At SPECS, we talk a lot about sex — the importance of regular STI testing, the nuances of consent, birth control choices, ...

February 20-26 is Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week and to celebrate model and asexuality activist Yasmin Benoit revisits a 2020 essay she penned about her asexual identity in order to explore how it ...

Barbie doesn’t have sex. And, more importantly, she’s not driven to seeking it. As the movie follows its titular figure from Barbieland into the real world, and thus her eventual transition from doll ...

Though an estimated 1% of people identify as asexual – a sexual orientation most commonly defined as lacking sexual attraction – asexual people remain relatively invisible and are rarely researched.

Within the field of sexuality studies, there is an increasing amount of attention being paid to people who self-identify as being asexual. According to most common definitions, asexuality can be said ...

Asexual representation in the media has been little to virtually nothing. However, we still have a long way to go. I believe that the Media should use their influential power more. They could do this ...

Given our constant bombardment with sexual imagery and innuendo, it can be hard for many to really grasp what the experience of asexuality might be like. Asexuality is defined as a lifelong lack of ...

Jessica Rabbit, the wife of Roger Rabbit, is an asexual icon. Yes, you read that right. Over the past 25 years, the asexual (or “a-spec”) community has emerged as a queer identity. The discourse ...

A new study has found that a majority of asexual people have felt less accepted over the past year. The Human Rights Campaign looked at the 2025 Annual LGBTQ+ Community Survey (ALCS), and found that ...