Asexual Visibility and Education Network

The Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) was founded in 2001 by David Jay. Self-described as the "world's largest asexual community", it had grown to over 50,000 members by 2012.[1][2]

Asexual Visibility and Education Network
Type of site
Advocacy group
Virtual community
Available in16 languages
FoundedMarch 10, 2001
Founder(s)David Jay
URLasexuality.org

Purpose

When first starting the website, AVEN's main goals were to give the community space to grow and raise awareness for asexuality in public. AVEN serves as an informational platform.

Activities

One of the central parts of AVEN is the community forum.[2] In this forum, users post about their experiences surrounding asexuality and the space is open to queer-friendly interactions without any sort of judgement.[3][4] In an interview with Femestella, Jay highlighted the importance of such open spaces for people who are unsure of their sexuality and having support to understand themselves better.[5] The forums exist in many languages such as French and Russian.[6]

Publication

AVEN publishes a newsletter called AVENues every four months. It collects content from the community and includes fiction, poetry, articles and also publishes discussion pieces from the forum.[7]

References
  1. "Among the asexuals". the Guardian. 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  2. "About AVEN | The Asexual Visibility and Education Network | asexuality.org". www.asexuality.org. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  3. "AVEN's mission and values". Asexual Visibility and Education Network. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  4. "Types of Sexuality And Their Definitions - Which One Is Yours?". spectrum-id.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  5. Finkel, Lena (2020-02-13). "Let's Talk Asexuality: Every Question You Ever Had About Asexuality Answered". Femestella. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  6. "Links | The Asexual Visibility and Education Network | asexuality.org". www.asexuality.org. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  7. "AVENues | The Asexual Visibility and Education Network | asexuality.org". www.asexuality.org. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
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