Queer Intimacies is a conference that wishes to bridge the gaps between the practical application of kink, BDSM, our ideas about sexualities and intimacies with theoretical and more academic concepts and approaches.
This makes Queer Intimacies a bit of a chimera. It does not fit the usual formats and notions of kink, sex and intimacy education. Nor would it fit an academic setting which oftentimes excludes and censors practitioners and sex and intimacy workers.
Karada House is happy to invite you onto this thought-provoking trip. A whole weekend of thoughts, concepts, storytelling, critical thinking that within its loose arrangement will leave lots of space to deconstruct old notions and move things forward in a productive way.
Programme
Saturday
Queering the Script: Rewriting Intimacy, Sex, and Pleasure on OUR Terms
Facilitator: Oya
This 2-hour interactive session challenges participants to collectively rewrite societal “scripts” about intimacy, sex, and kink. By breaking down dominant norms and creating bold, playful alternatives, participants will explore how...
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Why Security? – A Critical Journey into the Foundations of Intimacy
Facilitator: Georg Barkas
The discourses that accompany intimacy, kink, and sexuality are taking several concepts for granted and mark them as needs, as these inescapable, biologized authorities that we are bound to obey....
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Inside The Crucible: Playing with Ordeals
Facilitator: Xanthine
We often call BDSM ‘play’, and shy away from exposing the therapeutic and cathartic side of what we do. But what about when you want to push the boundaries...
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Sunday
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The Intimacy of the Unknown: Risk, Consent, and Connection in Sex Work
Facilitator: Sophia Rose
What happens when intimacy thrives in uncertainty and the absence of familiarity? This session explores the unique connections that can emerge between strangers in sex work where fear and trust...
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