Blog - Alberta Sex Positive Education and Community Centre

Consent: Trust Me, As a Society, We DO NOT get it

September 26, 2019 Angel 0

Consent… Most people understand that consent is important, that touching folx without (more…)

Downloadable Letter to the Minister of Education: Stop Bill 8

June 16, 2019 Angel 0

Minister_of_education (1) If you can’t afford to mail this, or to print (more…)

RE: Pride Fest and Pride in General

April 11, 2019 Angel 0

Re: pride festival and pride in general. Personal Feelings of A. Sumka (more…)

For Immediate Release: Grant Awarded to ASPECC

March 7, 2019 Angel 0

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Grant Awarded to ASPECC Alberta Sex Positive Education (more…)

PSA: WE NEED YOUR HELP

January 23, 2019 Angel 0

PSA: ASPECC NEEDS YOUR HELP! WE ARE AT RISK OF CLOSING (more…)

New Online Workshops:

October 29, 2018 Angel 0

We are launching a new series of workshops, all available online! They (more…)

PSA: ASPECC Inclusive Policies Message From the President

September 17, 2018 Angel 0

Hi! My name is Angel. I use she/her pronouns, and I (more…)

Let’s Talk About….. Carding

August 24, 2018 Angel 0

By Angel Sumka TRIGGER WARNING: Racism Disclaimer: I am white, cisgender, pansexual (more…)

Shame Free Sexual Education: Part of Building a Culture of Consent

August 17, 2018 Angel 0

Shame and Sex have a very unhealthy, but long lasting relationship in (more…)

Building Consent Culture in Sex Positive Spaces

August 3, 2018 Angel 0

While no one can guarantee the ethical behaviour of every guest at (more…)

Updates, Grants and MORE!!!! OMG SO EXCITED

July 24, 2018 Angel 0

Lots has been going on at ASPECC and I wanted to update (more…)

Protest at Edmonton Pride 2018

June 11, 2018 Angel 0

Disclosure/Content Warning: I identify as queer and I use the word queer (more…)

ASPECC on Air!

April 24, 2018 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

WE are pleased to announce that we are partnering up with GTFO (more…)

How Many Victims will be ENOUGH?

April 24, 2018 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

Content Warning: Anger, Consent Violations, and the bullshit that continues to support (more…)

How well do we understand consent?

January 24, 2018 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

tw consent and non-consent, sexism CW: Gender normativity (reflecting the social message (more…)

Bigotry Confusion

September 24, 2017 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

CW: bigotry and isms There seems to be a great deal of (more…)

Local Study Report: BDSM, Consent, Abuse

April 24, 2017 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

Link is here (more…)

Handling Consent Violation Reports

April 4, 2017 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

I can’t say this loudly enough… It is not easy to deal (more…)

Relationship Reflections

March 8, 2017 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

Emotional intimacy is that wonderful feeling of knowing you have mutual unconditional (more…)

We all FUCK UP and we are NOT entitled to forgiveness

March 3, 2017 ASPECC ADMIIN 3

When we fuck up (and we will, because we are all human, (more…)

Oh The Irony

January 17, 2017 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

Online game store Humble Bundle is currently conducting a promotional sale with (more…)

Gift Basket Winners!

November 24, 2016 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

Congrats to our winners!! 1st Prize Basket (over $500 in goodies!): Jeff! (more…)

No to Trump

November 24, 2016 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

This comes from my heart, and I only speak for me. Everything (more…)

Taboo Naughty But Nice Show

November 21, 2016 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

I am sitting here this morning, eyes blurry from four long and (more…)

Nice Guys (or are they?)

October 29, 2016 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

In reading the comments that Nice Guys leave on various social media, (more…)

Sexual Assault Law Reform in Canada: A Work In Progress

October 24, 2016 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

SLXLM Sexual Assault Reform in Canada; A Work in Progress In (more…)

Police Profiling

June 15, 2016 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

SLXLM Abstract Racial profiling is a touchy subject, yet the impact (more…)

About calling those speaking up “Witches on a WitchHunt” /sigh

March 2, 2016 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

In my lifetime great strides have been made regarding how our country (more…)

Rape Culture (AKA Why I need feminism)

March 24, 2015 ASPECC ADMIIN 0

Rape Culture is a very real thing, and feminism will play a (more…)