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2024	Fictosexuality Yuu Matsuura established the awareness organization 'Fictosexual Perspective' in Japan to archive experiences and thoughts of fictosexual individuals.
2024	Asexuality Publication of 'Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Agender Identity', continuing the ongoing discourse and literature about asexual experiences.
2024	Media portrayal of asexuality In the series Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Lagerfeld (played by Daniel Brühl) is portrayed as asexual.
2023	Asexuality Two significant books were published: 'Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity' and 'Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else'.
June 2023	Fictosexuality Akihiko Kondo founded the General Incorporated Association of Fictosexuality to provide support, hold meetings, and improve understanding of fictosexuality as a community.
2022	Asexuality Publication of 'Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace' and 'Refusing Compulsory Sexuality', along with Khan Wong's fiction 'The Circus Infinite'.
2022	Media portrayal of asexuality The television series The Imperfects features an asexual succubus character.
2022	Media portrayal of asexuality Japanese drama series Koisenu Futari (As Two People Who Can't Fall in Love) is produced by NHK, centering around asexuality and aromanticism.
March 2022	Gray asexuality The term 'demisexuality' was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary, recognizing its growing cultural significance.
January 2022	Media portrayal of asexuality In the tenth episode of the seventh season of Legends of Tomorrow, character Esperanza 'Spooner' Cruz identifies herself as asexual.
2021	Asexuality Chuck Tingle published 'Absolutely No Thoughts Of Pounding...', and 'How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual' was released, further expanding asexual representation in literature.
2021	Media portrayal of asexuality Lilith Clawthorne from The Owl House was confirmed as asexual by her voice actor Cissy Jones during an Instagram live.
2020	Sexual selection in humans A research study was conducted exploring women's attraction preferences, finding that women tend to view a man as more attractive if his previous relationships ended mutually, and less attractive if he was dumped by previous partners.
2020	Media portrayal of asexuality In The Penumbra Podcast, the character Jet Sikuliaq was confirmed as both asexual and aromantic.
2020	Media portrayal of asexuality Griffin McElroy explicitly stated in a Q&A episode that he considers the character Fitzroy Maplecourt from The Adventure Zone: Graduation podcast to be asexual.
2020	Media portrayal of asexuality Jonathan Sims, the voice actor for the character Jon in The Magnus Archives podcast, noted his own asexuality, though the character Jon would not actively identify as such.
2020	Media portrayal of asexuality Alice Oseman published 'Loveless', a novel specifically addressing a protagonist's journey of understanding her asexual and aromantic identity while at university.
2020	Media portrayal of asexuality Erica Mendez, a Mexican-American voice actress, publicly identified as asexual.
2019	Gray asexuality The Ace Community Survey reported that 10.9% of asexuals identified as gray-sexual, providing one of the first significant statistical insights into the prevalence of gray asexuality within the asexual community.
2019	Asexuality Publication of 'Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality', contributing to non-fiction literature about asexuality.
2019	Media portrayal of asexuality In the video game The Outer Worlds, the character Parvati Holcomb, a crew member and engineer, is developed as a character with a romantic storyline that represents asexual representation. Narrative designer Kate Dollarhyde, an asexual and biromantic woman, intentionally crafted Parvati's character to bring personal experiences of asexuality to the game's narrative.
2019	Media portrayal of asexuality Bo came out as asexual in the Dutch webcomic Acception. In the same year, the character Diane in Lumberjanes explicitly discussed her lack of sexual interest while maintaining romantic feelings.
2018	Asexuality Multiple books exploring asexual experiences were published, including Akemi Dawn Bowman's 'Summer Bird Blue', Claire Kann's 'Let's Talk About Love', and Mackenzi Lee's 'The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy'.
2018	Fictosexuality Akihiko Kondo, a Japanese school administrator, symbolically married Hatsune Miku, a virtual character, marking a significant personal event in fictosexuality representation.
2018	Media portrayal of asexuality Bustle highlighted books with asexual protagonists by authors Kathryn Ormsbee, Claire Kann, and Alice Oseman.
2018	Sexual attraction A comprehensive review was conducted that did not support the theory of women changing their type of male partner preference during different stages of their fertility cycle.
2017	Media portrayal of asexuality On the British soap opera Emmerdale, 15-year-old character Liv Flaherty reveals she fancies neither boys nor girls, suggesting she might be asexual.
2017	Media portrayal of asexuality The Riverdale television show sparked controversy by depicting Jughead as heterosexual, despite actor Cole Sprouse and fans advocating for maintaining the character's asexual identity.
2017	Media portrayal of asexuality GLAAD noted the historical lack of nuanced representation of asexual characters in media.
2016	Asexuality Seanan McGuire published 'Every Heart a Doorway', a notable work featuring asexual representation in fiction.
2016	Media portrayal of asexuality Jughead Jones was officially confirmed as asexual in the New Riverdale Jughead comics, representing asexual representation in mainstream comics.
2015	Media portrayal of asexuality Alix, an asexual character, was introduced in the webcomic Sex Criminals.
2014	Media portrayal of asexuality GLAAD began counting non-binary and asexual characters in media representation.
2014	Media portrayal of asexuality Todd Chavez's asexual identity was revealed at the end of BoJack Horseman's third season.
2014	Sexual attraction Two meta-analyses were published with opposing conclusions about the ovulatory shift hypothesis, examining whether women's mate preferences change across their fertility cycle.
2013	Gray asexuality Post-doctorate research on demisexuality began, contributing to academic understanding of the sexual orientation.
2013	Media portrayal of asexuality In the web series High Maintenance, the character Evan Waxman (portrayed by Avery Monsen) proclaims his asexual identity upon his first appearance.
2010	Media portrayal of asexuality The television series Faking It features a character named Brad who briefly exclaims his asexual orientation in an episode about labels.

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