Hello folks! Elections for NWSA constituency/interest groups open September & we will have 2 co-chair positions open: one is a 2yr term, the other is a 1yr term

My term as chair ends this year, so please consider running -- our group will be inactive if we do not have a chair/co-chairs!

-Maya

Also: married

Our group's panel, "Ace Voices, Ace Joys: Remembering Asexual Struggles, Victories, & Potentialities," was accepted for the NWSA 2025 conference! The panel will include the wonderful @mcsociology.bsky.social @cantonwiner.bsky.social @annakurowicka.bsky.social and myself! Happy pride!

So happy to share that my book review of Clare Forstie's Queering the Midwest was just published in GLQ
@dukepress.bsky.social today! Please go check out my review, "Challenging Metronormativity," of this wonderful book! #queer #bookreview #queerstudies #Midwest

read.dukeupress.edu/glq/article-...

Go check out Debbie's book "Portalmania" -- out now!! #asexuality #asexual #ace #compulsorysexuality

AZE is accepting writing and artwork by asexual, aromantic, and agender authors exploring stories of resilience against oppression, silencing, discrimination, disbelief, and other social pressures. Deadline: July 15th, 2025
azejournal.com/article/2025...

Asexuals are not excluded from this kind of surveillance risk either (especially JKR and others increasingly target us), we may be coded as F52.0 Hypoactive sexual desire disorder- I suspect I may be myself, my first counselor I saw about a decade ago was skeptical about the concept of asexuality

"Toward a global asexual solidarity beyond identity"

Also my new article with @mcsociology.bsky.social references some studies done outside of the US & UK that may be useful as well! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Hope this helps!

“Asexuality in China’s sexual revolution: asexual marriage as coping strategy”

“Constructions of asexual identity in China: intersections of class, gender, region of residence, and asexuality”

“Patterns of asexuality in China: sexual activity, sexual and romantic attraction, and sexual desire”

“Asexual geographies: the allosexualisation of space in Ireland”

“Asexual identity in a New Zealand national sample: demographics, well-being, and health”

“Understanding sexual orientation identity, sexual/romantic attraction, and sexual behavior beyond western societies: the case of Japan”

Here are some readings/studies that come to mind:

“Who is queer enough for queer research?: the issue of absence within queer research” (I discuss two cases of ace asylum seekers in this article) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

“An aromantic manifesto” queer.archive.work/library/down...

Excited to share this wonderful article I wrote with @mcsociology.bsky.social #asexuality #aromanticism #asexualitystudies #compulsorysexuality

This was a delightful roast to read -- both for myself & my students 😂

I study asexuality for a living. You can read my thoughts on why Rowling threw her anti-ace hissy fit here: cantonwiner.substack.com/p/and-then-j...

The 2025 NWSA Aro/Ace sponsored CFP is now up! Please complete the Google Form by February 28, 2025, 11:59pm PST to be considered for the panel! Please share widely!

Excited to see you in Puerto Rico,
Maya

CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Thank you! And even more important to continue these discussions as well in future research!

While this article addresses the issue of asexuality being absent from queer research, it also engages in conversations about the relationship between asexuality, the state, legibility, immigration, and ace asylum seekers!

I'm excited to share my co-authored journal article, "Who is Queer Enough for Queer Research?: The Issue of Absence Within Queer Research," about the absence of asexuality and queer Muslims in queer research was recently published! 🖤🩶🤍💜
dx.doi.org/10.1002/dvr2...

Distinguishing between sexual and romantic orientations is common in asexual communities... yet there's no research specifically about the split attraction model.

Until now!

I just published a study in Social Currents about split attraction. You can read it here: