

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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Dec 4, 2024 • 47min
Are tech companies ruining your relationships before they even begin?
According to a recent survey, nearly a quarter of iPhone users say green bubbles are a dating dealbreaker, so that's our cue to rant about about technology and capitalism.

Nov 27, 2024 • 50min
There's allegedly an Ace character in The Hangover and we hate everything
The director of The Hangover gave a throwaway line to a reporter at the premier of the second movie which got published in a single article that no longer exists, but it made it onto Wikipedia anyway, so now we have to analyze Alan Garner as Ace Rep.

Nov 20, 2024 • 48min
America chose fascism and now we somehow have to find a way to live with that
Some brief and scrambled post-election thoughts, including a few predictions for what we might expect in the next few years.

Nov 13, 2024 • 1h 10min
Heartstopper just got SO much better
Season 3 of Heartstopper finally gave us the AroAce rep we've been waiting for!

Nov 6, 2024 • 31min
Kansas Officially recognized Ace Week! ...Now what?
Governor Laura Kelly signed a proclamation officially recognizing Ace Week in the state of Kansas! That means that in 2024, for the first time, our state acknowledged both Ace Week and Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week...so what's next for local Aspec activism?

Oct 30, 2024 • 59min
Groundbreaking Aromantic & Demisexual representation in Baker Thief
With lesser-known orientations, such as ours on the A-spectrums, we often curse the lack of representation in mainstream media or praise it when it does the bare minimum, when we SHOULD be looking at the Own Voices examples coming from talented creators within our own community who are always going to be ahead of the curve. Today we talk about Baker Thief which is all of that and more.

Oct 23, 2024 • 42min
Marriage Equality is a Myth
Despite Obergefell v. Hodges legalizing same-sex marriage in 2015, we still do not have marriage equality in this country. Notably, Disabled, Ace, Aro, and Black Americans do not have equal rights and benefits under our current marriage framework.

Oct 16, 2024 • 1h 42min
Was Abraham Lincoln gay?
The new documentary 'Lover of Men' asks if America's favorite president was queer. WE ask if our hunger to queer historical figures and justify these views by carefully picking and choosing some social and historical details while discarding others is simply thrusting us into a new era of limited binary thinking.

Oct 9, 2024 • 51min
Anne Rice's own words on her vampire's (lack of) sex
Here we go again. A new round of discourse sprung up calling everyone who sees asexual representation in The Vampire Chronicles "stupid" because Anne Rice wanted to write gay vampire sex the whole time but couldn't because it was literally illegal...so naturally, we've been tagged in. Here's what the author has actually said.

Oct 2, 2024 • 1h 7min
Suffering through Project 2025 training videos (Part 4)
We did it! We finally made it through more than 14 accursed hours. Here's the finale of what we found.


