Queer Sex Ed Podcast

Sara and Jay are back this week to finish our discussion of justice-centered sex education! This week we discuss moral panics and also provide structure, guidance, and questions to ask yourself to build sex ed centered on trans justice.

We tried to focus on offering structures, guidelines, and tangible ways you can question your own work, but there's no way we could cover everything in one show. For more on this, check out our prev...

This week, Sara and Jay talk about the difference between "trans-inclusive" sex ed and building sex ed based on a justice framework more broadly. Also discussed, inclusion, virginity, life-long sex ed, and reproductive justice.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/s/yxW1Eq_tTeefHcc5G02ZVg

Segments:
1:30 - Intro
3:22 - Accountability Corner
17:57 - Word of the Show: Inclusion
25:00 - "The Language of Appeasement" Article Discussion
35:09 - ...

Join Jay and Sara as we explore the innies and outies of genital torture play (sometimes called CBT). We'll talk about pain tolerance, dysphoria, safety tips, and give examples of genital torture play you might never have thought about before!

Transcript: https://otter.ai/s/Bjuvrzx9T2mvJ37L3CWrAQ

Segments:
1:30 - Intro
7:21 - Word of the Show: Pain Tolerance
14:40 - How Do You Find Your Pain Tolerance?
22:40 - Patreon Message
25:57...

Sara and Jay jump into the first topic discussion of Season 2, how to navigate sex and dysphoria as a trans person! We discuss strategies, validate the struggles, and give some tips from our experience.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/s/FM-xOB1SR4ek6UXYWOjcRg

Segments:
1:30 - Intro
2:10 - Word of the Show: Gender Dysphoria
20:09 - Dysphoria Tips
45:46 - Patreon Message
47:54 - Exploring Sex As A Trans Person
59:17 - HRT Effects on Sex...

Season 2 kicks off with a question episode catching up on your emails to us over the break! We discuss endometriosis, herpes transmission, identity-based humiliation play, and more! We are so excited to be back in your podcast feed with regular weekly episodes again.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/s/p3FKnWmQTyS8jynNBQ_Mvw

Segments:
2:35 - Season 2 changes to QSE
6:18 - Endometriosis and Testosterone HRT
20:11 - Identity-based Humilia...

This week, Jay and Sara spend some time talking about the general changes people can expect when starting testosterone or estrogen, progesterone, and spironolactone as hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Also discussed: muffing, exploring new sensations, and a response to Buck Angel's recent fearmongering about the risks of taking testosterone.

Segments:
3:48 - Word of the Show, Muffing
13:13 - Patreon Message
14:46 - Intro to Hormo...

Jay and Sara answer more questions from you, the listeners! Questions include bondage for disabled folks, lower sex drive on SSRIs, period sex, and Fetlife tips. Also discussed: new HHS regulations that discriminate against LGBTQ people.

Segments:
3:07 - Accountability Corner
6:22 - New "Conscience Rule" in Effect Now
18:55 - Future HHS Regulation Proposed to Allow Discrimination
28:34 - Rope Bondage and Disability
38:35 - Lower Se...

Sara and Jay spend this week's episode discussing the legal and political movement to outlaw abortion in the United States, including the propaganda strategy of CPCs, the history of US abortion law, the current state of abortion rights, and how you can help protect abortion access in your area.

Segments:
4:44 - Accountability Corner
8:54 - Word of the Show, Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs)
21:08 - Patreon Message
23:43 - Intro to Ab...

This week Jay and Sara give tips on doing kink play in free and cheap ways! Also discussed: Pervertables, classism in kink spaces, where to find cheap toys, and kinky craft time.

Segments:
3:18 - Word of the Show, Pervertables
8:03 - Kinky Craft Time!
14:34 - Our Favorite Pervertables
26:50 - Pervertable Safety Tips
40:29 - Patreon Message
43:27 - Kink Doesn't Need to Be Expensive to Be Good
58:16 - Planning Your Cheap Kinky Play
1...

This week Sara and Jay are talking about online dating, hooking up, consent communication online, and the culture of dick pics and other boundary crossing online. Also discussed: the male gaze, what app developers could do better, what we can do better as users, and tips for making your online dating focused on consent, communication, and mutually sexy fun.

Segments:
5:56 - Word of the Show, Dick Pic
14:55 - How All Men Benefit Fro...

This is the culmination of our four-part series on transgender medicine, focused on what a trans liberation future really looks like.

What would it mean for all people to live, express, and love free from shame and the threat of violence?

How can we work in solidarity with all marginalized people of intersecting identities to build a future of mutual support, honest communication, and unlimited love?

Also discussed: A trans researc...

This week Jay and Sara dig down into "biological sex" and break down why it's a problem, how it's more complicated than you probably know, and new ways to discuss bodies without binary sex. Also discussed: research impacts of using biological sex, expanding the trans medical model, and how we project gender and sexuality onto animals.

Segments:
5:46 - Word of the Show, Biological Sex, Real Sex, or Sex
42:02 - Patreon Message
45:01 ...

This week Sara and Jay begin their series about everything anal! This show covers the basics of butt anatomy, ass play safety tips, and all of the many reasons we enjoy butt stuff. Future episodes will cover more specific activities, answer your butt questions, and dive further into why there is so much stigma built up around butt sex and ass play.

Segments:
3:16 - Word of the Show, Lube
29:43 - Patreon Message
33:19 - Basics of As...

Jay and Sara continue their discussion of trans medicine by focusing on current barriers to care caused by our medical model of trans identity. Also discussed: transmedicalism, solidarity work, and what non-binary transition can look like.

Segments:
4:44 - Word of the Show, Transmedicalism
32:09 - Patreon Message
35:12 - Medical Model Recap
39:18 - How does the medical model influence trans medicine?
1:06:37 - Political and social ...

Sara and Jay discuss the recently finalized trans military ban, including how we must address the impact of that on our community and still be abolitionist in our criticism of US imperialism and the military as an institution of violence. We also answer listener questions about staying dominant while you are bottoming, and navigating when one partner needs space when the other has abandonment trauma.

Segments:
7:36 - Trans Militar...

Jay and Sara share some of the deep and complicated history of transgender medicine to discuss how physical differences become a medical diagnosis. Also discussed: the "medical model" of trans identities, and the process of medical pathologizing

Segments:
8:22 - Word of the Show (Pathologize)
34:59 - Patreon Message
36:48 - A Quick History of Transgender Medicine
(Genital Invert, Transvestites, Harry Benjamin, and the DSM)
1:18:05 ...

This week Sara and Jay discuss different types of sensory deprivation play, including how to do it, what tools to use, and tips for staying safe. The word/phrase/concept discussed at the beginning is Dungeon Master (the kink kind, not the D&D kind).

Segments:
2:33 Word of the Show, Dungeon Master
19:07 Patreon Message
20:21 Sensory Deprivation Intro
33:38 Why do folks like Sensory Dep?
46:36 Sensory Dep Sa...