education and solidarity.The focal point is countries not within the Anglosphere, and sits alongside other events, such as Ace Week, formerly Asexual Awareness Week founded in 2010, which takes place from October 24—30 this year.Explaining the terminology, aceweek.org says: "Our community uses the word ace to encompass anyone who fits within the spectrum of asexuality."Numerous IAD events are taking place across the globe with podcasts, live streams, meetings and art contests centred around this year's themes.Official Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube channels have been set up, with the hashtag #InternationalAsexualityDay used in tweets.