Andrew Gurza (he/him)
Let’s Talk About Sexuality and Disability
In this presentation, award-winning Disability Awareness Consultant Andrew Gurza (they/he) uses their lived experiences as a queer disabled person to shine a light on topics we often keep in the dark; intimacy and disability, queerness and disability... and so much more.
Using a unique blend of honesty, humor and raw emotion, Andrew will give you the tools to think about sexuality and disability differently - maybe even for the very first time. You will leave having learned, laughed and understood how disabled sexuality is something we all deserve access to.
Andrew Gurza is an award winning Disability Awareness Consultant and the Chief Disability Officer and Co-founder of Bump'n, a sex toy company for and by disabled people. Andrew uses they/he pronouns and identifies proudly as disabled. Their work has been featured on BBC, CBC, Daily Xtra, Gay Times UK, Huffington Post, The Advocate, Everyday Feminism, Mashable, Out.com, and several anthologies. He was the subject of an award winning National Film Board of Canada Documentary "Picture This". Andrew has guested on a number of podcasts including Dan Savage's Savage Love and Cameron Esposito's Queery. He has spoken all over the world on sex, disability and what it means to be a Queer Cripple.
He is also the host of Disability After Dark: The Podcast Shining a Bright Light on Disability Stories which won a Canadian Podcast Award in 2021, a Queerty Award and was chosen as an Honoree at the 2020 Webby Awards. The show is available on all platforms. Andrew is also the creator of the viral hashtag #DisabledPeopleAreHot. You can find out more about Andrew by going to www.andrewgurza.com and connecting via social media @andrewgurza_
Learning Objectives:
understand sex and sexuality through a disability-justice lens
explore the important role of sex surrogates and sex workers for disabled folks
challenge biases related to disabled sex and sexuality
Get access to Andrew Gurza's engaging 2022 presentation on Sexuality and Disability.