What a better way to wrap up this season than talking about ways to wrap it up during sex. In this months episode, we’ll be delving into detail about: 

• Different methods of protection and contraception
• Potential outcomes of using vs. not using contraception or protection 
• How advocating for advanced care in these areas can impact current maternal health crises

Use of protection and contraceptives can help advance health outcomes for not just women but for men as well. Find out more by listening in to today’s episode so become a part of the solution, not the problem. 

Resources:

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/solving-the-black-maternal-health-crisis 

https://www.bmhsc.org/blog/4-types-of-birth-control-to-help-you-plan-your-future#:~:text=Hormonal%20contraception%20contains%20hormones%20%E2%80%94%20either,copper%20IUDs%20up%20to%2010. 

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/addressing-the-u-s-maternal-mortality-crisis/

https://alachua.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/clinical-and-nutrition-services/family-planning/index.html

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/10/the-white-house-blueprint-for-addressing-the-maternal-health-crisis-two-years-of-progress/ 

https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/features/maternal-mortality.html

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Listen to this month’s episode as we tap into the broad community of sexual kinks. We’ll be defining BDSM, bondage, domination and much more. To add a twist, we’ll be looking at kinks through a cultural lens, and how these two concepts can be related.
Individuals have expressed interest in kinky behaviors throughout history and they have shaped many of our cultural norms today.
In this episode, we’ll cover:

• History of kinks
• The subculture of kinks and types
• Cultural basis for sexual fetishes
• Benefits of kink

So sit back, relax and open your mind to the multitude of benefits in the world of kink. You might learn something new about what turns you on and why.

Resources:

https://www.brainzmagazine.com/post/exploring-the-hidden-benefits-of-kink-and-personal-growth 

https://justmind.org/the-benefits-of-getting-kinky/ 

https://medium.com/spark/eroticizing-our-play-1d4888667239 

https://listverse.com/2017/03/23/10-kinky-tendencies-of-the-ancient-romans-and-greeks/ 

https://garnlebaron.wordpress.com/sexual_relations_in_renaissance_europe/ 

https://nobaproject.com/modules/the-psychology-of-human-sexuality 

https://www.sexploratoriumdenver.com/historyofkink 

Website: https://www.heateducation.org/
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Tune in to this month’s episode as we dive into how technology is reshaping our sexual behaviors and the way dating and hookup apps influence today’s sexual health norms.

The dating scene looks very different from the days before Tinder and Bumble. But while swiping right can open new doors, it’s important not to let your guard down when it comes to protecting your sexual health.

In this episode, we’ll cover:

• How to stay safe while using dating apps
• The importance of staying informed and getting tested regularly
• Why STD rates are rising in the tech-driven dating era

Join us for an insightful conversation that builds on last month’s episode and continues exploring the connection between technology and sexual health.

Resources: 

https://hopeacrosstheglobe.org/hookup-culture-and-std-risk-how-apps-have-changed-sexual-health-norms/

https://smartcouples.ifas.ufl.edu/dating/where-is-this-going/dating-hanging-out-or-hooking-up/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11604616/ 

https://policies.tinder.com/safety/intl/en/ 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/22764-prostate-exam 

https://www.morelandobgyn.com/blog/my-first-visit-gynecology#:~:text=The%20American%20College%20of%20Obstetrics%20and%20Gynecology,between%20the%20ages%20of%2013%20and%2015. 

Website: https://www.heateducation.org/
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This week's episode will explore current sexual health trends, including positive and negative,  impacting the general population. More specifically, we will talk about the constantly changing rates of sexually transmitted infections and diseases, upward movement towards prevention methods, and the strong focus for adolescent sexual health. We will discuss how these trends can impact your sexual life, what causes them and some potential mediating solutions. The barriers to sexual health education such as stigma and lack of awareness will also be considered as we dive into how these factors impact the sexual health landscape we live through today. Understand how to protect your sexual health by staying informed and updated!

Resources: 

Advocating for Sexual Health in your Community

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

How to use a condom

Sexual Health and Wellbeing

STI vs STD - What’s the Difference?

Sexual Health

National Overview of STIs in 2023

STD Testing Gainesville at CVS

STD Testing and Treatment in Gainesville, FL

Website: https://www.heateducation.org/
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Take some time today to learn something new about how Mother Nature can affect your sexual health. Through science and history, humanity has learned that plants can positively impact our health in many ways. Prepare to gather insight on oral and respiratory therapies with herbs that can boost your sex life. We will also discuss how the sexuality of plants can compare to the non-binary system we utilize for human gender orientation. Tap into nature with this month’s episode and learn to appreciate the greenery around you!

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Welcome back! What a better way to wrap up the month of June then tuning back into the Safe and Sexy podcast. Listen in for a new season, new voice, but the same great content. Get to know your favorite podcast’s new host, Krystal. This month’s episode will dive into all the greatness of pride month including it’s history, ways to celebrate and the trailblazing contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community. We will also have a conversation about ways to promote health equity, mental health awareness, represent cultural communities, and encourage safe sex practices not just in the month of June, but ongoing. Thank you for being a loyal listener and if you’re new, welcome!

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This month, in recognition and celebration of Queer History Month, we're chatting with Syd Lee (they/them) and Carlos Zaragoza (they/he) from Beyond the Binary all about the importance of queer liberation through drag. Drag is a liberatory and beloved art form that has a long-standing place throughout queer history, which allows folks to creatively express their gender and find meaningful community. It's been an especially sacred and transformative space for trans and gender-expansive Black and Brown folks, who have and continue to face exclusion from mainstream queer spaces and increased criminalization and oppression from the state. In this way, both drag and ballroom culture have the potential for power and revolution.  In this episode, we'll talk to Syd and Carlos both about their personal relationship with drag and the work they're doing through Beyond the Binary, which is a queer collective that centers the lives and experiences of queer BIPOC folks by creating a radical space of love, celebration, and support through ballroom, drag, and climate justice. I hope y'all are as excited for this conversation as I am, and happy Queer History Month!

Resources:
@btbgnv on Instagram/Twitter and Beyond the Binary on FaceBook
@lilithsuxx on Instagram
@acarusbeauty on Instagram
@the.how.bazar on Instagram
http://gainesvillepride.org, @pccncf on Instagram and Pride Community Center - Gainesville, FL on FaceBook
The Queen (1968) Documentary on Crystal LaBeija
William Dorsey Swann, the first known case of arrest for "female impersonation" in the US

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On this episode of the Sexy and Safe at Home with HEAT Podcast, we chat with queer domme Goddexx Sadie about the world of kink. Deeply exploring the different facets of kink, we delve into what kink is and what it can offer, especially to queer folks navigating their gender and sexuality. Kink can provide a playground for us to explore our pleasure and queerness freely, with a foundation of mutual trust and collaboration to allow honesty and respect while we play. However, kink also has the potential to reinforce harmful sexual scripts and social power dynamics if we don't interrogate the privilege we hold and acknowledge the influence that oppressive systems can have on our sex lives, kinky or otherwise. Regardless of your interest in or experience with kink, I think this episode can teach us all something that will propel us towards our most liberated, real selves: we deserve to explore our pleasure, whatever that looks like, free from shame and pressure imparted upon us from the dominant cultural narratives surrounding sex, and we deserve to be boldly honest with our partners (including ourselves!) to ensure that we are truly exploring our pleasure and having fulfilling sex, if that's what we desire. Goddexx Sadie shared a vulnerability in discussing their personal experiences and the wisdom that's brought, so a huge thank you to them for having this conversation with us<3

Resources:
Find Goddexx Sadie on FetLife as Saddistic
Check out the Woodshed Orlando or find them on Instagram at @woodshedorlando
Read The Color of Kink by Ariane Cruz
Follow @kinkyblackhouse on Instagram for an online kink community by and for Black and Brown folks

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Happy Pride!! This episode is our first in a mini-series that will celebrate pride by diving deep into many different facets of queerness. This first one will review some important moments and figures throughout queer history, featuring several speech excerpts from queer movement legends. The first speech will be Sylvia Rivera's "Y'all Better Quiet Down" from the Christopher Street Gay Rally in New York in 1973, in which she touches on her own experiences as a trans sex worker of color and pleads with the unaccepting queer community to stop ignoring and disrespecting their trans siblings, especially those that are in jail. The second speech will be Audre Lorde's "There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions," which is a part of a publication from 1983. Here Lorde also personally divulges her own identities and calls for a unified movement culture that truly makes space for intersectionality. And lastly we'll hop to a queer elder speaking in our current moment, with an excerpt from Miss Major's interview for the Trans Oral History Project in 2016. She highlights the unchanged positionality of trans folks within the queer community as ignored and disrespected, just as Rivera did in her speech from over 40 years prior. Our ancestors lay out their message clearly: we need to center and prioritize the most marginalized among us, rather than allowing our movement to only benefit the most privileged. We need to radicalize our movement, to make it intersectional and inclusive. We need to dismantle the state systems that oppress us, but we need to confront the oppression perpetuated by ourselves and our communities too. And if we don't, 40 years from now will look pretty damn similar to where we are now. Join me in learning from our queer history and honoring our elders by incorporating their words into our everyday lives. Create spaces of radical joy and acceptance, support mutual aid, join movements beyond those that you find linked to your own identities, and care for each other boldly and without exclusion.

Resources:
Sylvia Rivera's "Y'all Better Quiet Down" Speech
Transcript of Sylvia Rivera's "Y'all Better Quiet Down" Speech (on pg. 2)
Audre Lorde's "There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions"
Transcript of Audre Lorde's "There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions"
Other Audre Lorde works: Sister Outsider (1984), Uses of the Erotic (1978), the Cancer Journals (1980), and more!
Miss Major on Stonewall from the Trans Oral History Project
Transcript of the entire Miss Major Interview with Trans Oral History Project (with more than just the excerpt included in the episode)
More speech transcripts from Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson and STAR (I really recommend these!)
Trans Oral History Project Website
Making Gay History, a podcast with Eric Marcus
Documentary on Mama Gloria, another trans icon and activist
Video featuring Alok Menon, a current trans artist and activist

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We're celebrating yet again with this episode! May is also Sex Ed for All Month, so in our effort to join the observance, we wanted to deeply discuss the state of sex ed currently and how we can join the movement for the truly accessible sex ed of our dreams. We chat with three students from our local LIGHT program, which is the Leaders Igniting a Healthy Generation of Teens program that operates out of the Planned Parenthood of South, East, and North Florida. Speaking with Isana, Rachel, and Catianna provided necessary insight into the sex ed that students deserve access to, no matter where they live or what identities they hold. I hope you all get as much out of this conversation as I did; I feel inspired to connect more meaningfully with the young people in my life, more fiercely advocate for an education system that they can find solace and power in, and more compassionately create networks of communal care that centers our young folks that are being failed and harmed by the systems of oppression that impact us all. And I hope you do, too!

LIGHT information:
@PP.Lights on Instagram
[email protected]

Quick Links mentioned in the episode:
https://sexeducationcollaborative.org/sex-ed-all-month
https://www.noteenshame.com/

Link to the Alachua County policy on sex education (which mirrors Florida's):
http://go.boarddocs.com/fl/alaco/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CL4SX774B30F

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