Hey, fam, it's Amara.

Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

Well, there is nothing more essential to our lives than sex.

That's right.

S-E-X. As a matter of fact, it's

kind of essential to all life, or mostly all life. And as we come up on the summer, we know

that many of you will transform this one, like last year, into a summer of sex. That time when

you can act upon all of the things that you've been thinking about during the

worst of the winter and the Omicron wave and all of the other things that come along with being cooped up,

even though that we're in a pandemic, we know that people are still going to stretch their legs,

let's just say, and find a way to engage in sexual exploration and expression. So we wanted to devote an entire episode to that.

Since the beginning of our community, sex for us is a political act. It's not only physical or even

emotional or spiritual, but it is also political and therefore is inherently tied to our liberation.

That's going to be the prism

through which we examine it today, which is really exciting for me. I know that personally

speaking, sex changed as I transitioned, as I've said on this podcast before, and it was

really essential to my coming into myself. And that's true for so many people who are trans and we are excited.

Now, I have to say that this has been one of the hardest episodes for our team to produce.

It's taking us months to find the right mix of people and people who wanted to come on, but

we've gotten there.

That's why we're thrilled to present our conversation with ZR, who is a BDSM expert, practitioner,

and educator.

...