Love and Fire: Sex and Relationships at Burning Man

Got questions about navigating sex, relationships, and partnerships at the burn? Bonobo Network and our sex ed friends have got you covered!

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About this event

“My partner really wants to experiment and ‘be free’ at the Burn, but I’ve never been and am nervous. . .”

“I’ve never been to the Orgy Dome but I’m really curious. . .”

“I’m bringing my partner AND my new lover to the Burn!”

The Man burns in less than two months!

Got questions about navigating sex, relationships, and partnerships at the burn? Feeling a bit rusty on your Polyamory skills after a two-year hibernation? Haven’t even hung out with the rest of your campmates in, like, years?

We got you!

Join a gathering of Bay Area thought leaders of all things loving, kinky, queer, and sexy, for a back-to-back panel event on getting it on in the dust (and making it out with your relationship intact!) Avoid minefield scenarios, navigate the pre-and-post-burn check-ins with ease, and learn the biggest lessons from DECADES of burning man experience.

Come to learn (among other things):

• What makes consent harder to manage on Playa?
• Burner green flags and red flags
• Where to go and who to camp with if you’re poly, queer, or kinky
• Where IS the orgy?

**Please note: this event has a proof of vaccination requirement. Please be ready to show your proof of vaccination at the door**

Panelists:

Reid Mihalko

Reid Mihalko (He/him) is a nationally recognized sex and relationship educator and public speaker.Charged by a lesbian friend to create a queer oasis where ladies-who-love-ladies could find one another at Burning Man, sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko (he/him) of ReidAboutSex.com, founded Camp Beaverton for Wayward Girls and the legendary Strap-On-A-Thon.

Maya Diamond

Maya Diamond (She/her) is a love, relationship and erotic blueprint coach. She is also the host of the Rewire Your Attachment Style podcast. She's been helping clients heal, evolve, and create healthy loving relationships for over 14 years and started going to burning man at the tender age of 19. More at boldandvivid.com

Ariel Vegosen (Trixie Lamonte)

Ariel Vegosen (They/them) is a professional workshop facilitator, sex and relationship confidence coach, educator, performer, and ritualist. Ariel is the cofounder of Gender Blender, a Burning Man theme camp and community dedicated to gender liberation, trans and nonbinary representation, amazing consent based play parties, and educating the public. Ariel is also the co-founder of Queerdome - queer centered psychedelic harm reduction on and off playa. More at www.polyexcellent.com

Shade

Shade (she/her) is commonly identified as a co-founder of the Orgy Dome. She served as an officer on her local Stonewall Board, is President of the nonprofit Consensuality, Inc., and is a co-founder of OPEN (Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy) (Open.love), a non-profit dedicated to fostering the polyamory and non-monogamy movement by advancing cultural acceptance, supporting communities, and building political power in order to ensure equality for ENM individuals and families.

Facilitated by:

William Winters

William is the founder and co-director of Bonobo Network, the Bay Area’s leading sex-positive membership community. Once called the King of the East Bay Polyamory Scene, his perspectives on nonmonogamy have appeared in San Francisco Magazine, KQED's Forum, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York Times. He’s been burning since 2010.

Misha Bonaventura

• Misha Bonaventura is co-Director of Bonobo Network. She is a professional mediator at Clearing Conversations.com and has been attending Burning Man since 2005. She is also a public speaker and educator, and serves on the Burning Man Peer Support Team and is the Director of Culture at SoulPlay.

Brought to you by: Bonobo Network: San Francisco’s leading sex-positive membership community (www.bonobonetwork.com)

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