Upcoming Events

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Legal Issues Facing Gender and Sexual Minorities
Online Event
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 7 PM – 9 PM
$40 for non-CEU tickets (sliding scale available), $80 for workshop with CEUs

It’s not exactly a newsflash to say that laws in the US are not applied equally to all– but how, specifically, does legal and judicial bias affect the lives of sex and gender minorities? Do you know what your SGM clients face every day out in the world– or do you need information and strategies to legally protect yourself and your loved ones?

Join researcher and expert witness specializing in sex and gender diversity, Dr. Eli, for a virtual workshop that dives into the realities of navigating the US legal system for sex and gender minorities. She ses research, literature, and her court room experiences to explain the trends and patterns in SGM population’s legal experiences.

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Leading Edge Love – Tamara Pincus, Licensed Social Worker, Sex Therapist, Author

This week, her guest is Tamara Pincus, Licensed Social Worker, Sex Therapist & Author (www.tamarapincus.com).  Sumati Sparks, The Open Relationship Coach, (www.SumatiSparks.com) offers coaching sessions via video conferencing, telephone or in person in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The Swingset invites Tamara Pincus and Rebecca Hiles, authors of the new book “It’s Called Polyamory” onto the show to discuss the many things people both new and experienced to nonmonogamy, specifically, polyamory, may encounter. They join Dylan Thomas, Dr. Liz Powell, and Chris Pent.

Book Tamara to speak

Polyamory is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate partner.

As a certified sex therapist and psychotherapist, who has also made her own journey through the sexual exploration and acceptance, I am able to bring a unique perspective…

For a lay audience, I have offered classes called “Ask the Sex Therapist” where people can find out what they need to know about sexual functioning, BDSM, Sexual Orientation gender identity and ethical non-monogamy.

I have spoken at such events as the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, AASECT, Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, SSSS, Catalyst Con, Lotus Blooms and the University of Maryland

In the past I have given talks on: How to be a poly friendly therapist Ethics in psychotherapy

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Past Events

Making Love to the Whole Body
Saturday, January 4th, 2020

Bring in the new year with a chance to get into your body and learn how to engage your whole self in your sexual expression. This workshop will teach you the basics of sacred sexuality in a comfortable space where consent is valued. We will start with the breath and then move on to some hands on exercises with partners. You can bring a partner or pair up with someone else in the workshop. We will start at the top of the head and work all the way down to the toes. Clothes will remain on. This workshop is open to people of all genders and sexual orientations. Partial and complete scholarships available.

Poly Millennium Dallas Workshop July 13-15
Coming out as poly, a clinicians perspective

Coming out as poly can move the polyamory movement forward and create more acceptance in the greater culture, however it comes with a variety of risks. This interactive workshop will give us the opportunity to learn from each other about various factors impacting coming out experiences including cultural and religious factors as well as personal identity with regards to race, gender and sexual orientation. We will also discuss strategies we can use to make coming out as poly a smoother experience. We will discuss whether and how to come out in a variety of settings analyzing advantages and disadvantages along the way. The presenter will then share some of the expertise she has gleaned working with clients and others in the community around their coming out process as well as on a book about coming out as poly. This will include some of her own personal coming out experiences.