Sexuality and genders

Asexual

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19th century1860s1869: , in the same pamphlets arguing against Prussian where he coined the terms "homosexual" and "heterosexual", also used the word "monosexuals" to refer to people who only .1890s1896: German sexologist wrote the pamphlet Sappho und Sokrates, which mentions people without any sexual desire and links them to the concept of "anesthesia sexual".1897: German sexual reformist gave the first definition of asexuality in her work Ein Weib? Psychologisch-biographische: Studie über eine Konträrsexuelle (A woman? Psychological-biographical study of a contrary-sexual) under the term Sinnlichkeitslosigkeit (Asensuality) and counted herself as such, stating "Verfasser hat den Mut, sich zu jener Kategorie zu bekennen (Author has the courage to admit to this category)."20th century1900s1907: Reverend Carl Schlegel, a German immigrant living in New Orleans, was found guilty by the city Presbytery on charges of "homosexualism, Sodomy, or Uranism." Schlegel was quoted as advocating for "the same laws" for "homosexuals, heterosexuals, bisexuals [and] asexuals."1920s1922: Jennie June, an American author on sexual and gender nonconformity, wrote "The Female Impersonators." In it, June describes people known as "anaphrodites," people who do not experience sexual attraction. Says June: "their minds are devoid of hero-worship and they shudder violently at the very thought of any kind of association grounded on sex differences. Their anaphroditism is either an after-effect of an illness in childhood or congenital." June also mentions that "Sir Isaac Newton and Immanuel Kant appear to have been anaphrodites."1940s–1950s1948: The included the category "X" for males who reported no socio-sexual contacts or reactions; according to the research, 1.5% of adult male subjects fell into this category.1953: The included the category "X" for females who reported no socio-sexual contacts or reactions; according to the research, 19% of female interviewees fell into this category.1960s1969: in his book referenced asexuals and asexuality, stating that "Satanism condones any type of sexual activity which properly satisfies your individual desires – be it heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or even asexual".1970s1972: The Asexual Manifesto written by Lisa Orlando is published by the and circulates within feminist circles.1973: Activists at were pictured to include "asexual" on a board advocating to "choose your own label" and had their picture featured in February/March 1973 edition of . The picture was intended to be released in the previous article which described asexuality to be "an orientation that regards a partner as nonessential to sex, and sex as nonessential to a satisfying relationship."1974: Singer and composer discussed asexuality in in the article "David Bowie in conversation on sexuality with .1977: Myra Johnson wrote one of the first academic papers about asexuality as part of the book The Sexually Oppressed. She described "asexuality" as a complete lack of sexual desire, while those who do experience sexual desire but have no wish to satisfy it with others were labeled as "autoerotic". Johnson focused on the problems experiences by such women, who she felt were often ignored by the sexual revolution and feminist movements of the time.1979: In a study published in Advances in the Study of Affect, Michael D. Storms reimagined the as a two-dimensional map which included asexuality, defined as exhibiting little to no homo-eroticism nor hetero-eroticism. This type of scale accounted for asexuality for the first time. Storms conjectured that many researchers following Kinsey's model could be mis-categorizing asexual subjects as bisexual, because both were simply defined by a lack of preference for gender in sexual partners.1980s1983: The first study that gave empirical data about asexuals was published in 1983 by Paula Nurius, concerning the relationship between sexual orientation and mental health. The study used a variant of Kinsey's model, and scored participants according to sexual behaviour and desire for it.1989: American talk show host interviewed Toby (alias of ), a then self-described androgynous and nonsexual person.1990s1993: The book Boston Marriages: Romantic but Asexual Relationships Among Contemporary Lesbians by Esther D. Rothblum and Kathleen A. Brehony was released.1994: , conducted a study published in that concluded that 1 in 100 persons identified as asexual.1997: Activist Jim Sinclair posted in their website the essay Personal Definitions of Sexuality, originally written in response to a class assignment in 1987, where they defined themself as asexual.1997: Zoe O'Reilly published the article My life as an amoeba in the StarNet Dispatches webzine, a first-person exploration of asexuality that sparked responses through the late 90s and early 2000s by people who identified with it.21st century2000s2000: The Yahoo group was founded, one of the original online asexual communities.2001: founded the (AVEN), which became the most prolific and well-known of the various asexual communities that started to form since the advent of the World Wide Web and social media.2002: New York passed the , which was the first, and is currently the only piece of legislation that mentions asexuality in the world.2004: Psychologist published "Asexuality: prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample" in the Journal of Sex Research. According to this paper, 1% of a 1994 British probability sample indicated feeling no attraction for males nor females.2004: The New Scientist dedicated an issue to asexuality in response to Bogaert's paper.2004: dedicated an episode of The Sex Files to asexuality.2005: A common symbol for the asexual community is a black ring worn on the middle finger of the right hand. The material and exact design of the ring are not important as long as it is primarily black. This symbol started on AVEN in 2005.2005: revealed that is asexual.2006: In January, appeared on 's and later in March of that year, he appeared on 's program, hosted by . On both programs he discussed asexuality.2009: AVEN members participated in the first asexual entry into an American pride parade when they walked in the .2010sThis section appears to be . Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non-recent events. (March 2022) ()2010: The asexual pride flag was introduced to the public. The asexual pride flag consists of four horizontal stripes: black, grey, white, and purple from top to bottom.2010: , now called Ace Week, was founded by Sara Beth Brooks in 2010.It occurs in the later half of October, and was created to both celebrate , , , and pride and promote awareness.2011: The , a monthly blogging carnival run by , launched in May with the topic of . The Carnival of Aces still runs monthly.2012: The first International Asexual Conference was held at the 2012 World Pride in London.2013: The changed the diagnosis of conditions to include an exception for people who self-identify as asexual.2014: , a , launched a called "Indian Aces" for asexuals.2014: The first took place. The Asexual Census is an annual survey of the asexual community run by the AVEN Survey Team, promoted among various online asexual communities. In 2014 there were 14,210 respondents (10,880 aces and 3,330 non-aces).2015: George Norman became Britain's first openly asexual local election candidate.2015: Dr. Pragati Singh launched "Platonicity", an asexual dating platform. The "site" used a which the user entered their information.Singh would match respondents up "manually" with other users by their answers to questions on the form using an "excel sheet" and "template" she had created. Ultimately, she closed the "site" in 2016 due to an overwhelming response saying "I [didn't] know how to handle so much data" and "as much as I love to do this, it drains me."2016: , a character on the series , as asexual in the show's finale.2016: Joe Parrish became the United States's first openly asexual state election candidate.2016: The Asexual journal was launched in October by Michael Paramo as "a way to counteract the invisibilization and invalidation of asexuality by publishing the perspectives of asexual people". In 2019 it was renamed to . "AZE is an independent online journal publishing the perspectives of ace, aro, and agender authors."2017: Nabil Allal and A'laa Yasin launched the "Asexuality in Arabic" social media groups.2017: The "" is launched, hosted by Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca. Costello "identifies as ", while Kaszyca identifies as " and ".2018: An episode of the series The Sex Map of Britainon was dedicated to asexuality, entitled I Don't Want Sex.2019: Then 18-year-old Emi Salida, a British YouTuber who identifies as asexual, appeared in a documentary on asexuality, alongside .2019: British featured its first asexual character when , played by actress , came out as asexual.2019: author Elizabeth Hopkinson, a romantic asexual, began rewriting classic fairy tales with asexual twists.2019: hosted the first asexual-themed bar at in 2019.2019: A second asexual-centric podcast, called "A-OK", was launched. "A-OK" is hosted by Courtney Lang, who is aromantic and asexual.2019: Michelle Lin, 林靖, organized on-campus events for Ace Awareness Week at the .2019: Ela Przybylo published Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality.2019: "Parvati Holcomb", an asexual character, was introduced in the by .2019: In an issue of titled "The Activists", became the first openly asexual woman to appear on the cover of a UK magazine.2019: Washington became the first state in the to recognize Asexual Awareness Week, which it did through a ceremonial proclamation signed by governor .2020sThis section appears to be . Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non-recent events. (March 2022) ()2020: In the fourth episode of the Netflix series , Florence (played by actress ) realizes she is asexual after talking to Jean, a therapist. Florence tells her she "think[s] [she] might be broken" for not wanting to have sex. Jean tells asks her if she is aware of what asexuality is, telling her "sex doesn't make us whole. And so, how could you ever be broken?"2020: Jaymee Mak (an allosexual woman), wrote, produced, and co-starred in the It's Not You. It's Not Me., which was inspired by her relationship with an asexual man.2020: Peridot, a character on the series , a continuation of , was confirmed to be asexual and aromantic by one of the show's storyboard artists.2020: Indian actress announced, in a poem at Spoken Fest Mumbai, that she was asexual.2020: The first Virtual Asexual Pride took place from June 17 until June 30, hosted by Jaymie Doyle.The Virtual Asexual Pride was hosted online via social media due to the and is intended to continue Asexual Pride for Ireland and Northern Ireland virtually.2020: revealed on that Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, character of and , is a romantic asexual.2020: The article "Why We Christians Should Accept Asexuals", by Lisa Petriello, was published in Christian Magazine.2020: revealed on that Ruby Hale from was asexual.2020: In October, the website acerecommended.org launched. The site collects and provides recommendations by and for asexual-spectrum people for mental and physical health care providers, ace content, and religious and spiritual organizations/leaders.2021: The first International Asexuality Day occurred.