Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace

Eris Young

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Dec 21, 2022 - Social Science - 288 pages

How do we experience attraction?
What does love mean to us?
When did you realise you were ace?

This is the ace community in their own words.
Drawing upon interviews with a wide range of people across the asexual spectrum, Eris Young is here to take you on an empowering, enriching journey through the rich multitudes of asexual life.

With chapters spanning everything from dating, relationships and sex, to mental and emotional health, family, community and joy, the inspirational stories and personal experiences within these pages speak to aces living and loving in unique ways. Find support amongst the diverse narratives of aces sex-repulsed and sex-favourable, alongside voices exploring what it means to be black and ace, to be queer and ace, or ace and multi-partnered - and use it as a springboard for your own ace growth.

Do you see a story like your own?

Contents

• A Note to My Readers: 9
• Introduction: 10
• Visibility: 20
• Who Are We?: 31
• Microlabels: 57
• When Language Isnt Enough: 64
• Coming and Being Out: 71
• Aspec and the LGBTQ+ Community: 85
• Intersectionality: 101
• Friends and Family: 145
• What Is Love?: 162
• Sex: 186
• The Future of Relationships: 216
• Joy: 234
• Resources: 250
• Endnotes: 261
• Index: 279

About the author

Eris Young is an asexual, non-binary writer and editor. They are Writer-in-Residence for The Lighthouse Bookshop, winner of a 2020 Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award, and previously published They/Them/Their (JKP, 2019). They are from Santa Ana, California, but reside in Edinburgh.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace
• Author: Eris Young
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022
• ISBN: 1787756998, 9781787756991
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Sexuality; Psychology / Human Sexuality; Self-Help / General; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science / Human Sexuality; Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies