Neuro~Queer: A Six-Part Facilitated Discussion Series

Neuro~Queer: A Six-Part Facilitated Discussion Series is a facilitated peer discussion group for Neurospicy, Queer+, Non-monogamous, Kinky, and otherwise-script-resistant folx to explore identity, embodiment, masking, desire, belonging, boundaries, burnout, and relational ethics. This is not a therapy group, but it is a safer, brave space to show up in all your messy, imperfect humanness for authentic connection, finding belonging in the "I don't know yet," and practicing progress over perfection. 

Since I know people may not be able to predict energy, money, transportation, sensory needs, social bandwidth, identity safety, or whether they’ll want to be perceive-able on the fourth Tuesday in October (which is, unfortunately, rude of bodies, but true), I’ve created the groups so that each one stands on its own. So come to one, if that’s where your capacity is at, but if you are able to I encourage you to commit to coming to all six. Not only will you get a little break on the ticket price, but together they create a kind of messy constellation that lets us build shared language, return to unfinished questions, deepen our trust, and show up more authentically with each other.

FAQ:

Who is this group for?

Neuro~Queer is for neurodivergent/neurospicy/neurosparkly/ADHD/AuDHD/Autistic/OCD/Feral queer-ish+ humans (LGBT*QIA+, kinky, non-monogamous, relationship anarchist, and folx otherwise resistant to the usual scripts) who want/need a space to be real without having to apologize or explain themselves away. 

Who is this group NOT for?

Allies are loved and appreciated, but this space is specifically for people who are neurodivergent/neurospicy/neurosparkly in diagnosis or identity and queer-ing their lives in some way — through identity, relationship style, relationship practice, behavior, community, politics, desire, or refusal of the usual scripts.

What happens during group?

Each month we gather for a semi-structured facilitated peer discussion. There will be a topic guiding the conversation, but plenty of room for rabbit holes, wormholes, squirrels, thought trains, silence, mess, laughter, paradox, and uncertainty.

What it is not: It is not therapy, it is not a place you need to be perfect, it’s not a demand to disclose, and it’s not another performance of the curated, digestible self that many of us have been told we need to embody—you don’t need to be perfect to be loved, you are worth of love no matter how messy, feral, weird, rude, or annoying you are (emdash for emphasis ;). I know that sometimes it’s difficult to not wear the mask, and if you need it right now that’s okay, but please know that my hope for this space is that it will be truly one where we can all drop the mask and just be.