As psychedelic-assisted therapy gains traction in popular culture and through policy reforms, Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine aims to foster accessibility and diversity in psychedelic science, practice, and discourse.
By
addressing and dismantling sexist, heteronormative, transphobic, and
homophobic forms of oppression in the psychedelic community, this
collection lays groundwork for an inclusive future. Edited by
researchers and authors Alexander B. Belser, PhD, Clancy Cavnar, PsyD,
and, Beatriz C. Labate, PhD, Queering Psychedelics features
a broad range of perspectives from queer academic researchers, LGBTQIA+
clinicians, and indigenous and transgender advocates.
Each
of the 38 essays — from some of the contemporary movement’s most
influential leaders including Terrence Ching, PhD, Kile Ortigo, PhD, and
Diana Quinn, ND — presents insights into cultural
heritages and historical contexts, implications for research and
clinical work, and discussions of the healing potential of psychedelic
medicine.
Covering topics of consent, privilege, intersectionality and identity, Queering Psychedelics grapples
with how modern psychedelic research might address the unique needs and
traumas of sexual and gender minorities—populations that can suffer
from challenging mental health conditions brought on by social
exclusion, pathologization, criminalization, and stigmatization. This
book delves into the dark history of psychedelic conversion therapy
while illuminating promising research showing substances including MDMA
and psilocybin can offer life-changing experiences for marginalized
communities.
Queering Psychedelics
integrates indigenous outlooks on psychedelics, gender roles, and
identity while aligning them with those of other marginalized groups:
women, people of color, the disabled, the impoverished. This book
interrogates the continuing radical potential of queer psychedelia in
today’s era of assimilation, paving the way for an inclusive and
intersectional world.
Key Points:
Second
in a series of psychedelic essay collections from Chacruna Institute
and its editors Alexander B. Belser, Clancy Cavnar and Bia Labate. The
first, Psychedelic Justice, published in September 2021. A third anthology, Women and Psychedelics - coming in early 2024.
This
book features queer academic researchers, lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (or LBGTQIA+) clinicians,
Indigenous two-spirit activists, transgender autodidacts, and queer
neoshamans.
Includes section on the use of psychedelics in conversion therapy
