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Resources & Organizations Directly Mentioned in Presentation:
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Creative Interventions Toolkit – on collective responses to interpersonal violence
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Consent Culture & Safe/Ward Workshops by Kitty Stryker and Maggie Mayhem
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A ton of modified Power & Control Wheels – about cycles of power and control in abusive relationships
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Check out Dr. Ruthie if you’re interested in contributing to a modified wheel for folks in non-monogamous and/or kinky relationships!
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The Revolution Starts at Home – (PDF or print copy) – on confronting intimate violence within activist communities
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National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) Consent Counts Program – a resource for individuals as well as groups in the BDSM/kink scene(s) around issues of abuse and assault
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The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (in the U.S.) – anti-violence organization working on issues related to LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities
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Transcending Boundaries Conference – a conference for those at the intersections and those who don’t fit traditional labels (including bisexual, pansexual, asexual, fluid, queer, transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, intersex, polyamorous, and kinky persons, as well as allies and those who prefer not to use labels.)
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Pleasure & Possibilities Conference (and an article about the situation) – free community sexual health conference in 2012 for LGBTQ women
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The Center for Sexual Pleasure & Health – about all things sexuality (organization with a mission of reducing sexual shame, fighting misinformation, and elevating the sexuality field)
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Poly Patao Productions “Four Play” Parties – ongoing collaborative, traveling, queer, trans and multi-racial or POC-only play party.
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GRIND parties (& Akio Moon’s work) – inclusive queer parties for BIPOC* – for more information, follow them on Twitter
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Mollena Williams – amazing kink/BDSM educator who speaks on multiple issues, including the relationship between race and kink
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Kinky: A Documentary – a sexy, informative, and humorous film about Black Americans and kink/BDSM
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Black Pervert – a feature-length documentary exploring alternative sexuality – kink – within the Black community scheduled for release in 2015.
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Women of Color Sexual Health Network – a group of women both domestic and international with a focus on the sexual and reproductive health needs of women of color
Additional Resources
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Creative call outs: Ad·ver·sary played this video in the last 5 mins of his set at kinetik music festival where the bands called out in this video were also playing. You can check out the accompanying interview here.
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Quickie Guide to Calling People Out (and another, more expanded and less social-justice-y perspective
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The Transphobia Squad (calling our transphobia on Reddit) – TW: for a lot of transphobia being linked to and discussed
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Calming Manatee – Tons of pictures of calming manatees and soothing sayings
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The Busy Trap article
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Self Compassion.org – Includes a test on measuring your current level of self compassion