Understanding Asexuality Not To Be Released in March
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- Published on Wednesday, 28 March 2012 17:03
- Written by Lara Landis
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Amazon.com prematurely announced the release date of Anthony F. Bogaert's Understanding Asexuality. The UK Amazon listed the publication date in March of this year. Asexual news also reported this, and the date is incorrect. The book will not be released until at least August.
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Denver Asexuals Wanted for Help With A Discussion About Asexuality
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 23:21
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The LGBT student services program at Aurora in Denver, Colorado is looking for openly Asexual people to help further a discussion of Asexuality on campus. Anyone interested in helping out or who wants more information should contact the AVEN PT at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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UK/Ireland Asexuals Wanted for Documentary
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:40
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AVEN member bunnyk23 is making an informative/funny documentary on Asexuality. They're looking for Asexuals in the UK and Ireland to feature relevant stories for the documentary.
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Another DSM-5 Criticism: Do Not Shorten the Duration of the Bereavement Exclusion
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 21:49
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The Asexual and Transgender communities have expressed concern over the DSM-5, but they are not the only groups who worry. Mental health professionals have expressed concern, but in the debate over HSDD and Gender Identity disorder, Asexual activists and transgender activists have overlooked the change to the bereavement conclusion. A MISS Foundation blog post received 75,000 hits expressing concern over the time reduction in the upcoming edition of the psychiatric bible.
The proposed change to the bereavement exclusion allows someone who is mourning over the loss of a loved one within two weeks of the illness, according to Dr. Joanne Cacciatore of the MISS foundation. Grief is a normal part of the bereavement process, but the time window which a survivor can be diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder shrunk from one year to two months when the DSM IV replaced the DSM III.
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Slovak JOJ TV Seeks Asexuals Living in Central Europe
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- Published on Monday, 12 March 2012 21:34
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Daniel Levicky Archleb, an editor who works for the Slovak TV station JoJ contacted AVEN's project team to find Asexuals who are in central Europe and are willing to appear on camera. Archleb made his initial request trhough a Czech Asexual forum but did not gain any responses.
He made the request to the larger AVEN. If anyone knows an Asexual who meets these criteria should e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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