Queer Body Temple

Trans and non-binary bodies know something the dominant overculture rarely honors: that the body is not a fixed thing. It is a living, breathing, becoming — shaped by grief and desire, by survival and joy, by the sacred labor of fully inhabiting your authentic flesh.

This is a ritual for bodies that defy normative binaries, for those questioning and exploring queering the binaries. For those fully transitioned and those who flow between all expressions and everything in between. For your body.

We gather in ceremony to practice something many of us have had little access to: being witnessed with reverence. Not corrected. Not explained. Not desired in the wrong way or for the wrong reasons. Simply held — by your own hands, and by the quiet presence of others who understand, from the inside, what it is to live in a body like yours.

This space weaves together practices of self-touch and self-pleasure as acts of self-knowing, platonic touch offered and received in guided, consensual exercises, and the simple, profound practice of witnessing and being witnessed. Self-pleasure is not the destination here — it is one of many languages through which we return to ourselves.

We enter this ritual together to:

• Inhabit our bodies with curiosity and care — being with whatever arises with love, and if available, releasing shame, performance, and even the goal of arrival
• Give and receive platonic touch with reverence and full consent
• Be witnessed as we are, in the body we are in tonight
• Build culture together — one where our bodies are not explained, defended, or justified, but simply inhabited and celebrated
• Discover what becomes possible when a room full of trans and non-binary people choose to belong to themselves and to each other

This space asks nothing of you but presence. Here, your body is simply the sacred, queer, evolving home you live in.

Tonight, we tend to it together.

This is a sober ritual container. Optional nudity is welcome. You choose your threshold of participation at every moment. You are welcome exactly as you arrive — in whatever relationship you currently have with your body.

This space is for all who identify as trans or non-binary, in any body.

About Us:

Andi is a devotee of pleasure. Finding the truth of their nb body in their late 30’s while on a ritual wander with the land, Andi participates with the world through their senses- tasting, smelling, feeling everything around as an act of devotion to life itself. Andi intimately knows both the longing and devastation of that which must be devoured.

Kiva is a playful warrior; being trans non-binary in this world has been a battle they are learning to play through. Kiva engages with the world through a deeply felt, sensed, and experienced lens and is creating meaningful connections whenever possible. Slow is steady. Steady is slow.

Location: Alchemy House, Oakland 94606

The exact address will be emailed to you the day before the event

Date & Time:

Tuesday September 15th, 7-10 PM

*This is a Closed Container - Doors open at 7 PM and close at 7:30 PM*

Register: https://forms.gle/fisU7nWLJ3YTfRyd8

Payment: $45 via Venmo to @andichatburn

*If cost is an issue for you, we welcome a volunteer to help with checking folks in, set up, or clean up in exchange for a reduced price ticket cost. If this isn't available to you, this is a NOTAFLOF space, but we need to know that this is what you're asking for. Please let me know you'd like a work trade or NOTAFLOF ticket by emailing andichatburn@gmail.com at least 36 hours before the start of the event.

What to bring: A towel or sheet to lay on, any preferred lube or oils (we will provide coconut oil), and any item(s) you'd like to place on our group altar.

What to wear: Anything that you feel good in and helps you enter ritual space. You will be invited to shed layers in support of allowing witness, and the space is clothing optional. All states of dress/undress that feel good to you are welcome.