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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|04|24}}<br />
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| alma_mater = [[Wesleyan University]]<br />
| occupation = [[Asexuality|Asexual]] [[activism|activist]]<br />
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'''David Jay''' (born April 24, 1982) is an American [[asexuality|asexual]] [[activism|activist]]. Jay is the founder and [[webmaster]] of the [[Asexual Visibility and Education Network]] (AVEN), the most prolific and well-known of the various asexual communities established since the advent of the [[World Wide Web]] and social media.<ref name="Sex and society">{{cite book|editor=Marshall Cavendish|title=Sex and Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVDZchwkIMEC&pg=PA82|accessdate=27 July 2013|volume=2|year=2010|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7906-2|pages=82–83|contribution=Asexuality}}</ref><ref name=guardian/><br />
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==Activism==<br />
Frustrated with the lack of resources available regarding asexuality, Jay launched AVEN's website in 2001.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/26/among-the-asexuals|title=Among the asexuals|author= Rosie Swash|work=[[The Guardian]]|date= 26 February 2012|accessdate=2012-02-27}}</ref> Since then, he has taken a leading role in the asexuality movement, appearing on multiple television shows, and being featured heavily in [[Arts Engine]]'s 2011 documentary ''(A)sexual''.<ref name=guardian/><br />
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AVEN, which [[Salon.com]] referred to as the "unofficial online headquarters" of the asexuality movement,<ref name=salon>{{cite web| url=http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2005/05/26/asexual/print.html| title=Asexual and Proud!| author=Lynn Harris| date=May 26, 2005| work=[[Salon.com]]| accessdate=2009-03-04| archive-date=2009-05-14| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514070745/http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2005/05/26/asexual/print.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> is widely recognised as the largest online asexual community.<ref name=xpress>{{cite web| url=http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/007109.html| title=Just ''Don't'' Do It| author=Asiana Ponciano| date=October 9, 2006| publisher=Xpress Magazine| accessdate=2009-03-04| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152636/http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/007109.html| archivedate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Its two main goals are to create public acceptance and discussion about asexuality and to facilitate the growth of a large online asexual community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asexuality.org/home/about.html|title=About AVEN|accessdate=2009-03-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323102601/http://www.asexuality.org/home/about.html|archivedate=2009-03-23}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2023}} As of June 17, 2013, AVEN has nearly 70,000 registered members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/what-is-asexuality_n_3360424.html?1371476978|title=What Is Asexuality? A Community's Coming Of Age|author=Dominique Mosbergen|publisher=Huffington Post|date=June 17, 2013|accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref><br />
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In New York City, working both with the Department of Education and private organizations, he has been providing training on Ace (asexual) inclusion to health educators.<ref>[http://www.playboy.com/articles/david-jay-asexy What Does It Mean to Be “Asexy”?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421000544/http://www.playboy.com/articles/david-jay-asexy |date=2017-04-21 }} Interview by [[Debra W. Soh]] for [[Playboy]], March 29, 2017.</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Jay is from [[St. Louis, Missouri]], and he graduated from [[Crossroads College Preparatory School]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crossroadscollegeprep.org/graduate-david-jay-to-speak-at-crossroads/|title=Graduate David Jay to Speak at Crossroads|date=April 8, 2015|publisher=[[Crossroads College Preparatory School]]|accessdate=2016-05-31}}</ref> At the age of 15, Jay began considering himself asexual, and he [[coming out|came out]] as asexual while a student at [[Wesleyan University]] in [[Connecticut]].<ref name=nymag>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/nightlife/sex/columns/mating/11243/| title=Shifting to Neutral: No interest in sex is nothing to get worked up about| author=Amy Sohn| date=February 28, 2005| publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]| accessdate=2016-05-31}}</ref><br />
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Jay is part of a nonromantic, three-parent family, which he views as influenced by his asexual identity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Angela |title=The Rise of the 3-Parent Family |date=22 September 2020 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/09/how-build-three-parent-family-david-jay/616421/ |publisher=The Atlantic |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref><br />
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== Writing ==<br />
In 2024, David Jay published a book on relationships titled ''Relationality: How Moving From Transactional to Transformational Relationships can Reshape Our Lonely World.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jay |first=David |title=Relationality: How Moving from Transactional to Transformational Relationships Can Reshape Our Lonely World |date=August 27, 2024 |publisher=North Atlantic Books |isbn=9798889840541}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.asexuality.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:AVENguy AVENguy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170257/http://www.asexuality.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:AVENguy |date=2016-03-03 }} – David Jay's online profile<br />
* [http://asexualunderground.blogspot.com/ Love from the Asexual Underground] - David Jay's blog and podcast about asexuality<br />
* [http://www.asexuality.org/ AVEN] – Asexual Visibility and Education Network.<br />
* [http://therumpus.net/2011/08/the-rumpus-interview-with-david-jay-star-of-the-new-documentary-asexual/ Interview with Jay]<br />
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