We live in a world that thrives on disconnection from our bodies, from our desires, from one another. Pleasure is often framed as a luxury, a distraction, or something to be earned. But what if pleasure is something deeper — a form of resistance? A radical reclaiming of our humanity, our agency, and our aliveness?
Pleasure Resistance is a 3-hour workshop, conversation, and community space that invites you to explore pleasure not as indulgence, but as a political practice that builds resilience. Together, we’ll unpack how oppressive systems like patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism disconnect us from our erotic selves, and how reclaiming joy and sensuality can be a bold act of defiance and care.
This is a space for anyone who has felt anger, shame, numbness, or confusion around pleasure. It’s for survivors, queers, rebels, and anyone longing to reconnect with their pleasure in a world that tries to shut it down. You don’t need to have it all figured out, just come as you are.
Through guided reflection, group dialogue, and body-based awareness exercises, you’ll be invited to:
This space welcomes all genders, sexualities, body types, and lived experiences within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. You do not need to have a positive relationship with sex or pleasure to attend — curiosity, openness, and respect are all that’s required.
LGBTQIA+ describes the full spectrum of non-mainstream sexual orientation and/or gender identity, meaning: lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer/fluid, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender.
