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Psychedelics and the Queer African Diaspora

Queer Identity, African Diasporic, Spirituality, and Intersectional Healing through Psychedelic Medicine

Kaston Anderson argues that intersectional healing for Black queer individuals requires a multifaceted approach. The use of psychedelic medicine in this healing is understudies and more needs to be learned about its relevance for healing through the lens of African Diasporic spirituality.
How the Psychedelic and Kink Community Can Learn from Each Other to the Benefit of the Queer Community

Dungeons of Perception: How the Psychedelic and Kink Community Can Learn...

Denise Renye, PhD, argues that intentionally orchestrated psychedelic journeys and sensitively and consciously planned kink/BDSM scenes both hold incredible possibilities for deep and potentially profound exploration of the psyche, trauma healing, and embodiment. For these experiences to be positive however, participants must plan intentional experiences, with explicitly agree upon plans for the journey or scene, as well as aftercare and integration.
Intersection use of MDMA- assisted therapy

An Intersectional Experience of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

Despite the growth of the use of MDMA in the treatment of PTSD, Terence Ching argues that the intersectional accessibility of this therapy remains limited. In his Queering Psychedelics chapter, Ching advocates for better support for queer and diverse psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy programs.
Queer tokenism in psychedelic spaces.

The Shadows of Visibility: Transcending Tokenization in the Psychedelic Ecosystem

Maya Fern dreams of a day when the psychedelic community doesn't just tolerate human diversity and complexity, but celebrates it. For now, transgender individuals and other marginalized groups continue to be tokenized in psychedelic spaces. Fern asks those who enjoy the privileges of being in the majority, to break the cycles that enable these inequalities to persist.
Reflections of a transgender activist in the psychedelic community

Reflections of a Transgender Activist in the Psychedelic Community

Transgender activist, Taylor Bolinger, reflects on her experience navigating the psychedelic community in Texas. Using Spinozan naturalism as a baseline, Bolinger discusses gendered embodiment and the significance of ritual.
A horse in the sky represents Itzel Barakat's healing experience with psychedelic and mustang therapy as she recounted at the Queering Psychedelics II Conference.

Queering Psychedelics II – Not the Vanilla Kind of Psychedelic Conference

Marcelo Leite highlights the broad spectrum of queer experiences, both positive and negative, represented at the Queering Psychedelics II conference held in San Francisco in April 2023.
Opening Remarks for Queering Psychedelics II

Opening Remarks – Queering Psychedelics II

Dr. Clancy Cavnar delivers the opening remarks for Queering Psychedelics II. Cavnar states that this conference shows how vibrant the connection between psychedelics and queerness can be and calls on participants to be the change they want to see in the world.
A white figure with a smile on their face rides a black bicycle with the non-binary flag in the background

Beyond Inclusion: How Non-Binary People Can Transform the Psychedelic Industry

Rowan Woodmass argues that non-binary and genderqueer people are uniquely positioned to transform the psychedelic industry. Identifying gender issues in the psychedelic realm, Woodmass discusses how non-binary people are equipped to reduce harm through inclusion and to both imagine and implement a more intersectional future.
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Five Things Mushrooms & Non-Binary People Have in Common

What do mushrooms and non-binary people have in common? Summer Vineyard counts down five points that connect the dots between the two, including invisibility & erasure, societal phobias, and deconstruction of binaries.
A psychedelic mushroom with a queer rainbow background

Railler les psychédéliques : une critique du dénigrement de la conférence...

On ne cherche des origines pathologiques à l'identité gay que si on part du principe qu'être queer constitue une anomalie plutôt qu'une manifestation naturelle de la diversité humaine.
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