Just Sex: Mapping Your Desire

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Welcome to Just Sex, the podcast that Maps our Desire, in all its amazing forms. In today's episode, we dive into the world of fandom and how it intersects with desire, pleasure and the creation of our sexy selves and our communities. Our guest is Jack Harrison-Quintana, a writer, artist, and activist who has been involved in multiple fandoms over many years.How are queers recreating sex, gender, consent, desire and pop culture through our fandoms?  How are we dreaming up sexy worlds that don’t yet exist by fanning on characters, books, TV shows, actors, and musicians?  What can we put in motion in our real lives by entering dreamy, sexy territories as fans and making them our own?Join us for an enlivening discussion on desire and fandom, with our guest Jack Harrison-Quintana, on this episode of Just Sex.

July 4th Resistance Message: Value Our Lives and Each Other.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play and Spotify.Thank you to the Freeman Foundation, Elizabeth Scott, the Wild Geese Foundation and Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

Black queer femmes Julian and Bishop break out of racialized and gendered restrictions on their sex, while claiming the power of their ho-tationsListen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Thank you to Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

Don’t Breathe on Me! Polyamorous, kinky Elizabeth is locked down at home — what’s the flow?Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify.Thank you to the Freeman Foundation, Elizabeth Scott, the Wild Geese Foundation and Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Sangodare share radical tools and new forms toward a sexier, more generous & just world.Learn about Mobile Homecoming, Black feminist film school and Loveships.What breaks isolation? What would I do if I weren’t afraid of being rejected? Alexis and Sangodare remind us that we are all in this together.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify.Thank you to the Freeman Foundation, Elizabeth Scott, the Wild Geese Foundation and Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

Whether wild fantasies or simple truths - Grindr 4 Equality’s human rights program values the stories we tell each other, across the globe.Mia Mingus’ Blog: leavingevidence.wordpress.comMia Mingus’ work on Pods:batjc.wordpress.com/pods-and-pod-mapping-worksheet/Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Thank you to Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

Queer feminist geographer Debanuj Dasgupta reflects on connections between the AIDS pandemic, addiction recovery and surviving COVID-19.Footnotes from Debanuj:June Jordan’s workGloria AnzalduaOther Countries: Black Gay VoicesSojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS, Other Countries Volume II

A sit down with Dr. Jaime Grant to talk strategy and meaning in this time of crisis.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Thank you to the Freeman Foundation, Elizabeth Scott, the Wild Geese Foundation and Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

The DYI episode:  make your own sex party, community & liberation

Veteran sex educator Ignacio Rivera talks about the power of community in their life as a solo poly sex activist, survivor, and mother.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Thank you to the Freeman Foundation, Elizabeth Scott, the Wild Geese Foundation and Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

What happens when our friends see us for who we really are? Sometimes we find the courage to finally see ourselves.

Hippy Drian comes upon new, virginal territory in her sexuality in her 40s. She gets by with a little help from her friends!Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Thank you to the Freeman Foundation, Elizabeth Scott, the Wild Geese Foundation and Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

Black queer femmes Julian and Bishop break out of racialized and gendered restrictions on their sex, while claiming the power of their ho-tationsListen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Thank you to Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

Chinese feminist advocate Tingting explores dominating a submissive man; then she comes upon desire during detainment.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Thank you to Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

In this “juicy” episode, Desire Mapping founder and women’s and queer health activist, Amelie, considers her mapping journey as she builds sex, desire and community in her 50s.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Thank you to Grindr for Equality for their sponsorship!Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

After taking on increasing responsibility as the Vice President of Social Impact at Grindr, Jack Harrison-Quintana finds sexy, restrictive relief through an impulsive purchase.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.Twitter: @jchq59 // Instagram: @jchq_Production by E.T. Townsend.Show art by Allie VanHeest

After fumbling an initial disclosure of attraction, Singaporean trans advocate Zahn takes a chance on expressing his desire.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.

Black queer femme Romeo defies racialized and gendered expectations of sexual “performance” as they uncover and Map their true desires.Listen and rate the show on Apple podcasts or Stitcher or Google Play.

Trans HIV educator and Global Health Projects Manager at Grindr for Equality, Emmett shares his process of claiming and expressing his grief over losing a cherished lover via an unexpectedly intimate hook-up.Production work by E.T. Townsend with FREQ Flag Media

A freewheeling talk with a leading Transformative Justice thinker and activist about pole dancing, polyamory, and zeroing in on the people who are wildly attracted to us.Produced work by E.T. Townsend at Freq Flag MediaNotes:Fat, Bratty, Femmehttps://www.akpress.org/revolutionstartsathome.html

For all of us who lie to ourselves about what we want, Just Sex maps the global story of our desire through every day people telling on themselves -- from Beijing to Capetown, from Dallas to Denver to DC. Just Sex contributors expose that perilous gap between our waking “identities” and who and what we want to do in the dark. They reveal our complex and sometimes contradictory attractions as we stumble into ourselves and find our way.On a world-wide journey of discovery via her workshop, Desire Mapping, Sexpert Dr. Jaime Grant uncovers astonishing moments of desire, connection, vulnerability and joy among college students and elders; government workers and activists; monogamous Dads and polyamorous Solos; artists and health providers; spiritual sensualists and gender outlaws. Listen in, and find your own story with us.Production by E.T. Townsend