ACE ON ACE Volume 3 Issue 1
ACE ON ACE
A monthly newsletter brought to you by Ace Los Angeles
Vol. 3, Issue 1
Happy New Year y’all! I hope any and all holidays that you’ve had since last time were fantastic. I’ll do my best to bring these consistently throughout the year, possibly with new content and sections based on feedback from you, our readers. Stay Tuned.
Best -V
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 January 12th on zoom
Ace LA’s Business meetings are online, the first Wednesday of every month. 7:00pm - Business Meeting The next meeting is on January 8th 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.
Asexual scholar Canton Winer has published a paper on split attraction.
NHS England is creating safe space meetings for a number of sexual minorities, including asexual and aromantic staff members.
A brief look on the progress made in ace activism following last year’s Ace in the UK report.
A PhD student from Edinburgh University writes about the UK’s Equality Act, legal protections, and where asexuality fits.
Tell Me a Story...
In this section we will spotlight an asexual or aromantic representation in media and entertainment news.
Ace Los Angeles is launching a new page tracking asexual representation in television, you can also find it on our resources page.
Personal essay/review of Final Fantasy 7 and how it helped the writer realize their asexuality.
Swords & Sapphics interviews demisexual author Diane Billas about her new book Superficial.
A review of Nepali book about an asexual woman.
Looking at asexuality and marriage, this article also looks at the portrayal of asexuality in recent film Satyaprem Ki Katha.
Lastly, we have an academic paper on the queer plantonic potential that can be read into the film Bend it Like Beckham.
In Our Own Words:
This section is where we will feature personal essays, reflections, and stories.
Autostraddle gives advice to someone navigating a possible ace-allo relationship.
On the same topic, an independent ace creator talks about whether ace-allo relationships are workable at all.
A brief dutch-language essay on being happy while aroace.
Yasmin Benoit wrote 2 essay’s recently, the first for Playboy focusing on desirability, appearance, and asexuality, and the second for Stylist where she writes about being aromantic.
From humorous to excited to blunt, Bella DePaulo, Kris Marsh, and Fatemeh Farahan offer 10 different ways to answer the question: why are you single?
Aromantic and Asexual PH asks it’s members: what makes a space safe for aspec?
The More You Know
In this section we will provide links to articles and resources designed to educate and inform on asexuality and aromanticism.
Two advice columns here, one focusing on identity and the other on relationships. I put them here instead of the personal section, since the focus is less on a specific persons’ problem and more about asexuality, sexuality, and relationships instead.
secretspiderlady talks asexuality, misconceptions around it’s queerness, and invalidation.
Taking on a personal tone, a few aces write about asexuality in India.
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.
Aspec podcast is looking for people interested in being featured as guests.
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.
Oakland University is seeking participants for a research study on minority stress.
University of Southern Queensland is doing a study on psychedelic drug use among queer people.
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 458 of the genocide.
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.
We love to hear from you! Letters to the editor can be sent to asexalitylosangeles@gmail.com
And to keep your lovely editor from feeling unappreciated and full of melancholy, please tells us what you loved (or hated) or think we missed.