Working on intimacy in all its forms? Apply for a post-doc at @clsrleeds.bsky.social, home of the aro/ace research network!

In this week’s talk, KJ Cerankowski takes us through some of the themes in his recent book, Nothing Wanting, on Friday, 17 July, at 3pm (UK). Link on our website, where you can also find the full talk schedule. www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Sophie Gusenko will talk about her book "Asexual Slut" on Friday, 10 July, at 3pm (UK). Link on our website, where you can also find the full talk schedule: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Theressa N Kenney (@topoliticise.bsky.social) will talk about the “queerly platonic” on Friday, 3 July, at 3pm (UK). Link on our website, where you can also find the full talk schedule: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

We are delighted to welcome Yasmin Benoit (@theyasminbenoit.bsky.social) Sally from Asexual Kenya and Sofia from Aces Uruguay as our panelists on the topic of Asexual Activism, on Friday, 26 June at 3pm UK. Link: www.aroaceresearch.com/events Don't miss it!

Another new paper of mine was just published - "Compulsory romance: introducing an emerging discourse": bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

This week’s talk is titled ““If only there was more": Aceness in Online Fandom, a Case Study of Baldur's Gate 3” and will be held by Polina Smirnova. The talk will take place on zoom Friday, 19 June, at 3pm (UK). Join us for the talk and discussion on zoom (Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events)

This week’s talk will be given by Alex Jacquemot-Krupp who will speak on the topic of “Aromantic sense of belonging to queer and aromantic communities”. The talk will take place on zoom Friday, 12 June, at 3pm (UK). Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Do you have any events, call for papers, publications, or other news that are interesting for the aro/ace research community? Share them with other interested researchers via our mailing list! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

Still buzzing from our @aroaceresearch.bsky.social talk! It was such a pleasure to reflect with @joejukes.bsky.social on why we love geography, and share some of our work with such an engaged audience. If you'd like to learn more about Asexual Geographies, check out our co-written article here:

Huge congratulations to @joejukes.bsky.social and @rachelbayer.bsky.social on an informative and inspiring presentation on Asexual Geographies for the first @aroaceresearch.bsky.social talk. Very excited to see how and where Asexual Geographies will develop in the future

Come join is online tomorrow to learn about ace geographies!

We are delighted to welcome @rachelbayer.bsky.social and @joejukes.bsky.social for the first session of the Aro/Ace Online Talk Series who will introduce us to #asexual #geographies! The talk will take place on zoom next Friday, 5 June, at 3pm (UK). Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Our talk series will begin in only three weeks, and we‘re excited to share the amazing people we have lines up with you! The talks will be online, weekly on Fridays at 3 pm UK time! 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 There is no registration required, you can find the link to join at aroaceresearch.com/events

Calling partnered asexual (including demi-, gray-, or other ace-spec) folks! 💜 🍰 We’re recruiting for a study on asexuality and romantic relationships (broadly defined). Take part or share with your network! Word of mouth is super helpful. 👉 tinyurl.com/acerelations... Open to any nationality

On the 7th of May @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social will be talking about Marija Kavtaradze’s film Slow at Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds hpph.co.uk/films/slow

Challenging the societal standard that not having sex is a problem would be a positive for everyone

Han O'Flanagan is a PhD student in English Literature at Lancaster University, UK, working on asexuality in Gothic literature.

CLSR PhDs Isobel, Kristin and Charlotte are convening this workshop! Check it out and send your abstracts👇👇

Less than 1 week to submit an abstract to the European Geographies of Sexualities Conference! 📣 Deadline: 16 March. If you research sexualities/LGBTQ+ and space/place, you're more than welcome! MORE INFO and to submit: sites.google.com/view/egsconf... Pic: EGSC in Brighton 2024. 🌈🎓

Happy 25th Birthday AVEN! Thanks to everyone who contributed to our community over the years, whether through our forums, our other social media, our conferences and our wonderful volunteer teams!

We are going live with the Aspec Podcast!! Join @jancheta25.bsky.social, Heidi from Aurea, and Willow from the @aroaceresearch.bsky.social network for a really important discussion about amatonormativity! www.twitch.tv/tyeewhyee/

Did you know that My Fair Lady was never meant to be a love story? We had a great event yesterday discussing aromanticism, love stories, and the aro/ace origins of My Fair Lady with @jtwelsch.bsky.social and @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social!

Today we observe the second Soul Ace Day. Created by Kimberly Butler, Marshall Blount and Alyshia Rodgers, Soul Ace Day celebrates the activism, art and culture of african american asexuals. acedadadvice.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Looking for your hot takes on love ❤️‍🔥 What have you learned about love by thinking about aromanticism? 🤔

What starts after Valentine‘s Day? Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! Find out below what we can learn about love from aromanticism 👇

Why Aristotle would hate Valentine's Day❤️🕯️🥀 Janset Özün Çetinkaya and Ian James Kidd explain why and lay out the Greek philosopher's five steps to true love. Read: tinyurl.com/k7wvusyh @uk.theconversation.com #philosophy #love #romance #ValentinesDay #ValentinesDay2026

I presented a new PhD output at the Marginalised Ruralities conference today. Queering the trope of ‘settling down’ in the countryside by thinking about the lesbian home-making (and home-sharing!) practices I encountered during fieldwork & putting forward the concept of ‘queer rural domesticity’.

It's been a year since we launched our Ending Conversion Practices campaign, last Valentines Day. Billboards across Scotland showed our campaign highlighting the harm & heartbreak that conversion practices cause. Nobody should be made to change or suppress who they are or who they love in Scotland.

Only a few tickets left, for what should be a very fun #AroWeek event @thebookishtype.bsky.social with my talk on My Fair Lady, then conversation about aro/ace representation with @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social, founder of @aroaceresearch.bsky.social

Am Sonntag geht es los mit einer vollen Woche an Aro Week Events🐸💚 Wir freuen uns sehr endlich das fertige Programm veröffentlichen zu können! Merkt euch Termine vor und kommt schon auf den Discord Server ✨ #aro #aromantic #arospecawarenessweek #AroWeek2026 #aroweek #aspecgerman #arospec #aspec

www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/asexual...?

The 2026 NWSA Aro/Ace sponsored CFP is now up! Please complete the Google Form by February 20, 2026, 11:59pm PST to be considered for the panel! Please share widely! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Excited to see you in Atlanta, Maya

Call for Papers, please circulate! Ethics of queer in/visibility Heidelberg, September 30 - October 2, 2026 queer-in-visibility.de Keynote speakers: J Calder (Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder) Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social (History, University of Warwick)

Sex and relationship advice can send messages that limit what aspec people can aspire to and ask for in relationships.

Some interesting thoughts on labelling sexuality and medicalising asexuality in here! (around 34min)

Interesting read on the different (sometimes conflicting) functions of identity labels!

Introducing: Dr Silja Kukka Silja is a researcher in Literature and Gender/Queer Studies at the University of Oulu, Finland, who works on #fanfiction and #asexuality.

"When you are constantly bombarded by romance in everyday life, it can feel as if love as an asexual person is not good enough."

Introducing: Rachel Bayer @rachelbayer.bsky.social is a Geographer at University College Dublin, Ireland, working on asexualities and queer geographies, and compulsory sexuality.

The Love Tank is co-producing the Queer Health Survey, the UK's first inclusive health survey of queer communities. Ace and Aro people are urged to take part, and you must be 18 or over and in the UK. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Join us to celebrate #Aromanticism Awareness Week and #QueerHistoryMonth in Leeds! Date: Thursday 19th February 2026 Time: 7-9pm Venue: The Bookish Type, Leeds thebookishtype.co.uk/products/sho...

Introducing: Dr Joe Jukes @joejukes.bsky.social is a cultural geographer and queer theorist at Tampere University, Finland. They work on queer and film studies, platonic relations, ‚nonsexualities‘, emotion and affect, and geographies of sexualities.

New publication out by Sven Walter and Kira aus dem Bruch that explores affective injustice through the ways Aces are „otherized“ by our culture of allonormativity - congrats! doi.org/10.1007s1140...

I'm looking for male-identified (cisgender or transgender) asexual people who also identify as gay for an exploratory research project. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This conversation with aspec sex educator Aubri Lancaster @acesexeducation.bsky.social was a really enlightening one.

Happy Holidays from the Aro/Ace Research Network! 🎄

The holidays are a time for love, happiness, and our favourite cheesy #Christmasromcoms 🎄 But they often reinforce questionable ideas about #love and #relationships. So should we stop watching them? Find out here 👇