Cripping Sex/uality with Alan Martino, Ligia Andrade Zúñiga, and Sami Schalk

Today we are joined by three folks who know a lot about disability, neurodivergence, and sex, and want to help us debunk common myths and misconceptions about disabled and crip sexuality. Dr. Alan Santinele Martino (he/him) is a tenure-track Assistant Professor (Teaching) in the Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies program in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, where he runs the Disability & Sexuality Lab. Ligia Andrade Zúñiga, MA (she/her/ella) is Board Trustee of the San Mateo Union High School District and former Director and Sex Educator with Sexability. Dr. Sami Schalk (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of, among others, the recently released book Black Disability Politics.

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0m:10s - Episode intro

0m:49s - We introduce ourselves

10m:32s - Can you talk a little bit more about the common stereotype/assumption that disabled and/or neurodivergent people aren't sexual (aka that we're all asexual/sexless)?

23m:42s - Can you share some stories or highlight some aspects of crip sex that have been erased/downplayed/not told, specifically ones that decenter whiteness, cisness, heterosexuality, etc.?

52m:30s - Do you have any final thoughts you'd like to share with our listeners?

56m:53s - Episode outro (and what's ahead on Episode 4)