Heya! Elsie here. So, it's, like 2 am for me, and I really have nothing going on in my life, so I randomly got a bit of inspiration for this here.

I found a few interesting websites that shared a brief history of Asexuality. (The Outline, Asexuality.org, and Wikipedia)

I'll share the links in the comments for you -- right here:

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1860s -- In 1869, Karl-Maria Kertbeny wrote a series of pamphlets arguing against Prussian sodomy law where he coined the terms "homosexual" and "heterosexual." In these same pamphlets, who also uses the word "monosexuals" to reference people who only partake in masterbation​.

1890s -- In 1896 German sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld references people without sexual desire in his own pamphlet called Sappho Und Sokrates. He also links them to the concept of "anesthesia sexual".

1940s -- In 1948, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male was published. In this, it was stated that 1.5% of adult males fell into category "X" of the Kinsey Scale; category "X" was included for individuals who reported no socio-sexual contacts or reactions.

1950s -- Similarly to Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was published in 1953. Here it was stated that 19% of adult females fell under category "X" in the Kinsey Scale.

1960s -- Anton Szandor Lavey refers to asexuals and asexuality in his 1969 book, The Satanic Bible. He says, "Satanism condones any type of sexual activity which properly satisfies your individual desires - be it heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or even asexual".

1970s -- In 1973, activists at Barnard College were pictured to include "asexual" on a board advocating to "choose your own label" and had their picture featured in Vol. 3, No. 6 of off our backs. The picture was intended to be released in the previous article which described asexuality to be "an orientation that regards a partner as nonessential to sex, and sex as nonessential to a satisfying relationship."

Singer and composer David Bowie discussed asexuality in Rolling Stone in the article "David Bowie in conversation on sexuality with William S. Burroughs," by Craig Copetas, February 28, 1974.

Myra Johnson wrote one of the first academic papers about asexuality in the book The Sexually Oppressed in 1977.

In a study published in Advances in the Study of Affect in 1979, Michael D. Storms reimagined the Kinsey Scale. He included asexuality, describing it as, "exhibiting little to no homo-eroticism nor hetero-eroticism."

1980s -- The first study that gave empirical data about asexuals was published in 1983 by Paula Nurius, concerning the relationship between sexual orientation and mental health. The study used a variant of Kinsey's model, and scored participants according to sexual behaviour and desire for it.

In 1989, Sally Jesse Raphael interviewed Toby (alias Jim Sinclair).

1990s -- The book Boston Marriages: Romantic but Asexual Relationships Among Contemporary Lesbians by Esther D. Rothblum and Kathleen A. Brehony was released on November 17, 1993.

In 1997, activist Jim Sinclair posted in their website the essay Personal Definitions of Sexuality, originally written in response to a class assignment in 1987, where they defined themself as asexual.

In the same year, 1997, Zoe O'Reilly published the article My life as an amoeba in the StarNet Dispatches webzine, a first-person exploration of asexuality that sparkled responses through the late 90s and early 2000s by people who identified with it.

2001 -- David Jay founded the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN), which became the most prolific and well-known of the various asexual communities that started to form since the advent of the World Wide Web and social media.

2002 -- New York passed the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act, which was the first, and is currently the only piece of legislation that mentions asexuality in the world.

2004 -- Psychologist Anthony F. Bogaert published "Asexuality: prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample" in the Journal of Sex Research. According to this paper, 1% of a 1994 British probability sample indicated feeling no attraction for males nor females.

The New Scientist dedicated an issue to asexuality in response to Bogaert's paper.

Discovery dedicated an episode of The Sex Files to asexuality.

2005 -- L'amour sans le faire by Geraldin Levi Rich Jones (Joosten van Vilsteren) was released. It was the first book on asexuality. Geraldin was at the head of the asexual movement, launching "The Official Asexual Society" in 2000 and performing asexual comedy shows. She also was a prominent face in the early '00's asexual media boom.

A common symbol for the asexual community is a black ring worn on the middle finger of the right hand. The material and exact design of the ring are not important as long as it is primarily black. This symbol started on AVEN in 2005.

2009 -- AVEN members participated in the first asexual entry into an American pride parade when they walked in the San Francisco Pride Parade.

2010 -- A flag was announced as the asexual pride flag. The asexual pride flag consists of four horizontal stripes: black, grey, white, and purple from top to bottom.

Asexual Awareness Week was founded by Sara Beth Brooks in 2010. It occurs in the later half of October, and was created to both celebrate asexual, aromantic, demisexual, and grey-asexual pride and promote awareness.

2012 -- The first International Asexual Conference was held at the 2012 World Pride in London.

2013 - The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition changed the diagnosis of hypoactive sexual desire disorder conditions to include an exception for people who self-identify as asexual.

2014-- The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality, by Julie Sondra Decker, was published; it was the first mainstream published book on the subject of asexuality.

2015 -- George Norman became Britain's first openly asexual parliamentary election candidate.