With the recent political upheaval, it's become more important than ever for our alternative sexuality communities to insist upon inclusion and diversity for people of all races, sizes, genders, abilities and sexual and relationship orientations. Here's how we can stand together and prove that love trumps hate. Opening keynote for Poly Living Philadelphia 2017.

1. S TA N D I N G T O G E T H E R
F O R D I V E R S I T Y
A L L F O R O N E A N D O N E F O R A L L

3. WHITE cisgendered
heterosexual
middle-class
WOMAN
skinny

4. I H AV E A M I C R O P H O N E

8. I T ’ S N O T
E N O U G H

9. I T ’ S N O T
E N O U G H
• to be a good person
• to be a nice person
• to be a tolerant person

10. – M I N X
It’s not enough to be a good person. It takes effort
to nurture diversity.

11. – - " W H E R E D O W E G O F R O M H E R E " 1 9 6 7 M L K
“The majority of white Americans consider
themselves sincerely committed to justice for the
Negro. They believe that American society is
essentially hospitable to fair play and to steady
growth toward a middle-class Utopia embodying
racial harmony. But unfortunately this is a fantasy of
self-deception and comfortable vanity.”

12. #NotMyPresident

14. N U R T U R E D I V E R S I T Y ?
H O W D O W E

15. L I S T E N
W I T H O U T
A S S U M I N G

16. L I S T E N
W I T H O U T
A S S U M I N G

17. D O N ’ T A S S U M E Y O U K N O W
S O M E O N E ’ S E X P E R I E N C E

18. D O N ’ T A S S U M E Y O U K N O W
S O M E O N E ’ S E X P E R I E N C E

19. – S T E V E N C O V E Y
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”

20. S H O W Y O U R D I V E R S I T Y

21. S H O W I T I N Y O U R S P E A K E R S

22. S H O W I T I N Y O U R L E A D E R S H I P

23. P O S T I T P U B L I C LY

24. http://sexdownsouth.com/about-us/guiding-principles/

25. THE VOICES, FEELINGS, AND
EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR SHOULD BE
PRIORITIZED.
WILL NOT ASSUME
ANYONE’S GENDER IDENTITY
BASED ON THEIR
APPEARANCE.
I WILL NOT YUCK ANYONE’S
YUM.
ALL RELATIONSHIPS
DESERVE THE SAME
RESPECT, REGARDLESS OF
ORIENTATION OR
CONFIGURATION.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AND MENTAL ILLNESS HAVE
A RIGHT TO SEXUALITY AND
SEXY SPACES.
ALL BODIES, NO MATTER
THEIR SHAPE OR SIZE, HAVE
A RIGHT TO PLEASURE.
VIOLENCE – INCLUDING
PHYSICAL, VERBAL, AND
EMOTIONAL ABUSE – WILL
NOT BE TOLERATED.
http://sexdownsouth.com/about-us/guiding-principles/

26. D O N ’ T W O R RY A B O U T P E R F E C T I O N
J U S T T RY

29. R E A D T H E H AT E R S , L E A R N , I G N O R E

30. R E A D T H E H AT E R S , L E A R N , I G N O R E

31. M A K E C O U R S E C O R R E C T I O N S
D E M A N D F E E D B A C K

32. F E E D B A C K
M E C H A N I S M S
• Email
• Voicemail
• Anonymous suggestion box
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Hand-raising
• Survey

33. C O M M I T M E N T T O C O O P E R AT I O N

34. N O T AT E A C H O T H E R

35. S TA N D T O G E T H E R F O R D I V E R S I T Y
A L L F O R O N E A N D O N E F O R A L L

36. S TA N D I N G T O G E T H E R
F O R D I V E R S I T Y
A L L F O R O N E A N D O N E F O R A L L