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Welcome to Adult Bedtime Stories – Are you ready to experience Nocturnal Emissions. Join us in a Sex-Positive Awakening adventure to help create a sex-positive world. Become part of a movement and start living a sex-positive lifestyle free of sexual shame and guilt. Adult Bedtime Stories is A Raven’s Lair Production. Adult Bedtime Stories is a show dedicated to bringing sacredness back to our sexuality and to learn about everything sexual. Allow the beautiful sexy creature within you to emer ...
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*Nominated for Outstanding Podcast at the GLAAD Awards* Weekly interviews with the most interesting LGBTQ+ people in the world. Recent guests include Laverne Cox, Janelle Monáe, Pete Buttigieg, Brandi Carlile, Alok Vaid-Menon, and Angela Davis. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters.
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Gigi Raven Wilbur: Talking BDSM With the Bisexual Intersex Elder
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(This interview contains explicit sexual content.) Gigi Raven Wilbur talks about learning that they were intersex in college, the transformational power of BDSM in their life, and how they're feeling living in Texas right now among the current onslaught of anti-trans legislation. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Please conside…
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Edging an orgasm is a sexual technique that can be done by women, and men. While it seems simple at the surface, it does take time to train ones body, but the effort is well worth it. Through the process of edging, pre-orgasmic energy is circulated through the entire body. With this technique, one can experience full body orgasms and more robust or…
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Lesbian Nation: Martha Shelley and Audre Lorde (Bonus Episode!)
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Martha Shelley talks to poet Audre Lorde in an episode of her radio show, Lesbian Nation. This was originally recorded in 1972 and is a part of Martha's archive at the Lesbian Herstory Archive. Martha is a pre-Stonewall activist who got her start in the 1960s with the Daughters of Bilitis. Click here to listen to our new sit-down interview with Mar…
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Martha Shelley: Gay Activism Before Stonewall
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Martha Shelley began her life as a gay activist before the Stonewall uprising. She talks about joining the Daughters of Bilitis, co-founding the Gay Liberation Front, the first pride march, and her memoir, "We Set The Night On Fire". LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider joining our Substack as a paid Subscriber to …
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Would you like to remove the shackles from living in the dark ages of sexuality? Do you feel worthy of experiencing new heights of sexual ecstasy without feeling sexual shame or guilt? Which statements do you identify with (pick all that apply): I am sexy and beautiful! I love sex and I have an amazing sex drive. I love my body just as it is. I am …
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Mia Yamamoto: The Trans Lawyer 'Liberating' The Judicial System
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Mia Yamamoto talks about her work as a criminal defense attorney, the racism she faced growing up as a Japanese-American after World War II, and coming out as trans later in life. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider subscribing to our Substack in order to help support our work. This is a part of our special series…
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Bob 'Rose' Levine: Has Been Doing Drag in Fire Island Since 1955
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Bob "Rose" Levine talks about his first trip to Cherry Grove in 1955, being a part of the original drag "Invasion of the Pines" in 1976, and how the AIDS crisis changed Fire Island in the 1980s. LGBTQ&A is an independent, listener-supported podcast. Please consider joining our Substack to help support our work. This is a part of our special series,…
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The Erotic Body Map Training Program Part 4 of 4
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In our culture, it is assumed that we will instinctively know how to have sex. This is a myth and a misconception. For sex to be great, we need to learn about our sexual bodies as well as our partner’s sexual responsiveness. The Erotic Body Map Training Program is a great process to improve one’s sexual pleasure. Our whole body is neurologically wi…
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Ma-Nee Chacaby: 'I'm Old, But So What?' Says The Two-Spirit Elder
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Ma-Nee Chacaby talks about learning that she was Two-Spirit as a kid, her rural upbringing, and the challenges of being an out indigenous lesbian in Thunder Bay, Canada in the 1980s. Ma-Nee is the author of A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder. (Note: This episode discusses domestic violence.) "Put love in front of…
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Sandy Stone: From Lesbian Separatist to Trans History
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Sandy Stone talks about working with the lesbian separatists of Olivia Records, why the attacks on the trans community today mirror the attacks from the 1970s, and the moment that led her to write "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto"—an essay that became a founding document of trans studies. You can learn more about Girl Island, t…
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The Erotic Body Map Training Program Part 3 of 4
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In our culture, it is assumed that we will instinctively know how to have sex. This is a myth and a misconception. For sex to be great, we need to learn about our sexual bodies as well as our partner’s sexual responsiveness. The Erotic Body Map Training Program is a great process to improve one’s sexual pleasure. Our whole body is neurologically wi…
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Joan Jett Blakk: The Drag Queen Who Ran for President
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Joan Jett Blakk (a.k.a. Terence Alan Smith) talks about her historic 1992 presidential campaign, why the AIDS crisis influenced her run, and what it was like to be an out gay teenager in the '70s. "They still ask the same questions that they asked in the '90s. 'Drag queens run for president in America?' I'm like, 'Well, they told us anybody could r…
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Duane Michals: Redefined Photography, But Don't Call Him an Artist
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Duane Michals has never followed the rules. The pioneering photographer, now 92 years old, says, "Because I didn't learn the photo rules it was very easy for me to abandon them. You're either defined by the medium...well, I redefined the medium." Duane talks about discovering his love for photography in the 1950s, not looking down on commercial wor…
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The Erotic Body Map Training Program Part 2
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Tonights video training is on The erotic body map training part 2. To watch the podcast on video go to ravenslairleather.com/podcast. In the video version I include some images of basic sexual anatomy. In the future, I will offer a podcast on detailed sexual anatomy for those who want more in depth education. Tonight’s training video will cover A S…
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If You Can Read This, You're Gay (We Are So Back)
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Hi! We're coming back! On February 27th! And we're continuing our special series, The LGBTQ+ Elders Project. I can't wait for you to hear it. For more info, come check out our Substack. Do you know an amazing elder and want to hear from them on the show? Come find me on Substack or social media (@jeffmasters1) and let me know. I'd love to hear all …
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The Erotic Body Map & Raising Erotic Energy
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Join us for an inner journey into sexual enlightenment and discover how sexual energy works within your body. We are each wired differently at a neurological level and sex energy works differently in each of us. Through the training and Action Steps, you will learn about how sex energy works in your body. Reach higher levels of sexual ecstasy and f…
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Body Image Healing Training Program Part 5
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How do you feel about your body? Do you feel beautiful & Sexy? If not, it is not your fault. We live in a sex negative culture and are influenced by sex negative social conditioning. In this training session, we cover Passion, Raising Sexual Energy, The Art of Masturbation, and Telling Your Story. Discover how passion can improve your outlook on li…
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Body Image Healing Training Program Part 4 of 5
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How do you feel about your body? Do you feel beautiful & Sexy? If not, it is not your fault. We live in a sex negative culture and are influenced by sex negative social conditioning. Tonight we are covering The Body Image Healing Training Program Part 4 of 5. In this training we will cover Charisma, Self Confidence, The Victory Stance, and Sexual A…
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Body Image Healing Training Program Part 3 of 5
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How do you feel about your body? Do you feel beautiful & Sexy? If not, it is not your fault. We live in a sex negative culture and are influenced by sex negative social conditioning. Tonight we are covering The Body Image Healing Training Program Part 3 of 5. In this training we will cover Alluring Attire & Being Sexy, Mind Talk, and Competition. D…
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Body Image Healing Training Program Part 2 of 5
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How do you feel about your body? Do you feel beautiful & Sexy? If not, it is not your fault. We live in a sex negative culture and are influenced by sex negative social conditioning. The Body Image Healing Program Part 2 covers Attitude & Values and External vs. Internal Validation. Learn how these can improve and heal one’s body image.…
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Body Image Healing Training Program Part 1 of 5
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How do you feel about your body? Do you feel beautiful & Sexy? If not, it is not your fault. We live in a sex negative culture and are influenced by sex negative social conditioning. The Body Image Healing Program is designed to provide psychosexual healing to restore a positive self image. We love to hear your comments and suggestions so please ta…
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Amy Ray: How The Indigo Girls Became The Greatest Band of All Time
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When Amy Ray first started playing music with her Indigo Girls bandmate, Emily Saliers, her "head felt like it was going to explode". She remembers thinking, "This is amazing. Not, we sound amazing. But this feels amazing. It was always about, This feels amazing." They've been playing together for over 35 years now and it's their music that the que…
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We are making changes! In this short episode we have an announcement. Raven’s Lair Free Webinar Training Program Sign up Page: https://www.ravenslairleather.com/videos Check out our new podcast website: https://www.podpage.com/adult-bedtime-stories/ Links for the websites we discussed in the show include: https://www.ravenslairleather.com https://w…
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Join Lady Boy Gigi and Paul as they share their experiences with Pride month. In this episode we discuss some of the history of the GLBTQI+ movement. What makes Pride month so Important? Where have we come from as a movement? Listen to the show to learn the answers as we cover these questions and much more. Raven’s Lair Free Webinar Training Progra…
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Join Lady Boy Gigi and Paul as they share their experiences with self-love. Self-love is not just about masturbation, it is also about self-care and self-confidence which helps us to become better lovers. Raven’s Lair Free Webinar Training Program Sign up Page: https://www.ravenslairleather.com/videos Check out our new podcast website: https://www.…
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