About this episode

This episode discusses the criminalization of asexuality and the historical context of anti-ace sentiment in laws and policies.

Although there is a large history of anti-ace sentiment leeching into laws and policy across many countries, Asexuality as an identity has now been outright criminalized for the first time in history, that we know of.

People in this episode

Host: The Ace Couple

Topics covered

• asexuality
• criminalization
• anti-ace sentiment
• laws
• identity

Keywords

• asexuality
• criminalization
• anti-ace laws
• identity
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Places: countries

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