A Series Of Real-Time 45 Minute Conversations
NEXT: Daimon Dartmoor, October 12th at 2PM PST
Daimon Dartmoor
October 12th at 2PM PST Daimon Dartmoor He was born in London, England and the family emigrated to New Zealand when Daimon was three years old. He is based in Auckland where he helps to offer the Daily Gay Community Meal. This community serves as a hub for the TwoEye Brotherhood. Their Path to Awakening supports men who love men to reclaim their pagan or indigenous ancestry as a foundation for spiritual awakening. Daimon has made several pilgrimages to Dartmoor on Devon in the south-west of England, learning that men of our kind were spiritual gatekeepers in the old clans there long ago, as well as in pagan and indigenous tradition worldwide. He identifies as LagasDew Den, meaning TwoEye Man in the Cornish language of south-west England. This means holding both male and female polarities of spirit in a man's body. More...
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August 28, 2023
David Vincent Monticalvo
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August 10, 2023
Don Shewey
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June 19, 2023
Toby Johnson
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February 14, 2023
Jay Cusker
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June 22, 2022
William Glenn
August 18th, 5PM PST William Glenn is a long-time community leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is past president of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and was executive director of Continuum. A psychotherapist for 35 years, Glenn convened Spirit Group…
May 09, 2022
Exploring the Queer Prophet - Dr. Kirk Prine
Monday May 9th at 5PM PST Dr. Kirk Prine will share ideas, concepts, role models and his own experiences of beig prophetic as a queer man. In this call Kirk will muse about the archetype of the Queer Prophet. What does it mean to be a Queer Prophet in our…
December 07, 2021
Allen Silver: Man of Use
Tuesday December 7th at 5PM PST Allen Silver shares experiences, lessons and methodology from over 18+ years working as a Sacred Intimate around the world. Through play, vulnerability and trusting the moment he has helped hundreds of men to heal, to grow, to…
November 13, 2021
Exploring the Queer Elder/Gatekeeper - Dr. Kirk Prine
Saturday November 13th at 5PM PST Dr. Kirk Prine will explore the archetype of the queer elder as an ecstatic gatekeeper. Elders in the queer community know they belong. From that knowing that they belong, they teach, mentor, guide with their wisdom, rituals…
September 08, 2021
Nicolas Reveles
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July 24, 2021
Exploring the Mystic - Dr. Kirk Prine
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April 27, 2021
Drake Bear Stephen
Drake Bear Stephen BA, CHT, RMT, CSPis a Certified Hypnotherapist and Somatic Healer, Shamanic Energy Medicine Practitioner, and a Teaching Reiki Master. Recently retired from a 37 year career in telecommunications, he now has a full time private practice as…
April 06, 2021
Reverend Daniel Simons
Daniel’s spiritual orientation and practice has been influenced by extended contact with Buddhist, Jewish, and Muslim spiritual communities and teaching. His spiritual grounding is also shaped by regular immersion in unbuilt environments in Nature. For the…
February 24, 2021
Javier Galitó-Cava
Javier Galitó-Cava is the Artistic Director of Meisner Technique Program Spain (meisner.es), an Acting Conservatory he founded after receiving his acting education at A.C.T (American Conservatory Theatre) and Rachael Adler Studio in San Francisco. His acting…
January 15, 2021
Brendan Deocariza-Nee
Brendan Deocariza-Nee is a postulant for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church—a fancy way of saying that he’s preparing to be a priest. A survivor of conversion therapy and childhood abuse, Brendan’s spiritual work centers on healing religious trauma and…
November 09, 2020
Roy Grant
Roy Grant is a certified life coach (ICF, ACC), registered nurse (BSN), reiki master, and self-help author. As a result of sexual abuse and intense bullying for being gay as a child, Roy turned toward self-help books and meditation at a young age and soon…
August 18, 2020
Gregg Cassin: October 5th
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August 16, 2020
Rev. Trent J. Thornley: Sept. 18th
Friday Sept. 18th at 3:00PM. The Rev. Trent J. Thornley, J.D. is the Executive Director and CPE Director at San Francisco Night Ministry. He is an ACPE Associate Certified Educator, which certifies him to lead accredited spiritual care training programs.…
August 09, 2020
Brock Ford: August 9th
Brock Ford has overcome the hurt and abuse of his family to go on to spread a message of Love, Compassion, Tolerance, Forgiveness and Understanding. He is a Minister in Science of Mind/Religious Science. Today he travels the Bay Area, assuring people of all…
June 29, 2020
Jim Mitulski: June 29th
The Rev. Elder Jim Mitulski is the interim pastor of Island United Church UCC in Foster City, CA. For the past forty years he has been the spiritual community organizer as a pastor of both queer and non-queer spiritual communities around the country…
June 02, 2020
Christopher Love: June 2nd
For over 25 years Christopher's private counseling practice has supported others to heal. His greatest passion is helping people to open their minds and hearts through compassionate self-inquiry. In 1985 he spent four years as a participant and group leader…
May 16, 2020
JoJo Bear: May 16th
Jojo DeRodrigo is a Somatic Sex & Intimacy Coach.He helps men create a sex positive relationship with themselves and others. He believes that our bodies holds onto more information than our heads...
November 08, 2019
Ken Schneck
Friday November 8th, 5PM (PST) Ken Schneck is an author, professor, radio host, and rabble rouser. His travelogue, "Seriously, What Am I Doing Here?: The Adventures of a Wondering and Wandering Gay Jew" was published in 2017, "LGBTQ Cleveland" was released in…
September 19, 2019
Finn Deerhart
Thursday September 19th, 2019 Finn Deerhart I was born into a strict, Southern, religious home as a minister’s son. I also became a minister when I was 19 years old. I had a mission, but a message that was not my own. It took me many years to come out of the…
July 29, 2019
Ali Mushtaq
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July 26, 2019
Dr. Kirk Prine
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February 06, 2017
Sister Merry Peter
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January 23, 2017
Drake Bear Stephen
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October 10, 2016
Nick Venegoni
Nick Venegoni MFT is a seeker and student of healing wisdom He has always had a curiosity for the nature of the universe and his relationship to it. ..
June 13, 2016
H.R. Bremner
H.R. Bremner believes that our sexual creative energy is at the core of how we express ourselves every day. It takes courage to look in the mirror and know that we are the experts of our own lives.
March 14, 2016
Doug Graham
Having had a life long career as a singer/dancer/actor, Doug’s story of overcoming the odds from being at death’s door to nine months later winning the Silver Medal at the Gay Games in Chicago has been an...
February 22, 2016
Tom Bianchi
His twenty books of photographs, poems, and essays primarily cover the gay male experience in a variety of contexts – from aesthetic philosophy – IN DEFENSE OF BEAUTY - to poetry to erotic photography.
January 19, 2016
Raymond L. Rigoglioso
Raymond L. Rigoglioso is the author of Gay Men and The New Way Forward and founder of Gay Men of Wisdom
January 15, 2015
Franklin Abbott
Franklin Abbott is an original radical faerie and early contributor to the Gay Spirit movement.
November 20, 2014
Dan Choi
Dan Choi is a thought Leader in our community who has been an activist, soldier and educator.
September 04, 2014
John Ravenmoon
is a modern day mystic, walking in balance between the paths of the shaman and the sacred intimate.
August 21, 2014
Ramzi Fawaz
is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a speciality in Queer Theory/LGBT..
June 24, 2014
Rev. Robert Shively
is Senior Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco.
May 01, 2014
Christian de la Huerta
Facilitator of personal transformation and author of “Coming Out Spiritually”
June 06, 2013
Andrew Ramer
is the author of Two Flutes Playing, Elder to Gay Spirit Visions in North Carolina and guest teacher to Flesh & Spirit Community.
April 25, 2013
John Ballew
Professional Counselor, Gay Spirituality Workshop Facilitator and Writer.
March 28, 2013
Rabbi David Bauer
founder and coordinator of “The Jewish Queer Sexual Ethics Project". Pastoral counselor, ritual leader, community leader, scholar, artist, and writer.
March 14, 2013
Rev. Dr. Jim Mitulski
Pastor of New Spirit Community Church and Faculty at Pacific School of Religion.
March 12, 2013
Hunter Flournoy
is a teacher in the Toltec Eagle Knight lineage of Don Miguel Ruiz, a shamanic healer in the lineage of Rebecca Crystal, and a pastor for Amigos de Dios...
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The Queer Tribe calls will connect you with queer healers and change agents exploring ways to step up and step out.
We seek to answer, "who are we?", "what's next?" and "what are we doing here as a Queer Tribe?"
Thought leaders, elders, shamans, healers, spiritual teachers, queer change agents and queer community builders will seed a juicy conversation about "who we are", what our roles and contributions might be in the world, and some visions for a queer people making a difference. This interview series comes from the perspective of men who love men (gay, bisexual, transgender and two-spirit).
Our Queer Tribe has something to offer that’s unique in bringing healing to the world.
Let’s engage in a conversation to change the world.
We seek to answer, "who are we?", "what's next?" and "what are we doing here as a Queer Tribe?"
Thought leaders, elders, shamans, healers, spiritual teachers, queer change agents and queer community builders will seed a juicy conversation about "who we are", what our roles and contributions might be in the world, and some visions for a queer people making a difference. This interview series comes from the perspective of men who love men (gay, bisexual, transgender and two-spirit).
Our Queer Tribe has something to offer that’s unique in bringing healing to the world.
Let’s engage in a conversation to change the world.
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