Michael Paramo

Michael Paramo
Paramo in 2024.
Born1993
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia State University, Fullerton
Notable workAze
Websitehttps://azejournal.com/mxparamo

Michael Paramo is an American writer, academic, and artist known for founding the literary magazine Aze (formerly known as The Asexual) and for their work examining interpersonal attraction and love with consideration to asexuality, aromanticism, and agender identity.[1][2][3][4] Paramo identifies on the asexual and aromantic spectrum and advocates for people of similar experience to express themselves toward expanding society's ideas of human sexuality, romance, and gender identity.[5][6][7] They published a book Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Agender Identity in 2024.[2][8]

  1. ^ Taormino, Tristan (2019-10-11). "Michael Paramo on Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Agender Identity". VoiceAmerica. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  2. ^ a b Kyle, MacNeill (2024-02-14). "The new aromantics flying the flag for the misunderstood identity". Planet Woo, ITV. Retrieved 2024-02-18. Mexican-American writer Michael Paramo is one of the globe's leading aro academics... they published Ending the Pursuit, a book questioning society's normative views on sex, gender and romance.
  3. ^ "Exploring Asexuality: The "A" in LGBTQIA+". Psych Central. 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2024-02-18. Michael Paramo — creator of AZE journal (originally known as The Asexual) and moderator for the Facebook group The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project — is a digital artist and researcher who identifies as homoromantic and asexual.
  4. ^ Wong, Brittany (2019-04-09). "What It's Like To Date When You Don't Experience Sexual Attraction". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-02-18. Michael Paramo, a 25-year-old from Southern California who founded and edits the online magazine The Asexual
  5. ^ Kliegman, Julie (2018-07-26). "Asexual People Can Be Sexually Assaulted Too". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  6. ^ Paramo, Michael (2018-10-11). "The 'A' Doesn't Stand For Ally". INTO. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  7. ^ Montenegro Marquez, Janeth (Spring 2022). "Asexual Latina/o/x Representation in AZE" (PDF). Feral Feminisms. 10 (2): 13–15. Paramo created this journal to give other queer individuals, queer BIPOC individuals especially, a space of community to explore their identities. The journal began in 2016 as The Asexual, then became AZE to be more inclusive of ace, aro, and agender people.
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