I have HIV and ayahuasca and psilocybin have saved me
While I was in the jungle seeing if plant medicines could help my
diagnosis, I remember my maestra asking me, “Well, how did you catch
it?”...
Queer Voices Speak to the New Psychedelia
We listened to a critique of the limitations of mystical experience definitions when they are done solely through the lens of being white, straight,...
What can we learn from studying psychedelics in special populations?
Are gay people, women, and people of color so different that psychedelics would have such dissimilar action on them that it would warrant separate...
Why LGBTQI+ Members are Creating Their Own Ayahuasca Circles
In recent years, there’s been a growing conversation in the psychedelic community about how to make psychedelic spaces more inclusive. Last year, the Multidisciplinary Association...
Why We’re Starting the Conversation Around Queerness and Psychedelics
As
a kid growing up in suburban New Jersey, Steve Silberman was just beginning to
get into counterculture when he stumbled upon an interview with the...
Six Playful Lessons from a Transgender Journey Through Ayahuasca Integration
Most
journeys start with one step, but the beginning of my transgender journey began
with an emphatic, “No!”
In the dark
finale of an ayahuasca ceremony, I...
High Dose of Psilocybin in a HIV+ Homeless Shelter
I will share a bit of my own story, of what it was like doing a high dose psilocybin experience in a homeless shelter...
Can Psychedelics “Cure” Gay People?
one early use of psychedelics by psychologists was in attempts to treat homosexuals to change their sexual orientation
Although it is common for people currently...
Dissolving the Binary: The Queerness of Psychedelics
The history of the English language use of the word “Queer” dates back to sixteenth century England
The history of the English language
use of the...
Psychedelics are Queer, Just Saying
I attended the Cultural and Political Perspectives on Psychedelic Science Conference wearing a dirty cowboy hat, in keeping with my self-conscious awareness that I...
