Living in this Queer Body

We discuss Xara Thustra's early days as a punk, a trans person, someone making art and challenging the lack of resourcing for trans and queer people in the art world, experiencing loss as a queer activist in the bay area, what STOP MEN means to them and how collaboration and "love over all decision making" is their priority.

We discuss navigating food and nourishment, sex education and consent, chair dancing and twerking, Adrienne's introvert and queer nature.

We discuss burnout, Leah's life transitions from activist and sex worker to somatically and trauma informed Physician's Assistant who embraces harm reduction in her current position and still needs to remember to prioritize sleep, gardening and nourishment.

We talk about the queerness of physical language and how they approach queering text, moving from life as an EMT to life as a poet, their self-proclaimed unnerving gaze, creating a temporary autonomous zone with their audience PLUS we get a special reading from their newly published book, EXTRATRANSMISSION.

We talk about the queer immigrant experience, exploring an open relationship in the context of marriage, navigating the entertainment/Broadway industry as a non-binary quiet(er) person, working with a therapist and meditation to support mental health struggles and the power of dance in helping him align with his gender/sexuality

Lindsay talks about pelvic pain, her relationship to queerness as a cis woman married to a cis man, forgetting aspects of her sexuality, navigating the specificity of her boundaries as a public figure and her experience with termination.

Mel shares their experience with gun ownership, low dose testosterone and leaving the blue bubble of NYC as queer non-binary New Yorker living in rural Georgia.

Marlee talks about coming out to herself in her 30's, learning the body again and again, unpacking addictive behaviors, body pain and navigating embodiment as a public artist/creative/person.

Regina, a lifetime dancer, talks about ALL the embodiment tools she has gathered to help her own body, and those of her students (Breathwork, yoga, Barre, Ayurveda), navigate trauma, toxic masculinity and other barriers to embodiment.

Asher talks about her hopes for the podcast, who she is and why you might want to listen.

In this inaugural episode, Asher interviews queer tattoo doula Tamara Santibañez. They talk about reclaiming power in one's body, the therapeutic role of the tattoo artist, navigating self-care as an empath, the importance of personal style and much more.