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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, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike.

Unlike celibacy, which is a choice to abstain from sexual activity, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are, just like other sexual orientations. Asexual people have the same emotional needs as everybody else and are just as capable of forming intimate relationships. To find out more about asexuality, click here. For media and speaking requests please contact aven.pt@gmail.com.

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COVID-19 update - April 2020 We hope everyone is keeping well during the pandemic. We have put together a brief list of resources and support groups directed at the ace and aro community for the lockdown in many cities, as well as a link to the AVEN Unofficial discord server.

NEW! (6 April) Happy International Asexuality Day (IAD) everybody! Please follow on social media. Earlier on 5 April, we held a livestream that can be found on the IAD youtube channel featuring ace activists from around the world.

To get involved with ace and aro vis/ed activities or for media and speaker requests, please email aven.pt@gmail.com. If you have a question about asexuality, please email aven.qa@gmail.com.

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Asexual Perspectives

Opening the door to self-discovery

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 behaviour. Especially in a modern society where the media projects these ideas into every facet of our lives, we are now educated very early on as to how life apparently is. No matter what our true feelings inside, we may now attempt to adhere to the ‘rules’ that we have collectively set ourselves.

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Digest for 29th March - 5th April 2021

Site News:

The Spring issue of AVENues, covering mental and physical wellness, has been published. Submissions for the next issue on asexual representation in fandoms are now being taken.

International Asexuality Day:

In the run-up to IAD on 6th April, AVEN UK will be hosting a livestream on Monday 5th April highlighting the international asexual community and visibility efforts.

To find out what events are taking place in your country, please see the master thread of International Asexuality Day events.

World Watch:

InsideHook discusses the term allosexuality and its importance for asexual visibility.

The Michigan Daily has an article about asexual podcast Sounds Fake But Okay.

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