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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...

Queers, Faeries, & Revolutionaries in the Psychedelic Movement

Queer (defined here as “non-normative”) people have long been part of both the modern world of psychedelics as well as the ancient and indigenous world of...
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