Queering Psychedelics
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As psychedelic-assisted therapy gains traction in popular culture and through policy reforms, Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine aims to foster accessibility and diversity in psychedelic science, practice, and discourse.
By addressing and dismantling sexist, heteronormative, transphobic, and homophobic forms of oppression in the psychedelic community, this collection lays groundwork for an inclusive future. Edited by researchers and authors Alexander B. Belser, PhD, Clancy Cavnar, PsyD, and, Beatriz C. Labate, PhD, Queering Psychedelics features a broad range of perspectives from queer academic researchers, LGBTQIA+ clinicians, and indigenous and transgender advocates.
Each of the 38 essays ? from some of the contemporary movement's most influential leaders including Terrence Ching, PhD, Kile Ortigo, PhD, and Diana Quinn, ND ? presents insights into cultural heritages and historical contexts, implications for research and clinical work, and discussions of the healing potential of psychedelic medicine.
Covering topics of consent, privilege, intersectionality and identity, Queering Psychedelics grapples with how modern psychedelic research might address the unique needs and traumas of sexual and gender minorities?populations that can suffer from challenging mental health conditions brought on by social exclusion, pathologization, criminalization, and stigmatization. This book delves into the dark history of psychedelic conversion therapy while illuminating promising research showing substances including MDMA and psilocybin can offer life-changing experiences for marginalized communities.
Queering Psychedelics integrates indigenous outlooks on psychedelics, gender roles, and identity while aligning them with those of other marginalized groups: women, people of color, the disabled, the impoverished. This book interrogates the continuing radical potential of queer psychedelia in today's era of assimilation, paving the way for an inclusive and intersectional world.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Queering Psychedelics: An Introduction
- Section 1: From Oppression to Liberation: Organizing for Change
- A Queer Vision for Psychedelic Research: Past Reckonings, Current Reforms, and Future Transformations
- Where Is the Love? Queerness and the State of Psychedelic Research
- A Queer Response to Psychedelic Privilege
- A Consensual Discourse Dialogue
- Community Care: The Heart of Queer Psychedelic Liberation
- Section 2: Psychedelic Conversion Therapy
- LSD and Mescaline Psychedelic Conversion Therapies in Postwar North America
- Psyched Straight: The Early Life of LSD as a Conversion Therapy Drug
- High Dose Psychedelic Shock Therapy with LSD and Mescaline: The Conversion Treatment of a French Doctor on Two Homosexual Adolescents in the 1960s
- Section 3: Queering the Clinic: Psychedelic Treatment
- Queer Rejection, Isolation, and the Promise of Psychedelics
- Unicorns and Stardust: A Case Report of Queering MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
- Everything but the Kitchen Sink: Prescribing Psychedelics as Harm Reduction to Help Gay Men Quit Crystal Meth
- The Quest for Queer Liberation: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and Shame
- Widening the Lens: Set and Setting in Queer Psychedelia
- Best Practices for Assessing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Psychedelic Clinical Trials: A Proposed Assessment
- Section 4: Transgender and Gender-Diverse Psychedelic Experience
- Transcending Dysphoria: Exploring the Novel Counter-Dysphoric and Lifesaving Effects of Psychedelics in the Transgender Community
- Gender Rituals and Gendered Ritual: Reflections of a Transgender Activist in the Psychedelic Community
- A Patient's Perspective on the Healing Potential of Psilocybin
- Integrate with Me: A Story of Queer and Trans Liberation through Entheogenic Therapy
- Section 5: Race, Intersectionality, and Psychedelics as Liberatory Tools for LGBTQIA+ Folks
- ? + ?: An Intersectional Experience of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
- Queer Identity, African Diasporic Spirituality, and Intersectional Healing through Psychedelic Medicine
- A New Standard: The Urban Heroic Dose of 10g
- Section 6: Psychedelics and LGBTQIA+ Self-Acceptance
- Out of All the Boxes: How Psychedelic Experiences Empower and Affirm Queer Worldviews
- Can Psychedelics Queer You Up? How They Helped Me Embrace Fluidity
- How Psychedelics Can Guide the Transformative Journey of Polyamory
- Section 7: Ayahuasca, Santo Daime, and Queer Psychedelic Spirituality
- A Two-Spirit Approach to Psychedelics: Honoring Indigenous Identities and Decolonizing Gender and Sexuality
- Reflections on Spirituality, Gender, and Power in my Experience with Santo Daime
- Ayahuasca and Gender in Brazil: An Interview with Sociologist Dr. Pietro Benedito-Are Homophobia and Transphobia Sacred?
- Sacred-Species-Social Reproduction
- Section 8: Sexuality, Psychedelics, and Queer Pleasure
- Reclaiming Ecstasy: A Radical Queer Perspective on the Power of Pleasure in Psychedelic Healing
- Queering Psychedelic Erotics: Deconstructing Sex and Embodiment with LSD
- Dungeons of Perception: How the Psychedelic and Kink Community Can Learn from Each Other to the Benefit of the Queer Community
- Section 9: Expansive Queer Psychedelic Phenomenology
- Mushrooms, Magick, and Wilderness: Radical Queer Group Psilocybin Rituals
- Connecting to Queer-Inclusive Mythologies for Psychedelic Integration
- The Psychonaut, the Rapist, and the Rainbow
- Contributor Biographies
- Editor Biographies
- References
- Index
