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RESOURCES

We recognize that we offer services in collaboration with others. Here are some you may find valuable:

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OUTreach Southern Alberta

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Skipping Stone Foundation

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Queer Consulting YQL

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CMHA Distress Line

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Internal Family Systems

We're often asked for resources recommendations. Here are some of our current favourites:

PODCASTS &
TV

-"Sluts and Scholars" (2017-2022). Hosted by Nicoletta Heidegger for Pleasure Podcasts.

-"Multiamory" (-2022). Hosted by Jase Lindren, Emily Matlack, And Dedeker Winston for Pleasure Podcasts.

"The Principles of Pleasure" (2022). Netflix.

-"Ladies, We Need To Talk" (2017-2022). Hosted by Yumi Stynes for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

-"2 Crees in a Pod" (2020-2022). Hosted by Amber Dion and Terri Suntjens for Anchor Radio.

-"Parenting is Political" (2018-2022). Hosted by Jasmine and Mo.

-"Rebel Eaters Club" (2020-2022). Hosted by Virgie Taylor for Transmitter Media.

WEB RESOURCES

-"BDSM Safer Kinky Sex Guide". AIDS Committee of Toronto. 

-"Trans* Sex Activity Book". By Damon Constantinides.

-"The Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance". The Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance.

-"Primed3: A Sex Guide for Queer Trans Men, Transmasculine, and Nonbinary People". The Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance. 

-"The Types of Non-Monogamy: An Infographic". By Franklin Veaux.

-"Queer Attachment: An Anti-Oppression Tool Kit for Relational Healing" (2019). By Leah Jo and Fizz Perkal. 

"Dr. Arielle Schwartz". Youtube Channel Trauma Informed Yoga

-"Dismantling the Master's Tools: A Somatic Approach to Interrogating White Supremacy in Social R & D and Beyond". By Mathura "Temwa" Mahendren. (Audio also available at the same link).

BOOKS

Sex and Relationships

-"Sexual Intimacy for Women: A Guide for Same Sex Couples" (2010). By Glenda Corwin.

-"Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy" (2020). By Jessica Fern.

-"The New Bottoming Book" (2001). By Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton. 

-"The New Topping Book" (2003). By Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton. 

-"The Ethical Slut" (2017). By Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton.

-"Playing Well With Others: Your Field Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Navigating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities" (2012). By Lee Harrington and Mollena Williams.

-"The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live With Disabilities, Chronic Pain & IIllness" (2007). By Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette.

-"Bang: Masturbation for People of All Genders & Abilities" (2021). By vic liu.

-"Girl Sex 101: A Queer Pleasure Guide for Women and Their Lovers" (2015). By Allison Moon and KD Diamond.

-"Getting It: A Guide to Hot, Healthy Hookups and Shame Free Sex" (2020). By Allison Moon. 

-"Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life" (2015). By Emily Nagoski.

"Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships" (2018). By Juno Roche.

-"Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close" (2020). By Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman.

Trauma and Attachment

-"The Emotionally Absent Mother" (2017). By Jasmin Lee Cori.

-"Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents" (2017). By Lindsay Gibson.

-"Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find - and Keep Love" (2010). By Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

-"My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies" (2017). By Resmaa Menakem.

-"No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model" (2021). By Richard Schwartz.

-"The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma" (2014). By Bessel Van der Kolk.

-"Self-Therapy: An Exercise Book for the IFS Process" (2013). By Bonnie Weiss.

Gender

-"Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex" (2020). By Angela Chen.

-"Trans Bodies Trans Selves" (2014). By Laura Erickson-Schroth.

-"Gender Identity Journal: Prompts and Practices for Exploration and Self Discovery" (2021). By Katie Leikam.

-"Trans Allyship Workbook: Building Skills to Support Trans People in Our Lives" (2017). By Davey Shlasko.

-"They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities" (2020). By Erin Young.

Social Justice

-"Embodied Social Justice" (2018). By Rae Johnson.

-"21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconcilation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality" (2018). By Bob Joseph.

-"Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators" (2019). By Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan.

-"Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid" (2021). By Shayda Kafai.

-"We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice" (2021). By Mariame Kaba.

-"Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle" (2019). By Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski.)

-"Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy" (2021). By Rachel Ricketts.

-"Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia" (2019). By Sabrina Strings. 

-"How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective" (2017). Edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. 

The Body

-"The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love" (2021). By Sonya Renee Taylor.

-"Your Body is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-Love" (2021). By Sonya Renee Taylor.

-"Queer Body Power" (2022). By Essie Dennis.

-"You Have the Right to Remain Fat" (2018). By Virgie Tovar.

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