

The Ace Couple
The Ace Couple
Asexual married couple Courtney and Royce talk about all things Asexuality. By discussing queer culture and history, we’ll explore the topics of life, love, and sex through an Ace lens. Full transcripts and show notes on theacecouple.com.
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Jan 11, 2023 • 53min
Asexual Representation: Abbi Singh from The Imperfects
Yet another sad casualty in Netflix’s tirade of single-season cancellations, The Imperfects gives us rare and much needed representation in the character of Abbi Singh. She is an Ace, , WOC in STEM and not enough people know about her!

Jan 4, 2023 • 1h 19min
Taking an Online Autism Assessment
TikTok told us that we’re Autistic. To be fair, we already had that theory ourselves...So just for fun let’s take the IDR Labs Autism Spectrum Test live on microphone!

Dec 28, 2022 • 51min
Relationship Commitment and Division of Labor
Recently Michelle Obama confessed that she spent 10 years hating Barack. We don’t understand “marital hatred”, but it got us talking about commitment, the division of labor in relationships, and societal expectations that place a disproportional burden on women.

Dec 21, 2022 • 55min
r/AmITheAsshole? Asexuality Edition #2
Lots of you asked us for more Asexual AITA, so here we are once again! Today we read and share our perspectives on 8 different Reddit stories that all pertain to asexuality.

Dec 14, 2022 • 2h 18min
Decoupling Sin from Sex, Dating Sims, Discourse, & Being a Chinese Ace ft. Satan
The other half of Aces Playing at Attraction, Satan, shares their experience as a Chinese, femme-presenting Ace. We discuss everything from decoupling sex & sin, dating sims, genderqueerness, birth control, asexual discourse, and so much more!

Dec 7, 2022 • 56min
Wednesday’s Queerbaiting, AroAce Erasure, & Failed Conversion Therapy Allegory
Everybody is shipping #Wenclair. Netflix and the show’s cast are leaning into the queer community with interviews and “Wednesgay” drag events without actually showing us meaningful gay rep on screen. Meanwhile, Wednesday could and should be an AroAce icon.

Nov 30, 2022 • 2h
Asexuality & Kink ft. Evie Lupine
Today we’re joined by Evie Lupine for a jam-packed episode where we discuss the intersections of kink and asexuality, her personal journey as a kinky Ace, asexual discrimination, the kink community being more welcoming to Aces than some Pride organizations and SO much more!

Nov 23, 2022 • 1h 21min
Bigoted Article: Demisexuals Are Scared Of Sex
A bigoted op-ed was recently published on UnHerd entitled “Demisexuals are scared of sex: Desire has been purged from the modern dating scene”. It’s steeped in compulsory sexuality, rape culture, and ignorance as well as outright lies about demisexuality.

Nov 16, 2022 • 55min
Aces DO NOT Invade Denmark!
The history of the “Aces Invade Denmark” meme...and why it’s long past time to put it to rest.

Nov 9, 2022 • 1h 1min
We LOVE Koisenu Futari!
Part two continued from last week of the Aromantic, Asexual representation in Koisenu Futari! A perfect ending to an unbelievably beautiful series.


