This spring, Philadelphia will host a first-of-its-kind conference called SEXx Interactive: a Journey for the Mind, Heart and Body. Led by GALAEI, a queer latin social justice organization, SEXx Interactive will take place in Philadelphia May 7-10, 2015. Elicia Gonzales, Executive Director of GALAEI sees the conference as an important opportunity for looking at desire, sexuality and how those interact and are expressed in communities.
“We hope through this conference to create safe spaces where frank discussions about sex, sexuality, and desire in its many diverse forms can inform, educate and empower individuals. As an organization rooted in HIV justice, we see open dialogue as a critical tool to sexual health and hope people will come away from the conference with a deeper understanding of the many dimensions and intersections that are an integral part of the human experience,” says Gonzales.
Featured keynote speakers include Carlos Ulises Decena, Ph.D, Associate Professor at Rutgers University and interdisciplinary scholar; Feminista Jones, a self-proclaimed post-modern, sex-positive, Black feminist woman and author of the new book, Push the Button; and Ignacio Rivera, a two-spirit, Black-Boricua Taíno, queer performance artist, activist, filmmaker, lecturer, and sex educator.
For more information on registration, schedule of events, and volunteering, visit www.sexxinteractive.com.
