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FROM THE EDITOR: CURRENT STATUS WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL: IT'S COMPLICATED
I’ve had some complicated relationships in my time, but none so sordid as my a air with drugs and alcohol. at doesn’t mean it’s all bad, by any means … just complicated.
First let me start by acknowledging that drug and alcohol use looks di erent for everyone. We are not here to shame anyone, and if you’re sober, whatever that means to you, we are so happy for you. For me, drugs and alcohol came into my life at too young of an age. It’s a tale as old as time—small town, depressed millennial, experimentation ensues.
Because of that, I surely did some irreparable damage to my brain and body. I also used alcohol and drugs to cope with tough emotions and situations. is ended in drunken screaming matches and bad trips. I abused psychedelics in high school and early college and alcohol in college and my initial years after college. I also abused alcohol when I started at OFM and drinking and partying was a big part of the o ce culture.
But despite all that, some good came from my experimentations as well. Because I am who I am, I got really curious about cannabis, why the war on drugs demonized it, and how it helps people. As a kid who grew up in D.A.R.E., I had been taught a lot of things that weren’t adding up with my real-world experience, and I wanted answers. I read up on the racism behind the war on drugs and what cannabis can do for things like pain and cancer. My rst cannabis graphic tee in high school wasn’t funny
or irreverant—It was a pot leaf in front of a red cross with the medicinal uses of cannabis listed around it. And I learned a lot about psychedelics, their uses in different cultures, and the role they played in “radicalizing” the youth of the 1960s into caring about civil rights.
I even studied alcohol—I used to be a chef, and considered being a bartender for a while, since I also worked as a barista. When I began working at OFM, I couldn’t wait to experience all things drag and queer joy. I just immersed myself a bit too hard in the drinking culture.
ese days I am … Let’s call it Colorado sober. I have been on an over-half-yearlong break from alcohol, and I use cannabis and mushrooms in small doses. I don’t “party” much because so often when I’m out, I’m playing a show or helping run an event. I usually microdose mushrooms to help with mental health or indulge in edibles after a long day before bed, staying largely sober throughout the day.
drastically di erent than it was in my teens and 20s and that feels very good and healthy and grounding for me. To some, my level of drug use might still seem extreme, since I use cannabis almost daily. To others, the fact that I haven’t had alcohol for over half a year and haven’t done hard drugs for years is a reality they can’t fathom.
Whatever your relationship with drugs needs to be—including complete and total abstinence from all substances—You are valid. I hate the term “voluntarily sober,” as we’re all voluntary participants in our life making healthy choices when we choose sobriety or moderation. But if we do use drugs, just like if we do sex work or drag, or anything else society tries to demonize and judge, we are still beautiful, valid members of the community who deserve all the love and protection. If we relapse after decades of sobriety, or choose sobriety after decades of abuse, we are beautiful, imperfect humans that deserve empathy.
is is new for me. It’s weird and uncomfortable sometimes when I’m used to being a bit more hardcore about substances. At one point, I got a Hunter S. ompson-inspired tattoo on my body and vowed to be a wacky, intoxicated journalist forever. en I turned 30 and got sick of hangovers and bad choices, and realized HST constantly pulling guns on everyone, including his wives, really wasn’t that cool.
Ultimately, I’m not sober, but my relationship with drugs and alcohol is
Read what serves you in this issue, and leave the rest. And if this issue isn’t for you at all, we get that too. If this does resonate with you, follow along, because we can plan to stay immersed in the world of psychedelics and their possibilities. Beyond recreational use, there is a world of therapy and research to be discovered, much of which could benefit the queer community as we continue to grow and heal.
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On November 8, 2022, the colorful state of Colorado became the second state in the United States, after Oregon, to decriminalize the use of psychedelic mushrooms when it passed Proposition 122, The Natural Medicine Health Act.
After Colorado residents voted to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin (the chemical compound found in psychedelic mushrooms), two years of lawmaking followed before it could be used to treat conditions such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, cluster headaches, and PTSD.
“ is is a historic moment for both the people of Colorado and our country,” says Kevin Matthews, coalition director for Natural Medicine Colorado. “I think this demon- strates that voters here in Colorado are ready for new options and another choice for healing, especially when it comes to their
mental and behavioral health.”
After the Natural Medicine Act passed, decriminalization began in early 2023. e proposition removed criminal penalties related to the cultivation, possession, and consumption of psilocybin-containing mushrooms and three other psychedelic substances: ibogaine, mescaline, and DMT. Adults are allowed to grow mushrooms for personal use outside of the regulated market, but it is still illegal to sell homegrown mushrooms.
What’s Happening in Denver Now?
Colorado legalized psychedelic therapy in January of this year. Lawmakers in the state have passed three bills in the three years since the Natural Medicine measure was approved by voters in 2022. e latest bill to be passed—Senate Bill 297, Implementation of Colorado Natural Medicine Initiative—relaxes a few requirements for facilitators while directing the state’s public health department to compile data around the health e ects of natural medicine.
Denver hosted Psychedelic Science 2025 (PS2025), a major bi-annual conference, on June 16–20, 2025. On Wednesday, June 18, Governor Polis spoke at PS2025,
e roots of this change can be traced back to the legalization of recreational marijuana a little more than a decade ago. at monumental decision opened the door for conversations about other substances with possible medicinal benefits. Advocates—including doctors, veterans, and mental health professionals—championed for psilocybin mushrooms to be acknowledged for their therapeutic capability, especially for mental health conditions. Psilocybin mushrooms are still designated as Schedule 1 under United States federal law, but other states are following suit. Last year, Utah lawmakers approved a Republican bill that allows research hospitals to administer psilocybin and MDMA for mental health treatments. Lawmakers in 22 states are looking at legislation that would allow for some form of psychedelic medicine to treat a variety of behavioral health issues.
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where Polis announced new pardons for those convicted at the state level of possessing psilocybin or psilocin.
“Colorado has been a national leader in breaking through outdated laws around cannabis, and now we are doing the same for natural medicine. is action eliminates past state-level convictions for psilocybin and psilocin possession that would be legal today. With these pardons, we are fulfilling the will of Colorado voters and moving away from ine ective drug policy and encouraging local municipalities to follow suit,” says Governor Polis.
PS2025 has become a central event for the global psychedelic movement. e event o ers classes and workshops, as well as speakers. is year, the Conference attracted thousands of attendees and more than 700 speakers to discuss the future of mental health, medicine,
and consciousness through the lens of natural medicine. e Community Commitments and Perspectives page of their website for PS2025 states how important it is to “honor the many communities, traditions, and individuals whose contributions, and experiences have paved the way for us to be here today. Healing doesn’t happen in isolation; integration means more than just science meeting action—It calls for humility, reciprocity, and a never-ending commitment to justice.”
High Hopes in Denver
The Mile High City issued its first license for a psychedelic healing center on Wednesday, July 23 to the Center Origin, located near 15th Street and Blake Street, marking a major step forward in Colorado’s slow rollout of legalized psilocybin treatment. e space is designed for guided psilocybin sessions under the supervision of trained facilitators. Founder Elizabeth Cooke stressed that the treatment is focused on mental health, not recreational use. “ is isn't just for people to come in and party,” Cooke says. “ is is really a model for treatment, for real therapy.”
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group sessions or sessions led by facilitators in training. Unlike cannabis dispensaries, healing centers do not generate tax revenue from psilocybin. Clients also cannot take the product home, and all sessions must be supervised on-site. Cooke welcomes any inquiries about the process, and she has hopes that e Center Origin can serve as a model for other centers as the state’s new system takes shape.
Racial Equity Considerations
While the psychedelic movement has brought renewed vigor, it has also highlighted that the movement is heavily whitewashed. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in psychedelic research studies and clinical trials are largely underrepresented.This underrepresentation is alarming given the signi cant historical use of psychedelic
To legally o er the treatment, Center Origin had to meet strict regulatory standards. Facilitators must complete 150 hours of classroom instruction, plus 40 hours of in-person training, before administering any substances. e cost for a guided individual session at e Center Origin is $3,500, but lower-cost options are available. That includes
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mushrooms in Indigenous medicine as well as the psychological/physiological impact of race-based trauma among BIPOC communities.
is oversight of diversity in research highlights imperative questions about the equity of access to these emerging psychedelic-assisted treatments. Without adequate representation of nonwhite ethnic groups, it becomes challenging to evaluate the e cacy, safety, and cultural relevance of these therapies for BIPOC communities, which often face disproportionate mental health burdens and disparities in access to care.
Now that psychedelic medicine has evolved and recreational use has become decriminalized, researchers, clinicians, and lawmakers must keep racial equity at the forefront and guarantee that the bene ts of psychedelic-assisted therapies are accessible and inclusive for every community. Failure to address these issues risks perpetuating existing health disparities and further marginalizing already underserved populations.
By addressing racial equity, psychedelics have the potential to revolutionize mental health treatment and serve as a beacon for promoting social justice.
How Do We Keep Children Safe?
As Colorado’s psilocybin program has begun, conversations around cost, regulation, commercialization, and access—including protecting children from hallucinogenic drugs—are surfacing, reminiscent of debates from Colorado’s cannabis legalization. Meanwhile, although there is an intense fervor for the legalization of psychedelics, some citizens worry that the public may not fully understand the risks involved with using psychedelics. A local psychedelics campaign by public health advocates is focusing on public health and safety, speci cally aimed at young adults.
Kristen Nash is co-founder of the Coalition for Psychedelic Safety and Education. Drawing from her background in public health, particularly in HIV education, Nash founded the group to address
what she sees as a growing gap between public enthusiasm for psychedelics and their healing properties versus critical safety information. Nash’s concern is also deeply personal. Five years ago, her 21-year-old son died in a psychedelics-related accident. She says neither the people who were with him at the time nor the security o cers on campus who arrived to help knew how to safely manage the situation. Her experience inspired her to create the “Before You Trip” campaign, a safety project aimed at the 19- to 30-year-old demographic on Instagram.
Although the conversation around the use of psychedelics is mainly focused on the bene ts, Nash points out that most use happens outside of regulated environments. “I think that's where a campaign like this comes in. It's just a reality-based support system of information to sort of guide people who, again, often are coming from the mainstream,” she says. “So they're new to the substances, and they don't come from informed subcultures of knowledge. So it's again, meeting people where they are with information they need.”
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new production focuses on the quiet resilience of a young woman navigating betrayal and loss with dignity and strength. It's a story not of romance, but of survival—and it will stay with you long after the curtain falls.
Opera Colorado performs at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver. ere’s no dress code, no experience required, and yes—there are supertitles in the seat in front of your and above the stage, so you’ll always know what’s happening.
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’ve been to a lot of therapists over the years, whether it be due to changes in insurance or me just not finding a certain therapist to be a good t. With that has come a number of different diagnoses for my myriad
THE RIGHT TO HEAL
AND QUEER TRAUMA
by Julie River
mental health issues. Some diagnoses I agree with more than others. One psychiatrist who specialized in OCD and had the logo for an OCD medication splashed all over her o ce suggested I have, you guessed it, OCD, and my insistence that I experience a lot of obses-
sions but very few compulsions didn’t stop her from prescribing me OCD medication. But the one that stuck with me the most is the person who said I appear to be su ering from some form of PTSD. at makes sense because I’m always on alert like I’m constantly in
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danger and preparing to ght or ight. But what trauma am I reacting to?
e main trauma in my life came from my mother’s death when I was 23, which certainly affected me heavily. But PTSD is usually associated with witnessing a traumatic event firsthand. My mother died several states away from me, and I was informed about it on the phone. Not to downplay that sort of trauma for others who have experienced it, but I always wondered why that would give me such a trauma response.
Our writer and contributor Jesse Proia, who works as an LGBTQ+-specialized psychotherapist, makes the argument queer people basically have some form of PTSD or C-PTSD because, as a people, we experience trauma on a regular basis. From the Pulse and Club Q shootings to the Trump administration’s attempts to erase queer people, there’s a lot of traumas that we share simply from being queer people in a queerphobic society.
“Formally PTSD, according to the DSM, is fairly limited in its de nition of what is or is not trauma,” explains Proia. “ e Williams Institute National Crime Victimization survey states that LGBTQ+ people are ve times more likely to be a victim of a violent crime. Being a victim of a violent crime would fall more clearly within the traditional concept of PTSD.
“ e term Complex Trauma or C-PTSD is not yet recognized by the DSM but is used within trauma recovery and trauma-based-therapy worlds,” Proia continues. “For my therapeutic work with LGBTQ+ populations, I am always holding a C-PTSD lens, not just to be trauma informed, but also culturally re ective.”
people like myself are reported as murdered by the news media.
“Already as a baseline, our communities face countless microaggressions just existing in contemporary society,” says Proia. “Trans folks being misgendered and deadnamed, queer couples not being recognized, hearing anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech in the workplace or public. All of these are forms of erasure and invalidation that over years tell us we are not safe, unwanted or not valued. is falls more within C-PTSD as it is easily overlooked by cis-centric and heteronormative culture.”
"ONE MIGHT SAY THAT, IN A WORLD THAT FORCES THAT TRAUMA ON US, ONE OF THE RIGHTS THAT QUEER PEOPLE SHOULD BE DEMANDING IS THE RIGHT TO USE THERAPY THAT CAN HELP US HEAL."
Pharmacy who is the co-founder and a board member of the Psychedelic Pharmacists Association. “While most clinical research to date has focused on conditions like major depressive disorder, treatment-resistant depression, and PTSD, the therapeutic mechanisms of psychedelics such as enhanced neuroplasticity, increased emotional openness, and the potential for profound, often mystical experiences make them especially compelling for queer individuals healing from identity-based or systemic trauma. Although formal clinical trials speci cally focused on LGBTQ+ populations are still lacking, both the theoretical rationale and growing anecdotal evidence are highly encouraging.”
Al-Olimat argues that psychedelics like psilocybin “can help the brain process trauma by creating the right conditions for emotional re-learning. They quiet down the default mode network, which is the part of the brain tied to rumination, negative self-talk, and re-experiencing painful memories. is makes space for new insights and perspectives to emerge.” Furthermore, they help with neuroplacticity, which Al-Olimat describes as, “the brain’s ability to form new connections. is is crucial because healing from trauma isn’t about forgetting what happened. It’s about learning not to fear the memory or automatically react in the same way. In neuroscience, this process is called fear extinction, which is essentially unlearning a trauma response by building new, safer associations. That kind of learning requires a brain that's exible, and that’s exactly what psychedelics may help with.”
In many ways, not being able to freely be myself until my 30s has resulted in a great deal of trauma for me, but so has the process of coming out. Since I initially came out in the mid-2010s, I have been misgendered and deadnamed constantly, derided online from countless transphobes, and I felt like my life was put in danger by how often trans
So how do we treat this type of trauma? Personally, I believe that mental health issues should be treated with therapy first and foremost and then add medication if that seems the best for the situation. I’ve been in therapy for a long time and cycled through pretty much every SSRI on the market. ere are only a few medications that have really helped me deal with my trauma responses. One is benzodiazepines, which I’ve since weaned myself o of because I started to abuse them and because they were starting to erase my memory when I used them. e other is psilocybin, which is pretty much the only drug that gives me the calm I’m looking for without me developing a problematic relationship to it.
“Psychedelic-assisted therapy, particularly psilocybin-assisted therapy, shows signi cant promise for treating trauma, including Complex PTSD (C-PTSD),” explains Sa'ed Al-Olimat, a Doctor of
With the laws regarding psychedelics rapidly changing, not only in Colorado, but in states across the country, I hold a lot of faith that access to psilocybin will help me and other queer people heal from the trauma that comes with being a queer person. One might say that, in a world that forces that trauma on us, one of the rights that queer people should be demanding is the right to use therapy that can help us heal. In that sense, the ght to legalize psychedelics for use in treating trauma is a battle for queer rights, and one that we can’t give up on.
Psychedelic Healing
for the Queer Community with Resurgence Retreats
by Matt Maenpaa
"Psychedelic mushrooms, along with other psychoactive substances, have been used throughout history as a means to pursue enlightenment, inner truth and spiritual healing"
Modern medicine is catching up to human history now that Colorado has opened the door to medicinal psilocybin. A decade after cannabis was legalized for recreational usage, the people have spoken, and Proposition 122 decriminalized the personal use and possession of select hallucinogenic plants and fungi in pursuit of better tools to improve mental health.
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hypnotherapist, and life coach who has since joined the curated sta of caregivers, yogis, psychedelic guides, and coaches at Resurgence. Working with life coaches and learning to be with herself as a newly-single mother, Mendes realized that more women could bene t from the resources she’d sought out, particularly if they could be consolidated into a holistic experience.
“I wanted to package all of these tools for women going on their own journeys of self-discovery and reclamation,” she says.
Psychedelic mushrooms, along with other psychoactive substances, have been used throughout history as a means to pursue enlightenment, inner truth, and spiritual healing, but government restrictions have kept these methods relegated to esoteric circles. While still considered a Schedule 1 substance by the federal government, psychedelic therapy is no longer the sole purview of overly enthusiastic hippies or other awed media stereotypes.
Felicia Mendes, founder of Colorado’s Resurgence Retreats, readily admits to exploring psychedelics for recreational purposes long before Prop 122 came to pass. It wasn’t until a couple years ago, after getting divorced and entering a new chapter of self-discovery, that Mendes had a properly guided psilocybin experience. Hoping for some clarity and to make space for new things in her life, she found more than she expected.
“We like to say that the medicine gives you what you need, not necessarily what you want,” Mendes explains.
Her own personal retreat was guided by Bodhi Calagna, a sound alchemist,
One doesn’t simply park yourself in a yurt and eat a handful of dried-out caps to start the process, though. e psychedelic experience is complicated and personal, and Resurgence Retreats encourage participants to enter the experience with the right intentions.
“Preparation and setting are key, and we integrate coursework ahead of time that helps ready the mind,” Mendes says.
A four-week online program can help with pattern recognition, connection, and developing relationships. After a retreat, Resurgence caregivers follow up with support and engagement as well to ensure the experience continues to be a healthy and therapeutic one. But what should someone expect during the retreat itself?
Located in a beautiful valley a couple hours west of Denver, the retreats are three-night excursions that include lodging and all meals. Breathwork and sound healing, yoga sessions and empowerment workshops, are just as crucial to the self-healing journey as the psychedelic experience, perhaps even more so. To keep within the restrictions set out by Prop 122, the mushroom journey is both optional and free of charge within the retreat. Harm reduction services and compas-
sionate facilitators provide a safe and mindful environment so that the medicine can do its work.
For those curious about the experience but not ready to commit to a full weekend away, Mendes and her team also o er monthly microdosing events. Typically held at a private lake near Denver, these ticketed events host sound therapy or yoga sessions accompanied by appropriately dosed capsules or gummies of psilocybin. Mendes encourages folks to come along, meet the team and build some trust within themselves and the experience.
“We want to be able to provide access and help people explore their curiosities in a way that’s accessible and less intimidating,” Mendes says.
Other retreats start around $5,000 and go up from there. Mendes has o ered scholarships speci cally for women of color when able, but advocating for better access is crucial moving forward. She hopes once the state establishes better regulations and the initial “gold rush” mentality wears o from aspiring psychedelic entrepreneurs, the mental health bene ts can be experienced by more people in need.
Mendes also encourages anyone with questions about psychedelics and other substances to look into Colorado’s free psychedelic info hotline, unlimitedsciences.org/psychedelic-info-line/, or call 1-888-210-3553. With access to peer-reviewed studies, evidence-based data, and an extensive research library, the hotline provides compassionate one-on-one conversations with real live human beings.
Accessibility can be an issue, as a full weekend retreat can be costly. Early bird tickets start at $2,800, while a full priced ticket is a $3,300 investment, and day ceremonies typically cost $600. e monthly microdosing events are much more approachable for the average person, only $40, but with less intimacy and intensity in the healing
e entry point can be daunting—
ose looking to take a psychedelic journey can visit Resurgence Retreats online at resurgenceretreats.com to peruse resources, schedule consults, or even book a custom retreat that
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When I was 6 years old, I learned how powerful it can be to wear a costume. I grew up in North Florida so far below the poverty line that we couldn’t even see it. Early on, my experience with charity was always on the receiving end. As such, Halloween presented a unique challenge for my mother, who
had four children in need of costumes and no budget to work with.
Luckily, my mom was a very creative person, so every Halloween, we went through her closet and chose items to sacri ce for our costumes. is particular year, I chose a lavender silk shirt in leopard print, which was probably an early indicator of my impending queerness. Together, we fashioned wings out of that shirt, attached them to a white turtleneck, and then I proceeded to spin around outside like a whirling dervish. I got so caught up in the moment that I ran head rst into the side of the
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HAUS OF OTHER TURNS ART INTO ACTION FOR THE QUEER COMMUNITY
house. Hidden within that headache was a powerful lesson. rough costuming, I could become someone else and experience a boldness that I didn’t normally feel in my everyday clothes. I was a fairly reserved child from a young age, but that costume introduced me to a freedom of self-expression that I would struggle to suppress for most of my adult life. Except, of course, on Halloween.
Halloween became my favorite holiday. Every year since then, I have solicited all my friends and brought them together to create intricate themed costumes. I’ve worn those costumes in Florida, New York City, and now Denver. And today, I own and operate a creative costuming collective called Haus of Other that specializes in bringing that freedom of expression to the queer community year-round.
Costumes allow us to adopt new personas. They give us a creative way to express ourselves and explore parts of our personalities that may normally remain dormant. Costumes also create connections. Whenever I am dressed up, it gives people an excuse to come up and talk to me, take a picture, and learn more about why we do what we do. ose little interactions bring a lot of value to my life and remind me that my contribution to this world is important.
Haus of Other was originally founded as a response to the political shift in America. When this administration
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took power, art programs and queer initiatives were the first programs on the chopping block. I felt strongly that queer creative people were going to need a place to channel that pain and frustration into art, and found like-minded team members in Crafty Grant and Zack Sham. Together, we started off by having monthly free crafting nights. en we moved on to immersive-themed costume parties. What we found was that there was a great need within the Denver community to express creativity freely.
Creativity and Philanthropy
Supporting queer charities was one of the main tenets of Haus of Other from the beginning. As queer people, we have always had to take care of our own people. at can involve caring for those in your immediate circle, but it should also include supporting organizations that take care of our community on a larger scale. us far we have partnered with or supported multiple queer charities such as Trans Lifeline, Youthseen, The Delores Project, the Alexander Foundation, and the Denver bid to host the Gay Games in 2030. Our support has varied from donating proceeds from events to donating our time, decor, or costumes to fundraisers for nonpro ts.
One of our favorite memories was showing up in full oral regalia at the Spring Fling fundraiser for e Alexander Foundation, hosted at e Governor’s Mansion. Our costumed presence added a layer of whimsy to the event and the presence of queer creativity transformed the event for attendees. Lucas Land, of The Delores Project, has this to say about our collaboration: “Haus of Other elevated our event with decor and elements that turned the space into a beautiful re ection of our organization. ey were a pleasure to work with and really understood our mission and what we are all about.”
With charities losing funding left and right, it is important to nd ways to elevate fundraising events, and it is my belief that queer creativity is a great way to do that. Haus of Other will be ofcially launching an online store soon that features curated fashion and accessories created by artisans from all over the country. Our target audience will be drag queens, circuit queens, burlesque performers, and festival-goers. Think of it like Etsy, but artsy. A percentage from each sale will go to support various queer charities.
As Haus of Other grows and expands, we will constantly think of new ways to support organizations that support our own communities. is summer, we were awarded a micro-grant from Queer Business Alliance which will only help us spread the philanthropic wealth.
When it comes to charity, however, it isn’t all about money. At our summer event, Aquatica, I created a lion sh costume that is probably my favorite piece out of everything I have ever made. As I was standing in front of everyone giving a speech I barely remember, I found myself thinking about my inner child. If he could see me up there, dressed in pounds of sequins looking like the queerest Vegas headliner the world has ever seen, he would be thrilled. And it occurred to me that by creating these costumes and wearing them in public, we become beacons of self-expression for queer youth everywhere.
As someone who suffered through bullying with no queer role models to look up to, if I had seen someone like me in the media, self-expressing with unabashed queerness, it would have given me hope that things would get better. I would have tucked that image away in my head and taken it out for examination when things got really bad. I would have had proof that I could escape the trappings of rural North Florida and move to a place where my creativity and queer-
ness would be appreciated and celebrated. Being that beacon for queer youth has become a very important aspect of my mission on this Earth both as a queer leader and a human being.
Using Art to Create Change
e very foundation of Haus of Other is that we create the most beautiful things when we work together. The same is also true of the ability to make change. Art is power. You can explain your thoughts, feelings, and political position until you are blue in the face, but you won’t change minds unless those minds want to be changed. However, art can convey those things to someone without any words at- tached. I can tell you why we create costumes and
what causes we support, but it is much more e ective and powerful to create art, and thus change, and let people come to their own conclusions.
We are living in a time of uncertainty when our rights to live and love are being challenged yet again. We all feel powerless and often find ourselves questioning how we can make a di erence in a world that doesn’t even support our existence. In the face of such colossal cruelty and indi erence, it may feel easier to run away, bury your head in the sand, or swallow your self-expression in favor of survival. I won’t tell you how to live your life, but I will ask you this question: What is worth ghting for?
For me, as a queer person who intends to spend his life unlearning all of the lies I’ve been fed and nding ways to support my queer community, the answer is simple. Freedom is worth ghting for. Currently, Haus of Other ghts for freedom by showing up be-
decked and bedazzled in unadulterated creativity and self expression and supporting the organizations that support us. at may look di erent for you, as it should. But whether you ght for freedom by being a beacon for the queer community or just having the courage to show up as your authentic self, your contribution to the cause is worthwhile, necessary, and appreciated.
And you can use that strength to empower our community through creativity, individuality, freedom, and charity.
Photos by Becky Du yhill, featuring models, Haus members, and costume designers
Gary Adrian, Crafty Grant, Zack Sham, Nadia Evangelina, Eugene Ebner, Connor Barrett, and a special collaboration with Jess Sheeran of Shop Cool Critters.
Bathed in Rainbow Light: THE STORY OF TALISMAN FINE JEWELRY
Icertainly didn't envision myself hand-making gold rings back when I was studying economics,” explains Vanessa Barcus, founder of Talisman Fine Jewelry. She describes the path that led her to creating this line as “roundabout” and “circuitous,” starting when she rst started selling her own jewelry while running a boutique in Denver called Goldyn. “It was a very simple thing back then,” she explains, “just basics that I knew sold well. I also was not the one metalsmithing it at the time—I had a sta person and later a friend do that part for me.”
After tiring of the grind of owning a boutique, Barcus closed the store and moved to Portland, but continued to
wholesale her products to other stores around the country. But it soon became clear that she needed to learn the metalsmithing herself. “Sometimes it's just too hard to translate your creative vision to someone else,” she says about the process. “So, in Portland, I took metalsmithing courses, learned how to do casting, and slowly took over producing the whole line myself, by hand.”
Creating her pieces in a “very analog, old-school way, and that is entirely intentional,” Barcus’ 14k recycled gold pieces are not just designed to last a lifetime, but, with Barcus identifying as queer herself, the pieces are also made to go beyond the gender binary and become genderless jewelry. “As
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soon as I started making Talisman, I knew I wanted it to feel uid—a bit androgynous, for everyone,” she recalls. “Despite the fact that there are indeed some pieces with sapphic undertones (hello gold vaginal portal pendant), ‘seasonless, genderless, and timeless’ was always the motto.” Reacting against mainstream jewelry designs that she calls, “so gendered, so templatized, so traditional,” Barcus set out speci cally to make this jewelry for queer people. “Queer people inherently think outside of societal norms and boxes, and I wanted to create something with that in mind.”
Featured in this issue is Talisman Fine Jewelry’s “We Create Our Own Uto-
pia” campaign, a photo shoot featuring queer people modeling the jewelry bathed in rainbow light. “I grew up in a very new-agey household in Boulder,” Barcus recalls. “My dad was a big fan of rainbow prisms, and we had several of them hanging in the windows in our home. All gay emblems aside, they're just nostalgic for me, especially since he passed away. So, needless to say, I have a ton of prisms hanging around my house. I've become obsessed with bathing in their rainbow light and meditating with them. So, when I saw some friends post online about visiting a place called the Dwan Light Sanctuary, my jaw dropped: oor to ceiling, lifescale prisms, casting enormous rainbows across a round white room.”
e Dwan Light Sanctuary is an installation by Charles Ross, who shares Barcus’ fascination with light and rainbows, and so Barcus roadtripped down to New Mexico with the two models, Apple and Royal, photographer Matt Nager, and two assistants, Madeline and David, to shoot this beautiful campaign. “ e pieces speak a lot to concepts like interconnection, interdependence, and yes, queer joy as resistance,” she says. “ e concept for the collection's campaign photoshoot just really coalesced from there.”
With queerness woven into the design of her jewelry, Barcus wants the queer community to know about her brand and the fact that there’s a queer
Photos by Matt Nager
person behind it. “I don't think there's a whole lot of queer representation in this industry, especially in ne jewelry, and so I think it's important to show that for visibility both within and outside of the community,” Barcus shares. “We're in such a weird, scary place as a country right now, and I think that if someone has the ability (and safety) to be as loud and proud as possible, they should do so.” She later adds that, “I came out while creating Talisman, and that story is inherently interwoven into my designs. e brand is really very personal and re ects a lot of my own story and experiences, when you read between the lines.”
As for what Barcus wants the queer community to know about her brand, she says, “ is collection is more than just pretty pieces. I mean, that's great—I want them to stand on their own aesthetically too. But there is a deep spirituality to what I do as well. I work with energy, and every piece I hand-make is imbued with a speci c intention or energetic charge; they're really ‘talismans’ in the truest sense of the word.” And nally, she adds, “Lastly, to the queer community, I just want you to know that you are seen, held and safe in this space.”
Talisman Fine Jewelry can be found at TalismanFineJewelry. co and also at retailers around the country including Recital Boutique in Denver and MAX locations throughout Colorado.
"WE CREATE OUR OWN UTOPIA"
PHOTOGRAPHER
MATT NAGER
PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT
DAVID GOODHEIM
MODELS
APPLE HULTZ
ROYAL ZAIKING
CREATIVE DIRECTION & STYLING
VANESSA BARCUS
HMU & STYLING ASSISTANT
MADELINE COHEN
ROSS/
PRISM/SOLAR SPECTRUM ARTWORK BY CHARLES ROSS
by Lilian Duvall
Existentialism Centers Harm-Reduction and Community Care Queering
Logina Mostafa (she/they) is the founder and director of Queering Existentialism, an education and connection initiative in New York City that specializes in stigmatized pathways to healing, including cannabis, psychedelics, and more. QE hosts workshops and events, writes articles, and o ers consulting services around the cultivation of communal secure attachment, healing-centered harm reduction, and transformative justice.
How would you summarize the mission of Queering Existentialism? Is it generally communal, or is there a specific focus on psychedelics and cannabis?
e mission of the organization is to co-create containers for the exchange of liberating ideas and cultivating secure communal attachment.
We have a speci c focus on stigmatized pathways to healing with a focus on altered states of consciousness and centering underserved communities in education and access to altered states, including psychedelics, cannabis, and sex.
social justice and equity were merely performative in some of these spaces. At the same time, I was also part of all these queer communities where people were using psychedelics, and saw the opportunity to create culturally competent harm reduction information. I was inspired to translate what I learned from academic and mainstream psychedelic spaces into accessible resources for the queer- and POC-centered communities I was a part of, experimenting with creating interventions that would be engaging and relevant.
the therapeutic potentiality of psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in values-aligned communities.
I am hoping to expand on this grassroots psychedelic public health work through my fellowship with the Center for Psychedelic Public Health, contributing to this pivotal emerging eld.
What does harm reduction look like for psychedelics and cannabis in your line of work?
What led you to create Queering Existentialism?
I created QE at the end of 2023. I’ve always had an interest in the areas of intersectionality, mental health, sexuality, and psychedelics; my undergraduate degree is in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, and I have a Master's in Public Health where I focused on equity and access to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
With new psychedelic interventions becoming available, why do you think it’s important to have a support and educational organization specifically for queer people?
As a person who is Egyptian, queer, non-monogamous and gender-nonconforming, I struggled to nd spaces and organizations within the psychedelic community where I felt safe and seen in processing experiences around identity.
After experiencing some severe di erences in political values, I realized that
Cannabis and psychedelic use is very common and pertinent in queer communities, as plant medicine has been around for much longer than western biomedical acknowledgment of their legitimacy as a therapeutic intervention. When we consider a valid increase in mental health di culties (it’s not a sign of health to well-adjust to a sick society), especially during this time where there are constant attacks on our communities—such as healthcare being taken away and an uptick of hate crimes and discrimination—I think that psychedelics have immense healing potential—with proper set, setting, and support. at also includes having access to spaces that are explicitly safe, somewhere for queer people to access
I run workshops on intentional cannabis use, which includes talking about not only the education around strains and sourcing and testing, but also checking in with attendees about their relationship with cannabis and practicing actually ingesting in community in a way that’s creative and positive while creating a space to ask questions and openly discuss experiences.
I also co-facilitate psychedelics workshops where we not only talk about the more traditional side of harm reduction, but the psychological and emotional aspects as well. at includes integration circles around psychedelic experiences.
I’m also a part of the People of Color Psychedelic Collective and the Psychedelic Alliance for Healing Justice, and I’ve facilitated workshops on the queer identity, ethnic identity, and psychedelics, including how altered states have supported somatically unlearning the internalization of homophobia and
radically accepting our authentic identities.
Harm reduction is not just about education; it’s about being with likeminded people and building interdependent community roots to hold and sustain us, a critical component of communal secure attachment.
What is existential healing, and how does it tie into your work?
I started to think about the concept of existential healing when I constantly found myself talking about existential dread. I took something called the Multiple Intelligences Quiz, and I really resonated with the concept of existential intelligence and asked myself, “Is this another layer of being able to connect with people that has potentially been missing in my quest to nd a resolute community and places to talk about my psychedelic experiences?”
One of my current writing projects is a piece on secure attachment across the socio-ecological model. at extends out to existential and secure attachment and my experiences with psychedelics. As someone who grew up with a lot of religious traumas speci cally around things like queerness, psychedelic experiences (alongside access to aligned community) have allowed me to connect with the experience of unconditional love and believing I'm going to be OK, accepting mortality and other pathways towards existential healing that I struggled to nd previously, and that has really transformed my mental health.
From a legal standpoint, do you see a lot of pushback from local and state officials regarding psychedelics?
Yes, absolutely! I think that there is a lot of misinformation and stigma around psychedelics, even with all of the research that’s been done. ere’s often a focus on the risk of mental health implications without considering the importance of context and harm reduction education. Right now, there are efforts and outreach through storytelling and a focus on veterans, for example, to pull in more bipartisan support.
I think that it’s de nitely been a chal-
lenge, especially in increasing access, and also increasing access in a way that is sustainable and acknowledges that psychedelics are not inherently “good” or “bad,” but that they’re tools. ere’s also a lot of care required because of potentiality for risk. I am continuing to work on these challenges through various initiatives that I am a part of.
Have you noticed any positive shifts in the public perception of psychedelics in particular?
In terms of positive shifts, there is progress that has been made across the country in di erent ways, including a resurgence of research and the positive impact of books such as How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan.
on Queering Existentialism full time! ings that I’m excited about are that I’m going to be launching a Patreon where people can access past workshops, essays, zines. I am continuing to write about di erent aspects of secure attachment, my own story (including my intersectional background and psychedelics). I also plan on gathering other people’s stories and creating platforms for those to be shared.
With my focus on psychedelics in graduate school, there weren’t opportunities regarding psychedelics in public health post-graduation. It’s really been a labor of love these last few years, and I am so glad that now we're starting to see pathways to improving the field and addressing some of those issues so we can really expand the access to people who could greatly bene t from these interventions.
What does the future look like for Queering Existentialism?
I am excited to continue presenting at di erent conferences and cross-pollinating movement-building between queer spaces, psychedelic spaces, and sex-positive spaces.
Learn more about Queering Existentialism at their Patreon (patreon.com/queeringexistentialism?), connect with them on Instagram, @queering_existentialism, and their website at queeringexistentialism.com!
I just quit my fulltime job a couple of weeks ago to focus
Photos Courtesy of Queering Existentialism
Sky Mountain
on Healing, Community, and DMT
by Harriet Falconetti
Do you want to meet God? Catch a glimpse of the cosmic webbing connecting all things? See the divine face of ecstasy herself?
Look for it in the desert.
Winding up a mountain ridge in the Sonoran Desert, you’ll drive past towering saguaros towards Sky Mountain, a private retreat where psychotherapists Roger Kaufman and Dustin Kerrone will serve as your emissaries to the in nite.
personal experiences.
“It’s sort of like when the mind can get out of the way,” says Kerrone. “ ere is a sublime simplicity that I feel like is available to us all. In a way, it’s not really a psychedelic. You don’t usually see a lot of visual things. So in that sense, it’s almost like it reveals your innermost essence.”
e revealing of one’s “innermost essence” through 5-MeO-DMT is particularly important for Kaufman and Kerrone, who are both gay men. Indeed, many of Sky Mountain’s clients are queer and come to the desert retreat seeking respite from self-loathing, childhood trauma and personal identity crises, among other issues.
Las Vegas. However, Kaufman and Kerrone emphasize close guidance and consent through the entirety of their guests’ visits, o ering two consultation and preparation sessions on Zoom before their clients make the trip to the Sonora Desert. Once guests are ready to take the plunge and actually inhale 5-MeO-DMT, Kaufman and Kerrone ask them for their consent once more and guide them through a short ceremony intended to create a meditative headspace.
Or, in more atheistic terms, they’ll help get you really high.
Kaufman and Kerrone are both trained in the therapeutic administration of psychedelics, an expanding eld of psychology that they put into practice at Sky Mountain. While both have substantial personal experience with a wide variety of psychedelics, they agree that none are quite as spiritually and emotionally potent as 5-MeO-DMT.
Historically derived from the venom of the Colorado River toad (and now synthetically produced), 5-MeO-DMT is not your typical brain-altering chemical.
“DMT, the more formal name is N,N-DMT, is more of a visual experience, and you’ll nd DMT in ayahuasca, in psilocybin,” says Kaufman. “5-MeO-DMT is a very di erent experience. It’s much stronger than N,NDMT because it has this unique ability to take you through this massive expansion of consciousness into a very palpable experience of source, God, divine.”
Before opening Sky Mountain, Kaufman and Kerrone were both licensed marriage and family therapists. e duo rst tried 5-MeO-DMT in 2020. ey had experimented with psilocybin up until that point, but both felt that 5-MeO-DMT marked a radical shift in their mindsets, struggling to put into words the feeling of rst experiencing the psychedelic. Despite 5-MeO-DMT’s indescribable nature, both swore by its therapeutic e ects based on their own
“What I nd can emerge from myself and with our guests who are queer is that oftentimes we grow up feeling marginalized and having to work hard to feel a good sense of self,” says Kerrone. “It’s like what can be revealed is our own innate divinity that’s directly connected to our gender identity and sexual orientation. It’s really wonderful to feel people embody the fullness of their being and to appreciate these aspects of themselves that haven’t t with the mainstream.”
According to Kaufman, these sensations can also help queer people to cope with an increasingly hostile sociopolitical environment by breaking through restrictive personal narratives passed down from a queerphobic culture.
Non-religious people may be put o by Sky Mountain’s repeated references to God and spirituality, but Kaufman and Kerrone don’t ascribe the 5-MeO-DMT experience to any particular belief system. Instead, they say that the molecule endows its users with a sense of “OKness” and an order to the universe. What this means will vary between individuals depending on their personal beliefs and life experiences. For queer people, who often feel out of place in a chaotic world, such a sense of order can be hard to come by.
“What 5-MeO has done is let me know that I am so much bigger than I think I am,” says Kaufman. “And by 'bigger,' I don’t mean larger in body or a bigger ego. I mean that my capacity for love, my capacity for expanded consciousness, for creativity, is so vastly more than I ever realized before.”
Kaufman, who has been out as a gay man since 1977, says 5-MeO-DMT enabled him to accept himself in a deeper way than he could have before.
Despite this glowing praise, some people may remain skeptical of potent psychedelics like 5-MeO-DMT—After all, taking mind-altering drugs with two strangers in the desert may sound less spiritual enlightening and more Fear and Loathing in
Despite the potentially enlightening e ects of 5-MeO-DMT, the ‘God Molecule’ still has its limitations—No matter how potent it is, its psychoactive e ects will always be limited to one person at a time. Such an individualized experience is unlikely to elevate the queer community’s position in society as a whole. In addition, some potential guests of Sky Mountain also may not be able to a ord even the lowest price ($800) for a stay there, although the retreat does o er a ‘scholarship’ program and reduced fees for those in need. In the future, Kaufman and Kerrone also hope to o er larger retreats for a lower per-person price. Despite these limitations, Kaufman and Kerrone believe that their queer clients can take the positive e ects of the molecule back home with them.
“Ideally, anyone who wanted to could experience 5-MeO-DMT in a safe and supportive setting like what we provide,” says Kaufman. “But I do think that a lot of the people who have come here are in uential in the queer community, are people who work at the LGBT Center in Los Angeles, for example. Each of these individuals does have an in uence in the community, and I think that ripples out in a really beautiful way.”
Photos by Ganapathy Kumar and Pawel Czerwinski
Inner Peace
Self-Care
e world around us is increasingly scary and hostile to queer people, and while we continue to ght back and be resilient, we can’t always control our exterior environments. But we can control our interior environment and our inner world. Inner exploration can happen through use of things like psychedelics and cannabis, or sober through meditation. Here are a few products we’ve been enjoying for some inner exploration and positive self-care.
Upward Variety Pack
e Upward Variety Pack offers one can of each avor: Peach Nectarine, Strawberry Tea, Pink Lemonade, and Lemonade.
Onward is a premium, THC-infused cocktail powered by Trulieve. Upward is their new line of ca einated THC & CBD drinks with avors including Peach Nectarine, Strawberry Tea, Lemonade and Pink Lemonade. ese low-calorie, non-alco-
holic cocktails are crafted in the U.S. using naturally derived THC and CBD with no arti cial avors, colors, or sweeteners o ering consumers a new and natural way to sip, socialize, and savor the moment.
If you’re looking for a low-caffeine energy drink with an added boost from the healing side of cannabis, look no further. Perfect for a Sunday hike or an outdoor event!
Colorado-based Dialed In Gummies, known for its award-winning solventless rosin edibles, has given its popular Fast-Acting Liquid Elixirs a thoughtful upgrade with the launch of Dialed In Rosin Drops. Available now at select Colorado dispensaries, the reformulated elixirs deliver the same clean, potent, and plant-derived experience fans love—now with a smoother flavor profile designed to complement the natural taste of the rosin.
Crafted in small batches from solventless, full-spectrum rosin, the vegan, gluten-free drops contain no artificial avors, colors, or distillate. Instead, each batch re ects the unique terpene and cannabinoid pro le of the strain used, o ering a true-to-plant experience. anks to Dialed In’s proprietary thermodynamic
Dialed In Gummies FLORA+BAST Flower
FLORA + BAST, one of the best-selling sustainable wellness brands in the U.S., has expanded its presence in the cannabis space with the launch of organic sungrown eighth jars of THCa flower. The eighths are available in two cannabis strains, the indica-dominant Ice Cream Cake x OG Fruit Smoothie and the sativa-dominant Ethiopian Malawi x Road Dawg. The eighth jars are available online at FLORA+BAST’s website and can be shipped throughout the continental U.S.
FLORA+BAST’s organic sungrown ower is cultivated at
individual molecular encapsulation and mixed molecule formula, e ects can be felt in as little as 15–20 minutes— making the drops ideal for “dialing in” a mood or moment.
Highly versatile, Dialed In Rosin Drops can be enjoyed in mocktails, smoothies, coffee, or even low-temperature cooking. To spark creativity, Dialed In partnered with ve local mixologists to develop original recipes, giving consumers fresh inspiration for incorporating cannabis into beverages and beyond.
With a growing appetite for cannabis drinks and alternative consumption methods, Dialed In Rosin Drops are set to become a go-to option for flavor-conscious consumers seeking a fast-acting, terpene-forward experience— without the extras.
Fallen Oak Farm, a third-generation family farm in upstate California. FLORA+BAST implements its groundbreaking TRUTH IN TESTING™ method which unveils the true potency, of the flower. Ethiopian Malawi x Road Dawg tests at 20.8% THCa potency, and Cream Cake x OG Fruit Smoothie tests at 26.3% THCa potency. Consumers can expect to experience feelings of uplifting energy and euphoria with the Ethiopian Malawi x Road Dawg strain, while Cream Cake x OG Fruit Smoothie imparts feelings of calm and relaxation.
Gigli o ers cocktail-inspired drinks, sparkling teas, and seltzers made with superfoods and adaptogens like Ashwagandha and Ginseng. It’s low-calorie, all-natural, vegan, and gluten-free — crafted for those looking to sip smarter. We tried their new tasty variety pack!
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Whether you're exploring sober living or just a little bored of the usual iced tea and lemonade routine, 2025 is all about the mocktail movement, and it's not slowing down anytime soon. Wynk is leading the charge in what has become a full-on lifestyle shift.
Driven by a cultural shift toward mindful drinking, nonalcoholic beverages are having a major moment—Nearly 50% of U.S. millennials now choose non-alcoholic drinks on nights out, driven by more socializing and a shift toward mindful drinking.
ey're no longer just standins for the real thing - they are the real thing: layered, avorful, and social by design.
Wynk is a THC-infused, alcohol-free seltzer line offering delicious, sessionable "mocktails" dosed to your preferred buzz level (2.5mg, 5mg, or 10mg).
ese beverages are rede ning what it means to have a “drink” in hand at a summer party, picnic, or weeknight wind-down. And they taste as good as they look!
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EL POTRERO
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GOOD JUDY’S
BAR & CLUB
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HAMBURGER MARY’S
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LADY JUSTICE BREWING
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TOWN HALL COLLABORATIVE
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