ACE ON ACE Volume 2 Issue 6
ACE ON ACE
A monthly newsletter brought to you by Ace Los Angeles
Vol. 2, Issue 6
Hello Aces, Aros, and Unknowns!
Welcome back to Ace Los Angeles’s monthly newsletter. Once again this month’s offering is pretty sparce. I did try my best but this was all I managed to find. I have a few things in the works, and hopefully next time I’ll be able to offer something alongside the many links.
In the meantime, Ace LA now has a store, please check it out and consider supporting us!
As always -V
September is Suicide Prevention Month
September 16th-22nd is Bisexual Awareness Week
September 23rd is Celebrate Bisexuality Day
As of June 2023, Ace LA will alternate between outdoor in-person (weather permitting) and virtual meetups. For in-person meetups and volunteering, you will be asked to mask unless eating or drinking and will be required to sign a waiver stating you understand the risk of exposure, and that you absolve Ace Los Angeles of any liability. Masks are available on request.
Ace LA has social meetings the second Sunday of every month.
1:30pm - New Member Meeting
2pm - General Meeting The next meeting is on September 8th on Zoom.
Ace LA’s Business meetings are online, the first Wednesday of every month. 7:00pm - Business Meeting The next meeting is on September 4th on Zoom.
All meetings are open and we hope to see you there!
Our Ears Are Burning!
This section is where we link you to articles and studies on asexuality and aromantisim.
A Finnish dissertation on “queering intimacies” exploring live-in friendships and altenative ways of family-making.
A very brief piece on abc about David Jay and his efforts to advocate for asexuality.
There is a virtual panel to celebrate the 10th anniversary edition of Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives, the September 9th panel will feature editors and contributors of the book, RSVP here to attend.
Tell Me a Story...
In this section we will spotlight an asexual or aromantic character in media and media related news.
bookriot.com has a list of 16 ace-spectrum romance books.
A review of asexual Nepali-American author Ranjan Adiga’s new short story collection.
fluently aspec explains the history of aroace Marvel character Gwenpool in honor of the new Marvel Fortnite team up.
An essay on reading smutty books as an asexual Bl.
An exploration and celebration of the platonic relationships on the Japanese dating show The Boyfriend.
AUREA has a collection of works submitted for their Aromantics Create Pride event.
In Our Own Words:
This section is where we will feature personal essays, reflections, and stories.
An personal essay on trying to claim space for Aces and Aros in the Queer Community.
Several ace writers discuss about friendship and platonic relationships, how they can strengthen ace communities, and how allosexual can benefit from adopting the same framework.
The More You Know
In this section we will provide links to articles and resources designed to educate and inform on asexuality and aromanticism.
Unfortunately I have no articles or links for the education sections this month, hopefully I’ll have something for you for the next newsletter.
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.
Call for papers on Global Asexualities and Aromanticisms abstracts are due by September 30th, find more information here.
Call for essays by Jewish Ace-Spectrum people for an anthology, submissions are due by September 15th, details here.
University of Southern Queensland is doing a study on psychedelic drug use among queer people.
AUREA (Aromantic-Spectrum Union for Recognition, Education, and Advocacy) is asking for your experiences as part of a book project on aromantisim and intersectionality.
Queer Author Emily Garside is writing a book on queer television and in an effort to include as much as possible is asking for people to fill out a survey on their experiences.
USC Sant Cruz researchers are looking for participants for a study on relationships and identity.
Researchers at University of Iowa are looking for 500 people to participate in a study on asexuality and reproductive health.
And finally:
A-specs Committed to Anti-Racism has a living document Actionable Ways to Support Palestinians in Gaza on day 312 of the genocide.
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.
Language is about communication, an agreed meaning between people, it is by nature imperfect. And as long as people are using it, it will continue to evolve and change, and so will our understanding of ourselves and others . Which is just a fancy way of saying words don’t always mean the same thing, and nobody agrees 100% of the time on what they do mean. This section is an attempt to bring you concepts and words that help define our community and our experiences, and in my best attempt to accomplish that I will offer multiple different definitions from multiple sources, because I believe that the best way to understand something is describe it from multiple angles.
Our Word of the Month is Abrosexual/ace flux
someone who’s experiences of sexual attraction fluctuate; they may go through periods of asexuality and periods of experiencing sexual attraction. The strength of their attraction could also fluctuate, going through phases of weakness and intensity. (Oxford University LGBTQ+ Society)
Thought of You…
This section is just for short videos, social media posts, etc. anything too short or trivial for other sections, a little offering of enjoyment to our readers.
Aromantic and Asexual Support PH asked their followers how amatonormativity personally affected them.
We love to hear from you! Letters to the editor can be sent to asexalitylosangeles@gmail.com
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