Community Discussion – Disability and Kink

Accessibility in kink: A guided conversation and Q&A

How can we more safely and enjoyably navigate disability when practicing kink? How can we tune in to our partners’ specific needs and boundaries? How can we assume less, and instead meet the uniqueness of others with a healthy, engaged, and respectful curiosity?

Kink is for everyone, and no disability or even combination of complex disabilities needs to be the absolute end of our journeys exploring our bodies, our minds, and the full rainbow of sensations and experiences available to us. Disability enters all of our lives at some point; so long as we can meet its demands to become more creative lateral thinkers, we can live just as vibrantly as ever.

This discussion will be primarily focused around disability, but remember, accessibility is for everyone! “Able-bodied” folks are highly encouraged to join us and participate, I promise that you will learn and benefit as much as anyone else.

Meet our guest speaker for this event:

Shiphrah is a queer trans settler, multicultural grandchild of holocaust survivors, and ambulatory wheelchair user who has been enthusiastically practicing kink for 15 years. She lives with multiple intersecting complex chronic disabilities defined by unpredictability, frequently oscillating between being visibly and invisibly disabled. She is a writer of political theory with a focus on capitalism/imperialism from a disabled perspective, and is a stalwart jewish anti-zionist voice speaking up for the total liberation of Palestine.

Details

• Date and Time: Sunday, October 5th. 6.30pm
• Duration: ~2.5h
• Fee: Pay What You Can.
• Prerequisites: None
• Material to bring: Note taking material and things you know you need (e.g. meds, inhalers, etc.)
• For individuals or pairs: all constellations welcome
• Who is this for: Queer and Friends
• Special requirements: This event is MASK-MANDATORY

Please have a look at our policies and safety rules. [https://www.studio-allegory.com/guidelines/]

Each participants needs a completed release of liability (“waiver”)

Tickets

Available at the door. Pay What you can $0-$25

Fineprint

• Accessibility: 

Studio Allegory is on the ground floor and there are no steps anywhere in the space. There is a single washroom for all with a handle bar and an air hand dryer. We have unscented soap, and we run an industrial air purifier automatically. Studio Allegory has a kitchen corner with a kettle and a coffee maker, as well as a mini fridge and a microwave. Studio Allegory also has a quiet room equipped with fidget toys, colouring books, blankets, noise cancelling earmuffs, and stuffed animals. Upon request we can provide closed captions for our workshops running on a screen. We have masks for a small donation. 

• Cancellation and refund policy:

If Studio Allegory has to cancel an event, we will either refund ticket holders or transfer tickets to similar events in the future, depending on the wishes of the ticket holder. 

Cancellation by participants: Cancellation before 48h prior to the start of the event entitles the ticket holder to a full refund. Between 48h and the start of the workshop, we can provide a partial refund (50% minus payment processing fees.) or transfer of the ticket to a similar event in the future.

No refund or transfer can be offered for no-shows or cancellation after the event has started.