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		<title>When I realized I was ace, I thought love wasn’t in the stars. I was so wrong</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Magan Carty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Romantic feelings come much later. First, I must fall in love platonically]]></description>
		
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		<title>I’m asexual but I want to have sex at least once. How should I go about it?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kai Cheng Thom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 15:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kai reminds a reader to “go slowly and to only engage with activities that feel good, or at least okay”]]></description>
		
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		<title>Resources on asexuality and aromanticism studies are more accessible than ever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 17:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the help of the Asexuality and Aromanticism Bibliography, researchers can sort through more than 500 academic and community posts on the subjects]]></description>
		
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		<title>How getting diagnosed with autism helped me embrace my asexuality</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Dingwell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 19:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disabled people aren’t a monolith, and not every autistic person is on the ace spectrum. But for me, the two parts of my identity are linked]]></description>
		
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		<title>Asexual YA fiction, trans film and a Two-Spirit discussion with Landa Lakes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Bear Bergman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve got picks for every letter of the acronym in this week’s Queer Culture Catch-Up]]></description>
		
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		<title>Going on a sex vacation made me wonder: am I demisexual?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobby Box]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 18:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a breakup, I thought I wanted to dive headfirst into casual sex. But I learned sexuality and desire are rarely static or easily defined]]></description>
		
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		<title>Should I start dating someone who is asexual even though I want to lose my virginity?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kai Cheng Thom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it comes to setting expectations between two people with conflicting desires, it’s best not to try to figure out everything at once]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I’m asexual, but my partner is not</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Communication, consent and self-discovery are key to keeping the relationship—and the intimacy—healthy]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I think I’m asexual but I’m into kinky porn, which my friends say is problematic. Am I a bad person?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kai Cheng Thom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What it’s like navigating relationships as an asexual Filipino Mormon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Community-Based Research Centre, Lowell V Acorda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the intersections, I’ve been told I have to choose one identity]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Emily Griggs is anything but heartless</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrienne Ascah]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Web comic explores the sexuality spectrum with Victorian vampires]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nerd orgy in song</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/culture/nerd-orgy-in-song-56625</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xtra Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Topless nerdy boys fluent in Na'vi]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dumpster Couture: Episode 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xtra Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[High street meets the back alley]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What if straight guys were queeny?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xtra Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A straight take on Daily Xtra's comedy spots]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Woof! BFF Bears on otters and mama bears</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xtra Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 07:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The boys are back and funnier than ever]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BFF Bears talk about their giant members</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Prendergast]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our weekly comedy spot — woof! ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ontario asexuals challenge assumptions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Seitz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brock University study found one percent of population does not feel any sexual attraction]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is sex overrated?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Dagostino]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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