ACE ON ACE Volume 1 Issue 1
ACE ON ACE
A monthly newsletter brought to you by Ace Los Angeles
Vol. 1, Issue 1
Welcome to Ace Los Angeles first monthly newsletter! We hope to use this space to keep our followers informed on ace topics in news media and academic journals, spotlight asexual representation, boost projects asking for ace participation, and educate on asexual and aromantic terms.
Ace LA meets online the second Sunday of every month. All meetings are open.
1pm - Business Meeting
1:30pm - New Member Meeting
2pm - General Meeting
The next meeting is on May 14th.
Our Ears Are Burning!
This section is where we link you to articles and studies on asexuality and aromantisim.
Asexual Advocacy in India - An interview with Dr. Pragati Singh, founder of Indian Aces and Platonicity, on her efforts in India and asexual advocacy outside of Western contexts
My dad was asexual. I wish he could have told me -A personal essay reflecting on the author’s late father and the damage done by limiting conversations around sexuality.
“I don’t know if this counts but…” - Ace & Aro Collective AU released their 223 page final report of their Asexual Lived Experiences Survey 2021, which examines discrimination faced by the ace community.
Asexual woman forced to seek asylum - Yasmin Benoit writes about a woman’s difficulties finding asylum and how the lack of recognition of asexuality effects those fleeing discrimination and violence.
Scholars develop resource for research - Two university of Toronto scholars have created The Asexual and Aromantic Bibliography, a collection of references of both ace and aro academic literature.
Tell Me a Story...
In this section we will spotlight an asexual or aromantic character in media.
For our first issue, rather than discuss a specific character, we wanted to draw our readers attention to GLAAD’s 2022-2023 Where We Are On TV Report. Which found a record breaking 6 asexual characters on screen in this ongoing television season.
The Ace Couple, an asexual podcast, takes a closer look at the report and numbers in their recent episode: What GLAAD Got Wrong About Asexual Representation
And for those looking for recommendations: pride.com offers 10 Books with Awesome Asexual Characters and The Out Museum made 6 short films avaible with their Ace of Hearts Collection
We Want You!
This section is for informing you of requests for participation of aces and aros by other organizations, including studies, surveys, archive efforts, media projects, interviews, and policy / community feedback.
Relationship Survey -Sociologists at UC Irvine are seeking asexual and aromantic participants for a survey attraction and relationships.
What’s the Word?
This last section is dedicated to featuring the definition of a word or phrase to encourage broader understanding and discussion of asexual and aromantic topics.
Our Word of the Month is Asexual/Asexuality:
Someone who does not experience sexual attraction or an intrinsic desire to have sexual relationships (or the adjective describing a person as such). (The Asexual Visibility and Education Network)
not having sexual feelings toward others : not experiencing sexual desire or attraction. (Miriam-Webster Dictionary)
a complete or partial lack of sexual attraction or lack of interest in sexual activity with others. (The Human Rights Campaign)
a relationship to sex that is atypical to what has been decided on by society at large as normative, and that atypical nature is marked by varying degrees of sexual attraction and desire. (Refusing Compulsory Sexuality, Sherronda J. Brown)
We love to hear from you! Letters to the editor can be sent to asexalitylosangeles@gmail.com