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Welcome 6 Nov 2012 | 03:23 am
Welcome to the Asexual Visibility and Education Network. AVEN hosts the world's largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, hon...
Opening the door to self-discovery 18 Nov 2010 | 07:07 am
By ~Acer~ As humans, we are in general a social species, programmed to support each other in family units and communities and it seems often mob rule dictates what is normal, expected or acceptable b...
Question What You Think You Know 12 Nov 2009 | 07:52 am
By Trix Browsing through the forums on AVEN, I come across many young people just entering the community, asking the same question: "Am I asexual? Do I belong here?" read more
Planet Asexual 12 Sep 2009 | 01:57 am
By Omnes et Nihil I’m an alien. I’m from planet Asexual. Many of us are sent to Earth in human form and raised in Earthling families who all suffer a form of amnesia about the whole alien thing— and ...
How Discovering My Asexuality Set Me Free 28 Jun 2009 | 04:59 am
By Rainbow Amoeba I was 21 when I found out I was asexual, and it changed everything in my life – my perception of myself, my expectations for the future, my understanding of the world. In a way, it ...
Coming Out of the Closet 16 Mar 2009 | 01:45 pm
My discovery of asexuality begins with irony. I had a really huge crush on a friend of mine- all of my friends knew I liked him, and were totally perplexed when I spent an entire year not doing anythi...
Am I the only one? 14 Feb 2009 | 08:07 am
By Mandrewliter At least since high school, I’ve been aware that I was sexually different from my peers. I don’t know if there was a first moment when I realized this, but I have a few memories that ...
Life After Asexuality 5 Jan 2009 | 06:43 pm
This was my introduction to asexuality: I was 20 and in the fall of my junior year of college. I was standing in my room with a small group of my sorority sisters. The girls were talking about which b...
Understanding Asexuality from the Outside 13 Mar 2007 | 04:17 pm
A friend who rarely mentions sex has not had any in at least a decade. It has always seemed odd to me, but he is someone I really care for, and I accept him as he is. When I discovered the AVEN board...
The Top Ten Responses to Asexuality 28 Jun 2005 | 05:33 pm
Asexual. Nonsexual. Antisexual. Celibate. These terms have different connotations depending on who you talk to, and at different times all of them have been applied to me, correct or no. But no matter...