What if harm reduction wasn’t just about safety, but also about pleasure, freedom, and joy? This workshop reimagines harm reduction as a tool for empowerment, offering culturally responsive strategies for substance use and sexual health that center Black queer experiences. Attendees will explore practical, judgment-free strategies for navigating chemsex safely—ones that honor desire, connection, and well-being. Participants will also discover community-driven solutions that move beyond stigma toward healing and liberation.

HIV care for women should encompass a whole woman approach, and this includes healthy sex and feeling empowered about their bodies. Whether it is for prevention planning, or talking about sex after HIV, a therapeutic clinical relationship is built on trust and communication. This talk will explore why clinicians and women living with HIV should be talking about sex, the approach to sex-positive language, and how it impacts women’s overall health and wellbeing and the relationship between women and their providers.