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 👇

In a world where emerging sexualities are dismissed as “made up,” “online-only,” or “Western inventions,” seeing ace identities emerge across continents is a reminder of what so many asexual people already know: Asexuality is everywhere. Read more about the ace findings here:

📅 January 5–7, 2026 📍 Victoria College 🎥 In person/livestreamed What does it mean to do asexual history? This three-day conference bridges early modern studies and asexuality studies to explore compulsory sexuality, disability, race, and queer histories. 👉 More info crrs.ca/crrsevents/e...

Very interesting developments but sadly still no data on asexuality! 📊 The "other" category increased from 0.7% in 2019 to 1.1% in 2024 though. 📈

Some of our network members attended the workshop “On Asexualities: Crossdisciplinary Perspectives” at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Berlin last weekend: laurin.tirpitz.me/event/acewor... A huge thank you to Laurin Tirpitz and Ela Przybyło for organising such a fantastic event!

Read 10 oberservations from the On Asexualitues conference by @lukebrunning.bsky.social here 👇

Want to avoid reinforcing compulsory sexuality in your research? Catch up on asexualities and aromanticism research with Megan Carroll and Maya Wenzel in the newest ASA journal, Sex & Sexualities. #asexual @mcsociology.bsky.social @acefeministmaya.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Introducing: T.N. Hutchinson T.N. Hutchinson is a PhD researcher in Literary Studies at the University of York. They work on decadence studies, aestheticism, and Victorian/Edwardian literature.

The Diversity Reading List in Philosophy also has great general philosophy resources - go check them out! @diversityread.bsky.social is an amazing project dedicated to diversifying and decolonising the philosophical canon.

Not many philosophical texts engage with asexuality & aromanticism, but here are some philosophical publications by @lukebrunning.bsky.social and @nmckeever3.bsky.social:

Today is World Philosophy Day! 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 Here is why philosophers should care about the asexual and aromantic spectrum (aspec) 👇

Introducing: Dr Helena Esser @helenaesser.bsky.social is an Independent Scholar in Germany. Her area of research is Victorian and neo-Victorian gender and popular culture, with specific publications on steampunk and Ouida.

Introducing: Claudia Sterbini @claudiasterbini.bsky.social is a PhD Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, working on the construction of stigmas of asexuality in nineteenth-century sexology and literature.

Introducing: Wenmei Bai Wenmei Bai is an Independent Researcher in Geography working on queer geographies, asexual domesticities, and queer/asexual futurities. She is part of the network organising team and will help with the newsletter & communication!

The Aro/Ace Research Network has a new organising team! Thanks everyone for volunteering and we‘re looking forward to see what we can achieve together - many exciting plans to come!

Introducing: Dr JT Welsch @jtwelsch.bsky.social is Director of Liberal Arts and Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Industries at the University of York. He works on asexuality, creativity studies, creative industries, creative writing, queer history, and creative-critical practice.

I'm so proud to share my first asexuality research paper with @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social as their Visiting Fellow! We investigate public attitudes towards asexual people, unearthing some concerning (and some hopeful) findings! 💜🤍 Check out the paper: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/asexual...

Delighted to have worked with leading asexual campaigner @theyasminbenoit.bsky.social on this new research. Our experimental study suggests misconceptions about asexuality may be common, and that asexual people are likely to face greater hostility than other groups www.kcl.ac.uk/news/asexual...

Introducing: Yasmin Benoit @theyasminbenoit.bsky.social is an asexual activist and Visiting Fellow at The Policy Institute, King’s College London. She is a researcher in Public Policy working on public attitudes towards asexuality.

Introducing: Alex Nevins @alex-nevins.bsky.social is a PhD researcher in Law and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh working on the legal recognition of asexual-spectrum identities.

Introducing: Dr Karen Cuthbert @karencuthbert.bsky.social is a sociologist at the University of Glasgow working on asexuality and its intersections (gender, disability, and autism) as well as celibacy/abstinence.

Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂

To mark two weeks since the launch of the @aroaceresearch.bsky.social based at CLSR, @isobellogan.bsky.social sat down with the organiser @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social to hear more about the network, plans for the future, and how you can get involved! 🧡💛💙 ⬇️Give it a listen⬇️

Dr Ayşegül Şah Bozdoğan Iles is an Independent Researcher in Philosophy working in Switzerland. She works on a-/anti-sexuality as feminist resistance, negative ethics and freedom, and decolonial asexualities.

The 2025 Ace Community Survey has been released! tinyurl.com/AceSurvey2025

Introducing: Yash Gupta Yash Gupta is a research fellow and doctoral candidate in Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany. He works on post/coloniality and asexuality, Desi asexualities, asexual intimacies, and digital asexualities.

Laurin Tirpitz and Ela Przybyło are organising a workshop "On Asexualities. Crossdisciplinary Perspectives" in Berlin. Registration is now open! Register here: laurin.tirpitz.me/event/aceworkshop25

Introducing: Laurin Tirpitz Laurin is an Independent Researcher in Philosophy in Germany. They are working on asexuality, aromanticism, feminist, trans and queer philosophy, and philosophy of sex and sexuality.

Our PHd student and organiser of @aroaceresearch.bsky.social wrote this blog post on what it means to be asexual or aromantic: www.brook.org.uk/blog/what-do...

I’m not on the asexuality spectrum. But as a queer, feminist researcher, I think we should all care about asexuality. Why? Because asexual perspectives can help us better understand sexuality—and gender, race, disability, family, love, etc. Here’s why:

Introducing: Ellis Khachidze @ellisisfine.bsky.social is a PhD student in Sexuality and Gender Studies at the University of Birmingham working on 20th century literature and life-writing, queer theory and history of education.

Did you miss this event? I answer some of the audience questions over on Instagram - check it out! www.instagram.com/p/DQOYFPxjWN...

I had a great time chatting to @stinaface.bsky.social and @ninajonesfilm.bsky.social about asexual representation, and you can listen to the podcast episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/3p5D... Also, go read my blog about the impacts of ace representation below 👀 Happy Ace Week everyone! 💜

Introducing: Rebecca Humphreys-Lamford @rebeccahlamford.bsky.social is doing their PhD at the University of Birmingham on asexual representation in the media.

Introducing: Dr Shuyu Yang @shuyulelioyang.bsky.social is a lecturer in fashion marketing at the University of Leeds working on consumer culture theory, critical marketing theory, and queer theory.

Check out @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social‘s paper on the philosophy of asexuality here:

For the start of ace week 2025 why not listen to this podcast on asexuality featuring @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/romantic-lov...

New textbook on the philosophy of love, sex and relationships anyone? 👇🏻💕📕

Introducing: Dr Natasha McKeever @nmckeever3.bsky.social is a philosopher at the University of Leeds and co-organiser of @clsrleeds.bsky.social working on the philosophy of love, sex, and relationships.

It’s Ace Week, and I want to say that one thing I’ve been happy to see in the past few years is how Audre Lorde’s erotic has become a resource for thinking asexual/aromantic embodiment and experience. ♠️

Read @lukebrunning.bsky.social‘s take on why it is important to have a research network for #asexuality and #aromanticism here 👇

Introducing: Dr Luke Brunning @lukebrunning.bsky.social is a philosopher at the University of Leeds and co-organiser of @clsrleeds.bsky.social working on topics related to intimacy, relationships and ethics.

Introducing: Kristin Käuper @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social is a PhD student in philosophy @clsrleeds.bsky.social. They founded the Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network at the start of their PhD to connect with others working on those topics.

#asexuality and #aromanticism are often misunderstood and the terms are complex to describe the distinct experiences of aro/ace people. Here are some definitions as a starting point:

Find out why we need a research network on #aromanticism & #asexuality 👇

We are thrilled to introduce the Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network this #AceWeek! The network is based at @clsrleeds.bsky.social in the UK and brings together researchers who are working on #asexuality and #aromanticism. 🔗Find out more at aroaceresearch.com