Queer Sex Ed Podcast

Jay and Sara discuss the broad spectrum of reproductive justice work as well as contraception, abortion, adoption, foster care, and ART (assisted reproductive technologies) from a trans-focused and queer-focused perspective. http://sistersong.net/reproductive-justice/ https://forwardtogether.org/ Please send your questions to  queersexed@gmail.com  for us to answer them on future shows. More infor...

This week Jay and Sara talk about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) including a discussion of the word "risk", tips on how you can talk to your partner, and some STI facts you probably never learned in school. CDC GYT materials:  https://www.cdc.gov/std/sam/ More info:  https://www.teenvogue.com/story/planned-parenthood-std-awareness-videos-get-yourself-tested http://www.scarleteen.com/articl...

Sara and Jay answer your questions on this week's show! Topics include: speaking at universities, consent to have difficult conversations, coming out and finding community later in life, healing polyamory trauma, and shifting how we teach sex ed. Resources discussed: https://www.morethantwo.com/jealousypractice.html Please send your questions to  queersexed@gmail.com  for us to answer them on futu...

This week Sara and Jay discuss different types of conflict that happen in relationships, share communication skills for more effective conflict resolution, and talk about the difference between active and passive communication. Also discussed: cheating, heteronormative scripts, and emotional labor. Please send your questions to  queersexed@gmail.com  for us to answer them on future shows. More inf...

Jay and Sara talk about talking! How can you communicate with your partners, friends, and fuck buddies in a way that is direct, honest, and kind. Also discussed: metamours, sexual communication, and mental health in relationships. Please send your questions to  queersexed@gmail.com  for us to answer them on future shows. More information about our mission available at  www.queersexed.org . This sh...

This week, Sara and Jay dive deep into submission, including a discussion of different types of pain, what subspace actually is, how some people use kink to heal from trauma, different types of submissive terms you may see online, and consensual nonconsent play (with a timestamp to skip the discussion, if you'd like). Please send your questions to  queersexed@gmail.com  for us to answer them on fu...

Sara reads her article on Medium about binary sex and gender. Sara and Jay were unable to record this week, but will be back next week with a discussion episode about submission! You can read the text version of the article in this episode at  www.medium.com/@QSE/the-xx-xy-lie-our-social-construction-of-a-sex-and-gender-binary-4eed1e60e615   Please send your questions to  queersexed@gmail.com  for...

Sara and Jay discuss all things dominance! This episode dives deep into the kink role that has the control in a BDSM scene and all of the different facets of dominance that don't usually get talked about in kinky conversations. Also discussed: Playing with orgasm denial, dealing with sub drop and dom drop, and interrupting toxic masculinity in dominance. Please send your questions to  queersexed@g...

Sara was interviewed on Portland's KBOO Radio Station for their Transpositive weekly show. They talked about why Sara started QSE, sex positivity, and the magic of trans people dating each other. Please send your questions to  queersexed@gmail.com  for us to answer them on future shows. More information about our mission available at  www.queersexed.org . This show is made possible by our generous...

Sara talks with Marla Renee Stewart from Sex Down South and Velvet Lips about helping people find sexual confidence, sharing your desires with your partners, starting the Sex Down South Conference, her experiences in academia as a sex researcher, and finding love for her body.   You can find more of Marla's work at the following links: www.velvetlipsllc.com www.sexdownsouthatl.com www.sistersofsex...

Sara and Jay discuss how you can share your sexual and intimate desires, including strategies for starting the conversation, tools you can use to find where your desires overlap, and ways you can build communicative relationships in every aspect of your life. Also discussed: fetish, fetishization, and a question about being in polyamorous and kink communities as a therapist. . Bex Talks Sex Yes/No...

Sara and Jay discuss different types of LTRs and LDRs, including thoughts on how you can keep connecting over distance and time with the same person or people, how to ask for what you need, and ways you can work together to build your relationships collaboratively. Also discussed: Consent, #metoo, the impact of sexual violence, and sex toys for fat bodies. Please send your questions to  queersexed...

Hey friends! Sara and Jay discuss desire, exploration, and how you can identify what you want, learn more about sexual activities you may want to try, and how you could pursue those desires alone or with other folks. Also discussed: Asexual/aromantic identities and a discussion of poly friendships and asexual relationships. Bex Talks Sex Yes/No/Maybe list: http://www.bextalkssex.com/yes-no-maybe/...

This week on Queer Sex Ed, we talk about ending relationships in an ethical and direct way. Topics discussed include why relationships end, strategies for ending relationships, and thoughts on how to talk about challenges in a relationship. Also discussed: allyship as an action, dealing with toxic family, and the different types of sex work. Please send your questions to queersexed@gmail.com  for...

Sara sits down with her friend Woodzick, creator of the Non-Binary Monologues Project and host of the Theatrical Mustang Podcast to discuss many different topics including trans allyship, queerness, trans dating, and being in the performing arts as a non-binary person. You can listen to episodes of Woodzick's podcast at  www.theatricalmustang.podbean.com/  or on any podcast app. You can find out m...

Episode 6 is finally here!   We talk about what jealousy actually is, how jealousy is a second-order emotion, and how you can reverse engineer your jealousy to discover more about your own needs, insecurities, and unmet desires. This discussion draws deeply from this article on More Than Two: https://www.morethantwo.com/jealousypractice.html   This show also includes a conversation about how you c...

Sara and Jay are BACK from a two month hiatus and we're talking about one of our favorite topics, group sex! What is a unicorn? How can you find more group sex in your life? What does aftercare look like when you've had group sex? Answers to these questions and more, including your voicemail questions, on QSE this month! We also discuss helping a partner work through past trauma, kink on a budget,...

Hey friends, it's Sara! Even though the show is technically still on hiatus until October, I thought it might be fun to share two performances I recently had at sex positive events. I grabbed the audio track from when I performed my monologue about my first threesome at Bedpost Confessions and also the poetry I read as a speaker at Slutwalk 2017. I hope you enjoy these quickies, and we will be bac...

This week we are cross-posting an interview Sara did on the Elephant Talk Podcast! She will be on an upcoming episode in Elephant Talk Season 2, but Lisa and Kim wanted us to post the full, unedited Director's Cut version of the interview here, since we recorded way more content then they will be able to use in their shorter format. Sara dives deep in this episode into her own experience of her tr...

Sara and Jay dive right into the deep end with Kink and BDSM 101. We discuss intro level Kink and BDSM topics from a queer perspective. Discussion topics include the meaning of bondage, dominance, sadism, and masochism, SSC (Safe, Sane Consensual) vs RACK (Risk-Aware Consensual Kink), and different ways to get into the BDSM community. This show was inspired by email to queersexed@gmail.com, please...

This is our first episode! Sara and Jay introduce the show and discuss what it means to "queer" sex ed. Discussion topics include: sex positivity, normalization vs destigmatization, how to tell partners about a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and what it means to center trans and queer people.