my lack of sexual desire was disclosed at the outset but became a problem later I typed into a search engine "men who do not like sex" went through the results Bingo...Aven was in there..best and most enlightning day on the internet ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skenasis Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 A guy on another forum I'm a member of "came out" as asexual on said forum, and posted a few links along with an explanation of asexuality. AVEN was one of those links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
square peg Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Googled 'asexual', wondering what my orientation was and if I was ever going to have the kind of feelings about people I realised others had been having for years . Re:DMG - I didn't know David Jay had ever been on Richard and Judy. I'd like to see that. Judging by what people have reported visibility efforts have been around for longer than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan10242 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Found it by Wikipedia on their sexual orientation portal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astryda Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I found the direct link to AVEN on the wikipedia webpage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I don't remember. It was probably from searching the term "asexuality" and ending up in the Wiki page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Næt. Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I followed a series of clues, each more dastardly than the previous! ... I googled 'asexual'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchenwitch Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I googled for "lack of sex drive" or similar, and came up with AVEN. Thank deity. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaded Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I went on wikipedia and searched asexual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePieMaker Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Through the Asexuality facebook group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandarr Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilminininja Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I found AVEN after searching for hours on google. I kept googling "never dated" but all I got was people wanting to date, and that wasn't me. I was so frustrated. I kept revising my search query untill i came to a Yahoo Answers link. It contained a link to AVEN and I read the forums all night. The next day I signed up and posted my freakishly long welcome post.... and here I am, happier than ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niku-bot Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I was discussing my lack of mental sex drive on LiveJournal, when a friend directed me kindly to this site here. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_scientist Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 On one of my forums, asexuality was mentioned in passing with a link to the wikipedia article. Although the article was rather unhelpful, there was a link to AVEN at the bottom, which turned out to be quite useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kino Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Whilst searching the list wikipedia gave under 'sexuality' for the one that best apllied to me, so another wikpedia vote here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taishyr Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 A friend had it as a Facebook group, I followed it and went "huh. I shouldn't be surprised, but..." Then I signed up. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
live wire Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Thanks to the wonderful Ludo over at gyuk making a post about it. :D A link to AVEN right at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vast_ocean Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I found AVEN through another forum i visit. There was a thread about Asexuality and somewhere in it there was a link to here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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