Episode 8: Ignacio

Gender Blender

Tai talks to Ignacio Rivera about sex, kink, intimacy, polyamory, and their project HEAL (Hidden Encounters Altered Lives) which aims to end child sexual abuse. Ignacio Rivera is a queer, trans, two-spirit, Black Boricua Taíno who prefers the gender-neutral pronoun “they.” Ignacio is an activist, writer, educator, filmmaker, performance artist and mother. Ignacio has over 20 years experience on multiple fronts including economic justice, anti-racist anti-violence and anti-imperialist work, as well as mujerista and LGBTQ movements. Ignacio is the founder of Poly Patao Productions (P3), sporadically blogs on WhatTheySaidBlog.com and is one of the founding board members of Queers for Economic Justice. Ignacio is a 2016 Just Beginnings Collaborative Fellow. JBC is a movement building platform designed to initiate, cultivate and fund strategic efforts to end child sexual abuse. As a fellow, Ignacio founded and Directs The HEAL Project. Ignacio was named one of 5 Trans Writers who are Redefining Masculinity 2016, one of Queer as Verbs, 7 Trans & Non-Binary Artists Doing the Work in 2015, one of the Honor 41 in 2014, Trans Artists of Color You Should Know in 2013 and recognized as on of the Trans 100 in 2013. Links: Ignacio’s website: http://www.igrivera.com/ More info on the HEAL project: http://www.igrivera.com/the-heal-project.html