Episode #91
When Queer Erotic Education Becomes a Laboratory for Transformation with Alex Jade
The advice about erotic liberation is backwards. Real freedom starts when you get permission to be as alive as you want to be — and Alex Jade has spent decades helping people do exactly that. Alex and host Craig Cullinane trace a wildly rich path through Body Electric School, queer embodiment, tantra, consent, and the kind of erotic education that doesn't just teach skills — it changes how you live in your body. From early AIDS-era support groups and the first women’s CBE trainings to “cunt class,” “outside the boxes,” and the new Queer Bloom offering, this conversation is a living history of how erotic work has evolved. You’ll discover: How Alex found Body Electric through grief, caregiving, and the urgent need for aliveness Why “decolonizing bodies” is about peeling back the layers that keep sensation, pleasure, and agency shut down What it means to treat the body as a laboratory for transformation How Tantra, consent, and circle technology shape Alex’s teaching now Why queer, gender-expansive people need spaces where they can simply be, explore, and not be fixed Alex also shares the story behind the Aerosomatic Arts Collective, an intentionally multiracial, multigendered, multicultural collaboration of queer erotic educators, artists, and practitioners exploring erotic energy as power, healing, and creative force. Along the way, Craig and Alex talk about body basics, “tissues of arousal,” anal breathing, and why slowing down enough to hear the voice of the body is its own radical act.If you’re curious about queer erotic education, body-based liberation, decolonizing pleasure, or what it looks like to build containers where people can follow their own energy with real permission, this episode is for you. Craig and Alex leave you with a simple but profound invitation: liberation begins when aliveness is allowed. Alex Jade is a somatic sex therapist, educator, and longtime Body Electric School contributor whose work spans experiential erotic education, somatic psychotherapy, and decolonizing embodied pleasure. They are also a Tantra student, collaborator, and co-creator within the Aerosomatic Arts Collective. You can learn more about Craig Cullinane at www.craigcullinane.com . Learn more about Alex and the EroSomatic Arts Collective at: https://erosomatics.com .
