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What's on your bookshelf that the Internet Archive doesn't have? There's an app for that. Scan a book's barcode or ISBN to see whether the Internet Archive needs it for preservation and digitization. Scan your shelves. Save a book. help.archive.org/help/donate-... 🧵

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Ace Community Survey Team @acecommunitysurvey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Explore where our 2024 respondents are based! Want to boost your country's share in the next survey? Keep a look on our socials... Full report and translations are in our bio #asexual #asexuality #ace #aro #aromanticism #acecommunitysurvey #demisexual #demisexuality #graysexual #graysexuality

Four in ten ace respondents (42.8%) lived in the United States of America at the time of the survey. About one in ten aces lived in Germany (10.4%) and the United Kingdom (9.3%), and 5.5% lived in Canada. Fewer than one in 20 ace respondents lived in Italy (3.4%), France (2.4%), Australia (2.3%), the Netherlands (2.0%), Spain (1.9%), Poland (1.7%), Brazil (1.4%), Finland (1.3%), or Hungary (1.2%). An additional 14.5% of ace respondents lived in other countries

By continent, close to half of ace respondents (48.4%) lived in Northern America, and four in ten lived in Europe (40.5%). About one in 20 ace respondents lived in Latin America and the Caribbean (4.7%), 3.0% lived in Oceania, 3.0% lived in Asia, and only 0.3% lived in Africa. Continents are defined in accordance with the United Nations (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, n.d.).

To balance the effect of more populous countries producing higher numbers of respondents,
the following table shows the number of ace survey respondents per one million inhabitants in
each country. For example, there were 18.5 aces who completed the 2024 Survey for every one
million inhabitants of Finland.

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Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am not trans, but learning the word "asexual" was a similar revelation. Suddenly there was a word for this thing I'd been feeling my whole life. Keeping kids ignorant of queerness doesn't stop them being queer, just keeps them miserable.

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York St John University @yorkstjohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Join us as we welcome Yasmin Benoit, model, multi-award-winning asexual activist, writer, speaker, media consultant and researcher, to our York campus for what will be an incredible and insightful event. 👇 www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/upcom...

Black History Month
Yasmin Benoit

"A sexuality, intersectionality and being the "unlikely Face of Asexuality"

Thursday 29 October 5.30 - 7.00 pm

Free to attend

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We actually don't hate this administration enough

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 28/09/2026

I'm a queer Brazilian writer and artist and my work focuses on aspec representation in fantasy stories. Learn more at maybarros.com.br 💚 🌈📚 💙📚 📢📚

Promo image with the covers of A Study on Magic and Crystals, by May Barros and Journey Home, also by May Barros that says "Queerplatonic Relationships in Fantasy"

The cover of A Study on Magic and Crystals shows he main characters: a fairy with short pink hair, white skin and pink wings; a black human princess with afro hair, wearing a pearly crown and a yellow ballgown, while she makes crystals float between her hands; and a human necromancer with white skin, black chanel hair and a skeletal cat on her shoulder.

The cover of Journey Home shows Amara, a fat witch with long brown hair with a concerned expression, flying on a broom after Luiza, a skinny witch with short ginger hair, who is on the background with a mischievous grin flying in a skate-broom. The background shows two planets.

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BreadPanes 🍔🏳️‍🌈 @breadpanes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've never seen this done, I'd really like to see how asexual people measure up on this.

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Q Minnesota @qminnesota.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meet Q writer Cindy Mundahl (she/her)! In an excerpt from Reclamation: An Asexual & Aromantic Journey to Wholeness, she reflects on letting go of the pressure to find romantic love and discovering belonging in her life. Read it October 1 in Q’s debut issue.

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elle is not ok [📌’d 👀] @scretladyspider.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🆘URGENT🆘 #MutualAidRequest #Urgent #HtH #HelpSky #Help I didn’t meet the need for rent yesterday. Now it’s $690 total needed by EOD 9/30 for rent and to keep health ins. I’m getting scared. ANYTHING helps. please. v/c: secretladyspider pp: secretladyspider@gmail.com ko-fi.com/scretladyspi...

A distressed looking young feminine figure with short hair looks down and away from the camera. Not me; not my photo. I'm just trying to convey my stress.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/09/2026

Millions of Americans will take action on October 17 to make it clear to the regime that we won’t sit by while they threaten to sabotage the midterms. Join a No Kings event to drive massive early voting and recruit tons of volunteers to help protect our elections: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

(around a map showing the more than 1,000 events planned for the next No Kings on October 17) NO KINGS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE EARLY!

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Ace of Hearts @aceofhearts.quest · 26/09/2026

Ace Week starts in less than a month! If you're interested in contributing a fundraising stream in support of @translifeline.org on your own schedule between October 25–31, please fill out our interest check: forms.gle/ggxHnXj4gJz4...

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Ace of Hearts Ace Week 2026 Interest Check

After a wonderful International Asexuality Day raid train in April, which raised more than $250 for Point of Pride, we're thinking about how to celebrate Ace Week from October 25-31, 2026 while raisin...

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Julie Sondra Decker @juliesondra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's so, so odd that so many transphobic people are offended by being called transphobic. They often default to insisting they Just Want Trans People To Be Safe And Happy (by "recognizing" that they're just mentall ill apparently), then every other post is "WOMAN IS ACTUALLY MAN. MAN MAN. MANNYMAN."

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elle is not ok [📌’d 👀] @scretladyspider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🆘 #MutualAidRequest 🆘 ‼️NEEDED TODAY‼️ It’s Friday September 25th. unable to work due to disability, denied benefits.🚨$270 needed TODAY for car insurance & BNPL plans.🚨No help yesterday. please share, comment. even $1 helps a lot. thank you.🧡 ca/vm: secretladyspider pp: secretladyspider@gmail.com

A woman with red hair looking at the camera through leaves on a holly bush. Not me, not my art.

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Kate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.com · 25/09/2026

NEW for premium subscribers: “It’s never really about the sex”: thoughts on One Night Only katesloan.email/archive/it-s... I watched the "sex purge" movie and wrote about its horrifying political implications, plus a few things I liked about it.

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“It’s never really about the sex”: thoughts on One Night Only

“Have you seen the trailer for the sex purge movie?” asked a cinephile friend of mine a couple months ago. When I shook my head, his eyes widened and he...

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phoenix-05 @phoenix-05.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

right.. no evidence exists. hm......

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tweet from the utter genius of J.K. Rowling with an image about International Asexuality Day that says "Happy International Fake Oppression Day to everyone who wants complete strangers to know they don't fancy a shag."

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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 24/09/2026

Anyway, how much are you paying for gas in your area? 🙃

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Dreamcoat Rising @chvrchbvrning.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

dreamcoatrising.bandcamp.com/album/betoni... being asexual means all music I make is asexual music still quite proud of this EP I did

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there is a white border around it. in the right top corner it reads Dreamcoat Rising

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Ryan Fitzpatrick @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My new book Ace Theory arrived on my doorstep yesterday, just starting to make its way into the world. It’s a book-length essay in fragments about asexuality and compulsory sexuality. I hope you’ll give it a look.

A full box of the book Ace Theory, just unboxed

The cover of the book Ace Theory: An Essay in Fragments About Asexuality

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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi everyone! You fundraised for one of my trans former students leaving Kansas - that helped and they are now safely in Colorado. I'm now asking you to help againnnnn Let's get Siobhán Kirchstein's fundraiser to goal! She is 100% a real person, I know her and just spoke to her today. Threading:

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Donate to Protect Siobhán from Discrimination, organized by Siobhan Kirchstein

Hello, everyone, my name is Siobhán, a 41-year-old trans woman who works as a c… Siobhan Kirchstein needs your support for Protect Siobhán from Discrimination

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A new essay! In which Dove Cooper explores aspec traces and resonances in John Wiswell's novels. Subscribe now to read it: AUD30 (~GBP16, USD22) - and get the back catalogue and the next 11 subscriber essays too! www.speculativeinsight.com Ping @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social.

Purple background, white text, which says the fact is that many readers do not know what asexual and aromatic resonances and traces may look like when they are employed deliberately and without relying on stereotypes. "His Family of Monsters" -- SL Dove Cooper

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Rachel Bayer @rachelbayer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Finalizing proofs today for my forthcoming chapter in the Routledge International Handbook of Global Asexualities and Aromanticisms due out early next year! Take a peek at all the amazing contributions in the Table of Contents here: www.routledge.com/Routledge-In...

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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New Open-Access Publication in Men and Masculinities! This essay was originally prepared as a conference paper for the 2025 ASA Sex & Gender panel on the 30th Anniversary of Masculinities. It was subsequently expanded after very constructive review feedback. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dr. Canton Winer @cantonwiner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Can bisexual people use the split attraction model? I think the answer is yes—and that the question reveals something interesting about how we think about attraction.

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Evil Dorgana PRIME (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @dorganamorgana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I trust asexual people implicitly. The world would be better if they ram the world.

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Aspec SFF indie edition: THE TRAITOR & THE WRETCH by Jasmine Walls & Rowan MacColl THE FLAME THAT SINGS by Cedar McCloud DEMON ENGINE by Marten Norr DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS by S.M. Mack COMMON BONDS 2, ed. by me, RoAnna Sylver, Emery Lee CHAMELEON MOON by RoAnna Sylver and so many more tbh

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The solidarity of the media in response to Trump reveals a fundamental truth: The most successful way to respond to a megalomaniac like him is to unite against him. It's also apparently, at least in this instance, one of the better ways to silence his bloviating.

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C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 21/09/2026

Who wants to hear me do a live reading from THE CROWS next Friday (02 Oct) at 5pm UK time? (12pm EST) I'm up first so don't be late! #Horror #Gothic #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid...

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First Friday - Third Thursday QuickRead

6 authors * 8 minutes each - come find your next favorite read with us!

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Andrew Engelson @andyengelson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Finally had a chance to read the Seattle city legislation passed last week that extends civil right protections to polyamorous, asexual, and pansexual people and folks in multi-generational and extra-nuclear families. And all I can say is I'm so proud to live in Seattle.🥹

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Ace Community Survey Team @acecommunitysurvey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How old were you when you first participated in an asexual community? The full report and the most recent translations are available in our bio. #asexual #asexuality #ace #aro #aromanticism #acecommunitysurvey #demisexual #demisexuality #graysexual #graysexuality

$Approximately one in three ace respondents who participated in an ace community first participated in their late teens (35.2%). About one in four participated in their early twenties (21.6%), roughly one in six in their early teens (15.1%), and one in eight in their late twenties (12.5%). Although the majority of aces participated between the ages of 10 and 30, there are ace respondents who first participated in an ace community after 30: 6.9% between 30 and 34 years old, 4.0% between 35 and 39 years old, 2.0% between 40 and 44 years old, 1.6% between 45 and 49 years old, 0.7% between 50 and 54 years old, 0.3% between 55 and 59 years old, and 0.2% over 60 years old. A smaller fraction of ace respondents (0.1%) first participated in an ace community when they were between 5 and 9 years old.$

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SageTheSpirit @sagethespirit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Is anyone able to help out with some more donations? Even a dollar helps ❤️ Update: in a lot of discomfort, a lot of difficulty breathing on my own so I’m on oxygen for now. I really really want to get my account out of overdraft, can we do it? ko-fi.com/sagethespirit paypal.me/adventurepal...

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

More gorgeous aromantic fiction is coming your way! Common Bonds is back with a third anthology, full of: 💚 Science-fiction, fantasy, horror 🧡 An aromantic MC 💙 A central platonic relationship Preorders here: common-bonds-3.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

An image where arrows point out from the cover of Common Bonds 3. The text says: aromantic SFFH anthology. A selkie and a phoenix marine biologists. Demon exorcisms through community. Time travelling scientist friends. Feeding yourself to your zombified ex.

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はづき🏳️‍⚧️ @hazuki1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The 2023 study published in BMC Public Health found that trans women were most likely to identify as bisexual (29%), followed by straight (23%), lesbian or same-gender-loving (16%), pansexual (10%), queer (6%), asexual (4%), and "other" (7%). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Sexual orientation in transgender adults in the United States

Sexual orientation refers to a person’s enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to other people. Sexual orientation measures do not typically consider desires for, or sexual behavior with,...

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Three novels, three variations on aspec traces and resonances: Dove Cooper explores John Wiswell's novels in this new essay. Subscribe to read this, and other essays over the coming year. AUD30 (~GBP16, USD22) www.speculativeinsight.com

Purple background, white text, which says Wiswell's work showcases a range of ways in which writers can use and engage with asexual and aromantic concepts within their narratives. "His Family of Monsters" -- SL Dove Cooper

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Save the date! No Kings is October 17th. And don’t forget to vote early! 🗳️

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Eliott Simpson @sockfacesimpson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📣 Next week I will be performing on Queer Folks' Tales' 1st ever show in The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow on Friday 25th September 🎭 It'll be an honour to wave the Asexual show at this iconic show ♠️💜 Tickets 🔗 citz.co.uk/whats-on/que... @avenofficial.bsky.social @whatsonglasgow.bsky.social

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In this new essay, Dove Cooper explores how John Wiswell uses asexual and aromantic characters throughout his novels. Subscribe to read this, and more essays throughout the year - AUD30 (~GBP16, USD22): www.speculativeinsight.com

Purple background, white text, which says Throughout Nest, Wiswell offers up commentary on amatonormative ideas and compulsory sexuality... Shesheshen's asexual perspective permeates the book and Wiswell uses it and the humour it enables to poke fun at the allonormative elements of Western society. "His Family of Monsters" -- SL Dove Cooper

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our speaker dropped out for tomorrow's talk so I am diving into the breach We'll be heading back to the 18th century to explore 'Fantomina: An Alternative Genealogy of Romance' You can join online at 10am and 7pm BST on Saturday 10 - buytickets.at/romancingthe... 7- buytickets.at/romancingthe...

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Select tickets – Fantomina and an Alternative History of Romance Fiction with Dr Sam Hirst – Zoom

Fantomina and an Alternative History of Romance Fiction with Dr Sam Hirst – Zoom, Sat 19 Sep 2026 - Fri 2 Oct 2026 - Our series of talks is funded exclusively by donations. The talks are free to acces...

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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · 18/09/2026

Shitty replies hidden, reposts and replies disabled. People who dont know the difference between polyamory and polygamy or the difference between asexuality and abstinence quietly pitied. People suck.

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Karistina Lafae 🧚‍♀️ AuDHD Bedbound Faerie Godmother @karistinalafae.northsky.social · 18/09/2026

Because replies have been turned off in this thread, I'd like to clarify for the person who replied to me who said it was a joke... Yeah, I got that. But making a "joke" about asexuality that gets the definition of asexuality wrong as a punchline is still aphobic.

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Ryan Fitzpatrick @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I just got word that my forthcoming book Ace Theory has just arrived from the printers a little early. It officially launches October 27. I'm looking forward to seeing it in person! (If you place an order now, I think it still counts as a preorder, so you can get a bit of a discount.)

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BOOKSNS @booksns.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Asexual&Aromantic representation www.booksns.com/227576 Hi! I'm looking for a book with aroace representation that isn't Loveless by Alice Oseman. Can be any genre as long as the author will make me feel seen. by bubothevirginianus

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Asexual&Aromantic representation - Trending Books

Hi! I'm looking for a book with aroace representation that isn't Loveless by Alice Oseman. Can be any genre as long as the author will make me feel

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🌈📚 FANTASY NOVELLA SERIES In which you can find: 🧡 Friends meeting in dangerous circumstances 💜 Bonding through board games 💙 A roadtrip in a sentient Wagon 🧡 Aromantic, asexual, and non-binary MCs 💜 Plenty of fantasy mysteries claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/

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