Speakers
Ev’yan Whitney
They/She
Ev’Yan Whitney is a Sexuality Doula® and sex educator whose work focuses on decolonizing and unshaming sex, pleasure, and identity. For the last decade, they’ve helped women and femme-identifying folks reclaim their unique sexual expressions and reconnect to their sensual bodies with digital courses and in-person workshops that create community and healing. Her work has been featured extensively including in Refinery29, Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed, Playboy, and Esquire.
You can find out more about Ev'Yan's work on her website evyanwhitney.com and on Instagram @evyan.whitney.
Event: Trauma within our Bodies
Jordi
They/She
Jordi is a black queer non-binary trans femme currently based out of New Orleans. Their own personal healing journey has guided them to expand their intuitive practices and study Seichim and Reiki energetic healing modalities. A session with them can be a combination of energy healing, Oracle card reading, dream interpretation, sound healing, meditation, and intuitive guidance. Jordi is clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient and information can channel through in a variety of ways that create space for the person to feel safe, heard, and give them energy to move in all directions from that healing.
Event: Self Care vs Self Soothing
Angie Gunn
She/Her
Angie Gunn LCSW CST, is an unapologetic badass centering the experiences of marginalized sex and gender communities in all of her work. Licensed in Oregon and Idaho, Angie co-owns a private practice and a digital consulting company, focused on providing avenues for healing trauma, expanding authenticity and vulnerability, and finding infinite pathways to pleasure and connection. She treats primarily LGBTQIPA+, kinky, non-monogamous, sex worker, and sexual trauma survivor clients through the lenses of intersectionality, social justice, and trauma informed care. As a queer, kinky, non-monogamous abuse survivor, and sex worker, she’s experienced the daily fight to balance personal and professional fulfillment and sexual expression. Through mediation, workshop facilitation and one on one support, her goal is personal integration with all the parts of herself, to provide transformation for all the parts of each of you, your relationships, and your communities.
Event: Attachment & Dating // Being a SW & Survivor
Harmony Lee
He/They
Harmony Lee is honored to be Your Gay Dance Teacher! A former Environmental Health Officer for the US Navy, they left the military in 2019 to teach healing through movement, and they have been dancing for joy ever since. As a teacher and author, their movement practice blends modern science, ancestral magic, and dance to promote embodiment, liberation, and self-trust. With an non-judgemental yet playful approach, they provide students with a safe, respectful practice for self-expression and healing. They love welcoming beginners of all stages to dance. Harmony resides on unceded Tongva land, currently known as Long Beach CA.
Event: Being Trans/NB & a Survivor
Jet Setting Jasmine
She/Her
Jet Setting Jasmine is a licensed clinical therapist with a strong emphasis on Intimacy Post Injury and Intimacy Post Illness. She is co-owner, with partner King Noire, of Award Winning, Royal Fetish Films and has over 20 years of experience as an adult entertainer, educator and Master Fetish Trainer. Their work on the Decolonization of Sex & Porn and Politics has been featured in VICE, Huffington Post, Rolling Stones, Playboy, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, BBC, Psychology Today and more.
Event: Being a SW & Survivor
Michael Guichet
He/Him
Michael Guichet, LMFT is a California based sex therapist working in Monterey and Santa Cruz County. His work provides intersectional therapy for individuals, couples, and families with a specialized focus to support LGBTQ+, non-monogamy, and kink identities.
Event: Masc Survivors
Goddess Cecilia
She/Her/Hers/Siya
Goddess Cecilia is a Sexuality & Pleasure Educator who believes that even though most of the ocean remains unexplored, you are welcome to dive deep into the depths of your pleasures as a healthy and healing part of self-care. Whether it's through pampering and pleasure products, or a Vulva/Body Crafts activity, or educating in her finest shells, the Mermaid Goddess helps you relearn and reclaim your pleasure.
Event: Trauma within our Bodies
Mx.Pucks A'Plenty
They/Them
Mx.Pucks A'Plenty is a Black Queer sex-positive & body-positive burlesque performer/producer in Seattle and the host of the SexualiTea SEA podcast. The Themme Daddy your mother didn't know to warn you about, this Queer and non-binary sex educator is decolonizing sex ed through their events, workshops, and writing projects. They are often invited to speak on panels about kink, polyamory, burlesque, sexuality, disability and their personal intersections within the sex positive community. They are the creator of Polyam Day Camp Seattle and The FemDom Weekender.
Event: NeuroDiverse Folks with Trauma
Ignacio Rivera
They/Them
Ignacio G Hutía Xeiti Rivera, M.A., is a cultural sociologist with expertise in sexual trauma, healing, and liberation for marginalized people. They are an internationally known gender non-conforming speaker, trainer, and consultant. Ignacio uses they/them/their and is the Founder and Executive Director at The HEAL Project.
Speaker, Artist & Founder of the HEAL Project
Event: Being Trans/NB & a Survivor
Dirty Lola
She/Her
Dirty Lola is a sex edutainer, speaker, and self-proclaimed dildo slinger. Known for her live sex ed Q&A show Sex Ed A Go-Go and as co-host of New York Magazine’s The Cut’s “Sex Probz” web series, Lola has spent almost a decade working to end stigma and shame surrounding sex and sexuality. Having started her journey sharing personal discoveries with polyamory and kink online, Lola now uses her knowledge, warm candor, and public platforms to teach the masses in-person and to rapt Internet audiences.
Event: Attachment & Dating // Kink & Trauma // Being Fat & a Survivor [Moderator]
Cindy Lee Alves
They/She
Cindy Lee Alves (they/she) is an award-winning sexologist with over a decade of experience in facilitating challenging conversations with both adults and young people. Centering Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) across intersecting system-impacted identities, they have educated thousands of people on various topics related to sex(uality) ed(ucation) and empowerment. "It's ALL connected," she proclaims, elevating pleasure and justice as intrinsic to wellness and liberation.
Event: Self Care vs Self Soothing // Being Fat & a Survivor
Hunter Riley
She/Her
Hunter Riley can accurately be described as a professional pervert. She’s the director of education & outreach at Self Serve Toys in New Mexico (occupied Tiwa land). She’s a sex educator, speaker, phone sex operator, smut creator, stripper & more. She helps adults of all genders find their voice and comfort level around conversations about sex kink & non-monogamy.
Event: Attachment & Dating // Kink & Trauma
Timothy Leslie
He/Him
Tim has worked in the field of mental health for close to 13 years. During this time he's provided support to all types of people with varying concerns ranging from trauma to restoring creativity. Currently Tim is an adjunct professor at two universities and also provides mental health therapy/trainings for three different organizations.
Event: Masc Survivors
Heather Elizabeth
They/She
Heather is a sexuality educator, relational therapist (RPQ) and opinionated human. With a background that mixes academia with real-world experience, their work aims to start practical conversations honouring the complexity of the world around them. She's passionate about self-exploration, transformative learning, communication, and figuring out how to do better. Their favourite side project is trying to taste every beer ever made -- even the gross ones.
Event: Being Fat & a Survivor
Sunny Megatron
She/Her
Voted XBIZ 2021 Sexpert of the Year, Kinkly’s Sex Blogging Superhero of 2017, and named one of the 6 most savvy sexologists in North America, Sunny has been featured in Cosmo, Playboy, Buzzfeed, CNN, and more. She is also a contributing editor of XBIZ Premiere Magazine and a regular columnist for Sexual Health Magazine.
In her sell-out sex and kink workshops, Sunny’s unique brand of “edutainment” seamlessly combines her humorous lecturing style, interactive exercises, and the latest sexuality research. Sunny’s passion is helping people become their authentic, sexual selves by learning to overcome shame and shed inhibitions. As a lifestyle BDSM enthusiast, much of her work centers around normalizing alternative sexual practices and ending sexual stigma.
Event: Kink & Trauma
Blossom C. Brown
She/Her
Coach Blossom C. Brown is an actress, producer, activist, inspirational speaker, professional tarot reader and certified life-coach. She is originally from the “Birthplace of Blues” in Greenwood, Mississippi. She became the first black transwoman to graduate from Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS. The world got to know her story in season 1 of Caitlyn Jenner’s docuseries I am Cait and for her appearance on the Ellen show in Season 13. She also is most known for her disrupting the CNN LGBTQ Town Hall in which she exchanged words with Don Lemon. She currently resides in the Los Angeles Area where she focuses on community access and now Spiritual coaching.
Event: Being Trans/NB & a Survivor
Shanae “HonestlyNAe” Adams
She/They
Shanae "HonestlyNae" Adams, MA, LPCC, NCC, CIGT serves her community in a variety of ways including therapist, educator, and sex-positive enthusiast. Her mission is sexuality normalization, explanation, and melaninated representation. Her passion revolves around the liberation of embracing sexuality. She is known for her dynamic workshops, sex-positive mindset, and eliminating the "taboo" surrounding sex and sexuality.
Event: NeuroDiverse Folks with Trauma // Trauma within our Bodies
Jayce Baron
He/Him
Jayce is an Award-Winning Screenwriter and Author, Producer, and Advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. Executive Director of the nationally recognized Kiss & Tell Networks and CEO of jBaron Creative House, he has an organic desire to bring a conscious conversation to the community through live events, media, and digital platforms. He’s been in the Entertainment business for over a decade from working at NBC to independent projects like Kiss & Tell Radio, a savvy podcast he hosted and produced with Media Guru, Shar Jossell tying pop culture and nuanced social conversation. Guests ranged from Monique Samuels of RHOP to Rent's Tracie Thoms. He has been featured and worked with clients such as the CDC, The City of LA, TMZ, Billboard Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, FOX Soul, Gilead, 360 Magazine, and many more.
Event: Masc Survivors
Meghan Tonjes
She/Her
Meghan Tonjes is a singer-songwriter, host, producer and overall fat internet babe. In early 2014, Meghan sparked criticism and garnered support when a photo of hers was removed from Instagram. The backlash found its form on national news outlets such as CBS, Upworthy, Huffington Post and The Today Show, eventually receiving a public apology from Instagram. With appearances and performances on both The Ellen Degeneres Show and Conan O’Brien, she has shared both her music and personal journey to Body Love. Currently, Meghan lives in Los Angeles where she makes weekly videos about pop culture and news and co-hosts and produces several podcasts, including Adventures In Roommating (with over 300 episodes) and No Lies Detected.
Event: Being Fat and a Survivor
Satta Mansaray
She/Her
My name is Satta Mansaray. I am a Neuroscientist for Traumatic Brain Injuries and degenerative brain diseases for Pharmaceutical and National PTSD Center in Vermont. I am committed to connecting physiological injuries and damages to the brain with mental illnesses. With 15 years of study and a Veteran from the Marine Corps, I was exposed to Marines dealing with sexual abuse trauma as a Victim’s Advocate (SSGT/USMC) which led to my journey into Psychology. I am currently a Graduates Candidate for Neuropsychology.
Event: NeuroDiverse Folks with Trauma
Jessica Drake
She/Her
Named 2017’s Sexpert of the Year by XBiz, trained by San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI), and a member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), Jessica brings a wealth of expertise to her speaking engagements.
As an exclusive Wicked Pictures contract performer, writer, director, as well as a global humanitarian and emerging sexual wellness authority, Jessica’s career in popular adult productions led her to create the instructional series “Jessica drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex.”
In her award-winning “Guide to Wicked Sex” videos, Jessica rewrote the narrative on exploring erotic topics through elegantly produced, intimate demonstrations. Each volume addresses a different aspect of human sexuality, which is explored with a distinct blend of knowledge, experience, and good humor – a refreshing alternative for the sexual self-help genre.
Event: Being a SW & Survivor
sinnamon Love
She/Her
Sinnamon Love is a 26-year veteran sex worker, community organizer, and Black Feminist Pornographer. Love is a fierce advocate for Black Lives Matter, Trans Rights, Sex Workers Rights, & Full Decriminalization of Sex Work & Cannabis. Sinnamon identifies as a kinky, bisexual, polyamorous grown-up, and lifestyle switch. Prior to COVID-19, she worked as a full-service sex worker and professional Dominatrix. She is a vibe curator, yogi, Hip Hop & House head, orgasmic meditation practitioner, cannabis enthusiast, recovering serial monogamist, #naturallygrey, and happily #singleinbrooklyn.
Event: Being a SW & Survivor
Jazzmyne jay
She/Her
Jazzmyne Jay is a midwestern raised, cornfed Lesbian who lives in Los Angeles constantly looking for decent pizza. She is a Diversity and Inclusion consultant, talent at BuzzFeed, content creator, personality, and semi-decent twerker. Through the years, Jazzmyne has grown a following on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok encouraging her audience to just do the damn thing and be your true self. Through honesty, a dope fashion sense, mental health talks and journeys about self-love and empowerment—Jazzmyne Jay will continue to hype you up and be your Libra Queen.
