How to Be

ACE

A Memoir of

growing up Asexual

Rebecca

Burgess
 CONTENTS

Chapter One

How to Pretend to Be Something You’re Not

Chapter Two

How to Experiment

Chapter Three

How to Break Someone’s Heart

Chapter Four

How to be Okay with Being Alone Forever

Chapter Five

How to Fall in Love

Chapter Six

How to Be Ace
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General information and resources/writing

www.asexuality.org

www.whatisasexuality.com/intro

asexualsurvivors.org

azejournal.com

Asexual Awareness Week

aceweek.org

Community spaces

www.thetrevorproject.org/trvr_support_center/asexual

asexualgroups.wordpress.com

Other comics exploring asexuality

everydayfeminism.com/2014/10/5-myths-and-misconceptions-about-asexuality

Heartless: heartless-comic.com

Aces Wild: www.deviantart.com/sallyvinter/gallery/63329389/aces-wild

Sex education websites/comics

www.scarleteen.com

Books (fiction and nonfiction)

The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee

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FIRST YEAR OUT

A TRANSITION STORY

SABRINA SYMINGTON

ISBN 978 1 78592 258 9

eISBN 978 0 85701 303 3

An empowering and intimate graphic novel

depicting a trans woman’s emotional, social

and physical transition.

TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT

MARIA STOIAN

ISBN 978 1 84905 697 7

eISBN 978 0 85701 242 5

A collective graphic memoir telling real

life stories of sexual abuse, violence and

harassment and a call to action for change.

CAMOUFLAGE

THE HIDDEN LIVES OF AUTISTIC WOMEN

DR SARAH BARGIELA

ILLUSTRATED BY SOPHIE STANDING

ISBN 978 1 78592 566 5

eISBN 978 1 78592 667 9

An engaging and beautifully illustrated

graphic book shedding light on the under-

explored condition of female autism.

 First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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Copyright © Rebecca Burgess 2021

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Trigger Warning: This book mentions bullying, anxiety, OCD, rape, sex and alcohol.