Expand Access to QTIBIPoC Sobriety
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The mainstream recovery landscape has mostly centered white, cis, Christian, able-bodied heteropatriarchal comfort and experience at the expense of QTIBIPOC and the collective at large. The understanding of substance use issues and addiction has been largely informed by these perspectives, which only serve to harm the collective since these forces often center shame-based, rigid, abstinence-only forms of recovery that also denounce the unique experience of those at the intersections of queer, trans, intersex, Black, Indigenous people of color, and disabled identities and the ways in which oppression informs our relationship to substance use and codependency. We also live in a society that has continued to neglect our needs.
We believe that centering the experiences and wisdom of QTIBIPOC is necessary in healing from and potentially even preventing the ways in which we can relate to substances and other forms of coping that can be harmful to ourselves and our communities. We each saw a need for more spaces that are not 12-step based. We found it necessary to heal ourselves within our communities. That is why Recovery for the Revolution, Goddexx + Gabe @ la conextion have come together for this fundraiser because we enjoy co-creating together + recognize the need to collaborate and not compete. Our individual work relates to one another and if we’re uplifting each other, we’re uplifting ourselves.
About the trio:
Goddexx (They/Goddexx) is a Brujx, Word Conjuror, and Performer currently based in Seattle, WA. They offer spiritual guidance through performances, healing ritual services, tarot readings, and energy cleansings. For a more in depth bio visit their site here .
Goddexx created a QTIBIPOC Recovery workshop in 2018 with Noah Sanemitsu which traveled to The Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference 2018-2019.
In partnership with La Conextion, they have been hosting a consistent QTIBIPOC Sobriety space inspired from this workshop which aims to create a harm-reduction centered space for those in the QTIBIPOC community interested in recovery from any form of addiction, abuse, or dependence. The space has offered sober and sober-curious participants the opportunity to connect with others who feel distant from traditional recovery spaces due to lack of gender, sexual, racial, class and cultural competence.
It is our intention that this space can continue, in addition to the creation of other much need spaces such as sober pleasure spaces and night life events.
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gabrielle/gabe (she/her) is founder + co-creator of la conextion, public speaker, + consultant. for a more in depth bio visit her site here .
la conextion was first established as a program at the non-profit youth seen to co-create sober spaces for the individual + collective healing of qtibipoc which included (qti)bipoc healing circles, qtibipoc sobriety group in collaboration with goddexx, a letter writing collective, + mutual aid efforts. in 2021, la conextion re-launched as an llc where gabrielle offers 1:1 support to qtibipoc interested in a mindful relationship to/with substances as they engage in healing with self + community.
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Carolyn Collado (they/them) is a writer, decolonial dreamer, ancestral homecoming coach, organizational advisor, and founding steward of Recovery for the Revolution. For a more in depth bio visit their site here .
Carolyn started Recovery for the Revolution in June 2020 amidst growing demand for BIPOC, especially QTIBIPOC, to center their own recovery needs in the face of the uprisings after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and many more Black queer and trans folks. Since its founding, Recovery for the Revolution has held several workshops and webinars on topics on the interconnection between oppression, substance use, codependency, related to decolonized recovery, ancestry and recovery, religious trauma and the holidays in recovery. Carolyn served as the closing keynote speaker and moderated the BIPOC panel at the inaugural Sober Voices Summit.
Carolyn intends to expand access to recovery that centers QTIBIPOC and continues to explore the ways in which oppression, colonization, capitalism, and intergenerational harm impact substance use, addiction, and recovery.
The trio plans to:
—Collaborate with others on meeting formats and practices that center the somatic, emotional, cultural, and spiritual practices of QTIBIPOC
—Explore and center the relationship between abolition, transformative justice and recovery
—Open an online recovery community that will hold space for meetings and community-led wellness support
—Create formats that can be replicated locally for in-person meetings
—Hold in-person retreat spaces for QTIBIPOC in recovery
—Host sober pleasure events and performance spaces
—Host discussion spaces, workshops, and summits centering QTIBIPOC and disability justice that challenge and expand how we understand substance use, addiction, recovery, and harm reduction
—Provide resources of healers, other sobriety/recovery support spaces
—Highlight stories of QTIBIPOC and how they navigate recovery to expand understanding of our unique experiences and perspectives
—Make all spaces accessible through ASL interpretation, live captioning, transcription, in-person accommodations
—Provide scholarships for QTIBIPOC for 1:1 healing support offerings
We also welcome any and all support beyond financial donations, please contact us at Goddexx , Recovery for the Revolution , or La Conextion.
We believe that centering the experiences and wisdom of QTIBIPOC is necessary in healing from and potentially even preventing the ways in which we can relate to substances and other forms of coping that can be harmful to ourselves and our communities. We each saw a need for more spaces that are not 12-step based. We found it necessary to heal ourselves within our communities. That is why Recovery for the Revolution, Goddexx + Gabe @ la conextion have come together for this fundraiser because we enjoy co-creating together + recognize the need to collaborate and not compete. Our individual work relates to one another and if we’re uplifting each other, we’re uplifting ourselves.
About the trio:
Goddexx (They/Goddexx) is a Brujx, Word Conjuror, and Performer currently based in Seattle, WA. They offer spiritual guidance through performances, healing ritual services, tarot readings, and energy cleansings. For a more in depth bio visit their site here .
Goddexx created a QTIBIPOC Recovery workshop in 2018 with Noah Sanemitsu which traveled to The Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference 2018-2019.
In partnership with La Conextion, they have been hosting a consistent QTIBIPOC Sobriety space inspired from this workshop which aims to create a harm-reduction centered space for those in the QTIBIPOC community interested in recovery from any form of addiction, abuse, or dependence. The space has offered sober and sober-curious participants the opportunity to connect with others who feel distant from traditional recovery spaces due to lack of gender, sexual, racial, class and cultural competence.
It is our intention that this space can continue, in addition to the creation of other much need spaces such as sober pleasure spaces and night life events.
_______________________________________________
gabrielle/gabe (she/her) is founder + co-creator of la conextion, public speaker, + consultant. for a more in depth bio visit her site here .
la conextion was first established as a program at the non-profit youth seen to co-create sober spaces for the individual + collective healing of qtibipoc which included (qti)bipoc healing circles, qtibipoc sobriety group in collaboration with goddexx, a letter writing collective, + mutual aid efforts. in 2021, la conextion re-launched as an llc where gabrielle offers 1:1 support to qtibipoc interested in a mindful relationship to/with substances as they engage in healing with self + community.
_______________________________________________
Carolyn Collado (they/them) is a writer, decolonial dreamer, ancestral homecoming coach, organizational advisor, and founding steward of Recovery for the Revolution. For a more in depth bio visit their site here .
Carolyn started Recovery for the Revolution in June 2020 amidst growing demand for BIPOC, especially QTIBIPOC, to center their own recovery needs in the face of the uprisings after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and many more Black queer and trans folks. Since its founding, Recovery for the Revolution has held several workshops and webinars on topics on the interconnection between oppression, substance use, codependency, related to decolonized recovery, ancestry and recovery, religious trauma and the holidays in recovery. Carolyn served as the closing keynote speaker and moderated the BIPOC panel at the inaugural Sober Voices Summit.
Carolyn intends to expand access to recovery that centers QTIBIPOC and continues to explore the ways in which oppression, colonization, capitalism, and intergenerational harm impact substance use, addiction, and recovery.
The trio plans to:
—Collaborate with others on meeting formats and practices that center the somatic, emotional, cultural, and spiritual practices of QTIBIPOC
—Explore and center the relationship between abolition, transformative justice and recovery
—Open an online recovery community that will hold space for meetings and community-led wellness support
—Create formats that can be replicated locally for in-person meetings
—Hold in-person retreat spaces for QTIBIPOC in recovery
—Host sober pleasure events and performance spaces
—Host discussion spaces, workshops, and summits centering QTIBIPOC and disability justice that challenge and expand how we understand substance use, addiction, recovery, and harm reduction
—Provide resources of healers, other sobriety/recovery support spaces
—Highlight stories of QTIBIPOC and how they navigate recovery to expand understanding of our unique experiences and perspectives
—Make all spaces accessible through ASL interpretation, live captioning, transcription, in-person accommodations
—Provide scholarships for QTIBIPOC for 1:1 healing support offerings
We also welcome any and all support beyond financial donations, please contact us at Goddexx , Recovery for the Revolution , or La Conextion.
Organizer
Gabrielle Rodriguez
Organizer
Denver, CO
