Disability After Dark

In this episode, I sit down with my new friend Leah Sauter who shares with us her experiences of being disabled and studying the holocaust in Haifa, Israel. She also shares with us her experience navigating dating and her relationship while living with anxiety, PCOS and a whole host of other disabilities and issues. We find out how she and her partner work with all this together, she tells us why...

In this episode I introduce you to my sister and co-founder of Deliciously Disabled, Heather Morrison. Together we started the brand in the hopes of creating the very first line of sex toys for disabled people. I talk with Heather about why this type of thing was important for her to be involved in, she highlights the specs of the project, our push to find funding, why access to self-pleasure is a...

In this episode, I talk about how many disabled people don't get a second date, and from there we look at popular magazine suggestions about what to do on Date #2, and apply disability to them. Maybe on the 2nd date you can bring up ableism. Maybe on the 2nd date you can take your date on disability transit. Maybe on that second date you can wear comfy crip clothes, and be way more your disabled s...

In this episode, I look at the logistics of sex in a bathtub when you have a disability. We talk about how you and a partner can get you in the tub, the accessibility of sexy disabled bathtub time once in the tub, some of the problems you might encounter and more. Enjoy! Be sure to support our sponsors: Get 15% off any purchase at Come As You Are Co-op Sex Shop, by using coupon code "afterdar...

In this episode, I sit down with disabled married couple Kate & Aaron Wolovsky. They go by "The Disabled Duo." We have a fun chat about their disabled meet cute, their marrisge and sex life as a disabled couple and a whole lot more. Enjoy! You can follow The Disabled Duo at @DisabledDuo on Twitter. Be sure to support our sponsors: Get 15% off any purchase at Come As You Are Co-op Sex...

In this episode, I invite the hosts of the Do You Queer What I Queer Podcast, Elliott and Thom to ask me questions about sex, disability and queerness they might have. Things take a pretty hilarious turn as they discover why taint-sucking is the most accessible sex act, I recount hilarious stories (again!), we talk ableist misconceptions and more! Enjoy! Follow the Do Queer What I Queer Pod here:...

In this bonus episode, I sit down with Associate Professor of English in Women's and Gender Studies at Williamette, Allison P. Hobgood. We interrogate how crip sexuality, disability and Shakespeare go together by looking at his play Measure by Measure. Through the play, we talk about how in Shakespearean times crip corporeality has always been there whether we realized it or not. This episode brou...

In this episode, I sit down with poet and professor Travis Lau as we talk about how his queerness and Asian background and upbringing both collided with his disability and mild scoliosis throughout his formative years and in gay spaces. Enjoy! You can follow Travis on Twitter @travisclau or on his website at www.travisclau.com Be sure to support our sponsors: Get 15% off any purchase at Come As Yo...

In this episode I talk about how I just got a brand new accessible bed, and how that has changed my sex life. I share how difficult sex was in my old bed, the struggles of finding an accessible luxury bed, I ponder why these beds are not marketed to sexy, disabled people, and finally, I tell you why sex in my new accessible bed is awesome. Enjoy! Be sure to support our sponsors: Get 15% off any pu...

I sit down with Thomas Dixon, creator of Me.mory as we talk about how his experience with traumatic brain injury affects his memory, and how his memory has played a role in his sex life and his relationships; how sex has been different since his injury (maybe even better) and so much more. Enjoy! You can support Thomas' work by going to his GoFundMe Page Be sure to support our sponsors: Get 15% of...

Since we haven't done an episode about Gimps on Grindr since WAAAAAAAAY back in Episode 5, I thought it was time to revisit some of the things guys have said to me on the app recently. You'll hear about the guy who gave me a rude awakening, the guy who asked me if I was "born in a tiny chair" and so much more. Enjoy Episode 138, all about ableist appholes! Be sure to support our sponsors...

In this very special bonus episode, I sit down with one of my podcast colleagues and someone who I totally admire, Jeremie Saunders. He is the one of the hosts of the wildly popular podcasts Sickboy " all about finding the funny in chronic illness and/or disability and " Turn Me On ", a podcast wherein he explores sexuality topics with his wife, Bryde. I talk to him today about his...

In this episode, I continue talking to non-disabled community members about what might happen if they became disabled tomorrow. This time, I sit down with LGBTQ&A Podcast host, Jeffrey Masters. He tells me how he thinks his sense of independence might be altered, and how car hook ups might be a tad different. I loved this one. Enjoy! Follow Jeffrey Masters here: [ @jeffmasters1 ]( www.twit...

In this episode, I sit down with UK motivational speaker, Fern Lulham. We talk about her experiences navigating the dating world as a blind woman, some of the ways she tried to cope with the stigma of blindness, how disability affected her self-esteem and her sense self, fashion, her guide dog Nancy and so much more. Enjoy! You can follow Fern's work at www.fernlulham.com Be sure to support our sp...

In this episode, I sit down with sex educator Anne Hodder-Ship as we explore her experiences with chronic constipation and how that has affected her sexuality, her sense of safety and so much more. You can follow Anne's work by heading over to www.annehodder.com Be sure to support our sponsors: Get 15% off any purchase at Come As You Are Co-op Sex Shop, by using coupon code "afterdark"....

In this episode I do something a little different on the show. I reached out to my friends Mike and Kyle from the wildly popular Gayish Podcast, and asked them to come on the show so I could ask them, "What If You Became Disabled Tomorrow?" We talk about how their views on sex might change, what they'd be afraid of and so much more. Download Gayish here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/pod...

In this episode, I sit down with actor Anthony Michael Lopez. We chat everything from acting with a disability, and how he prepared for his roles in Mapplethorpe and Broad City, to chatting about sex and disability as a gay amputee. Believe me, the title of this episode is more than appropriate. I loved this episode so much, and I hope you do too. Follow Anthony at @flittergaggot on Twitter and in...

In this episode, I explore how to go on a romantic getaway with your disabled lover. We talk about how there are no images of disabled couples on blogs about romantic getaways... We explore why maybe surprising your disabled lover with an impromptu unplanned getaway is a bad idea, and we talk about how some of the blogs' romantic getaway spots completely miss the mark on accessibility. We also loo...

In this episode, I sit down with the creator of the Girl Boner brand, August McLaughlin. We have a chat about how ADHD has an effect on your sex life, how sometimes things can be really intense because of it, and a whole lot more. Enjoy! You can follow August's work at www.augustmclaughlin.com . You can find all her socials there as well. Be sure to support our new sponsor: Oleb Books, who have la...

In this very special bonus episode, I sit down with playwright and artist Nicholas Linnehan. We talk about his experience being gay and disabled, and turning that into art projects like his upcoming short film, "Catfish", and his play "Identity" which closes in New York this weekend! We also talk about how Nicholas is looking for more than just a hook up, and so much more. You...

In this episode, I chat with Roo Bernascone, a self-professed "cripple punk". We have a really important chat about disability, fatness and scoliosis, and how his fatness is linked inextricably to care and disability. We also talk sex, transmasc identities, polyamory and disability. We flirt with each other too. Enjoy! You can follow Roo on twitter: @roo_b_arts Be sure to support our new...

In this minisode, I get an e-mail from Crystal, a self-appointed "disabled homo" from Washington, who talks about how listening to episode 125 with her ex-partner helped her understand an access internalized ableism. If you want to write in for a minisode, e-mail me at disabilityafterdark@gmail.com

In episode 129, I sit down with the cohost of the kink and BDSM podcast "Off The Cuffs", Minimus Maximus, or just "Max" for short. He reveals how his autism and Asperger's has an effect on his masculinity. We chat about how ASD plays into kink scenes, how order in BDSM calms his Aspie brain; we chat about his bisexuality and how different partners handle his Asperger's. he tell...

In this episode, I sit down with ER nurse Ryann Kress as she shares her experiences working in a busy hospital and living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. We talk about how her disability affects her job as a nurse, and I ask her what you learn about sex and disability in nursing school... shocker, not much. Ryann also shares some jaw dropping sex stories about her experiences with EDS, blowjobs, poly...

In this episode, I sit down with guest Noor Pervez, as we talk about autism, physical disability, sex, disability and religion. Noor shares his experiences of dating while trans and disabled and so much more. Enjoy! Be sure to support our new sponsor: Oleb Books, who have launched a Personal Essay Contest for disabled parents. Details here: www.olebbooks.com/contests Support Disability After Dark...