"Creating spaces that are inclusive and accepting of people across various continua is, in theory, what the sex positive community as well as the psychedelic community are centered upon. At first glance it might seem like psychedelics have little to no overlap with kink/BDSM (bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism). However, there is more in common upon deeper reflection with a great deal of overlap. Furthermore, by communicating with one another, the psychedelic and kink communities can learn from each other and this can more deeply benefit queer folx.

As a psychologist, a certified sexologist with years of academic and real-world experience, as well as a certified psychedelic researcher and therapist, I’m primarily interested in supporting people to become more fully themselves. Psychedelics as well as kink/BDSM offer the potential to do that."

-Excerpt from ‘The Dungeons of Perception: How the Psychedelic and Kink Community Can Learn from Each Other to the Benefit of the Queer Community’;

By: Dr. Denise Renye