Multiplicity
of the
Erotic
Conference
Igniting scientific inquiry into the taboo
Formerly known as the PASD/CARAS Alternative Sexualities Conference
Conversations in Kink -
From Emerging to Thriving
ONLINE Symposium on
Saturday, September 25, 2021
$125 w CE's $75 students, sex educators & community members
with complementary events on Friday Evening and Sunday
The field of scientific study into the human expression of erotic interests and identities has seen exponential growth in the last decade.
MOTE is a scientific conference that offers a unique opportunity for cutting edge researchers and healthcare professionals with special interests in the edges of sexual expression to gather together to present, discuss, and connect. This unique space invites cross-disciplinary collaboration and conversation that might not be had in any other professional conference.
All are welcome in the affirming space that is committed to making accessibility and equity a priority. Generous scholarships are available.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Conversations in Kink
FROM EMERGING TO THRIVING
FRI
24
KICK OFF PARTY
5 pm PST to 7 pm PST
PACIFIC TIME
(6pm to 8pm MST
7pm to 9pm CST
8pm to 10pm EST)
included in price of event
We've been isolated from each other for far too long and here at MOTE, we love throwing a good party.
Don't be dismayed by its online format, we are planning plenty of fun, games, prizes, networking and more than enough kinky elements for all.
Alycia and her team are cooking up all kinds of mischief to kink-off this long overdue gathering of erotic scientific explorers.
SAT
25
THE MOTE CONFERENCE
ALL DAY SYMPOSIUM
8:30 am PST - 3:30 pm PST
PACIFIC TIME
(12:30pm EST - 6:30 pm EST)
8:30 - 9 am Opening
9 - 10 am Evolution of Kink Studies
10 -11 am Partner Number Sexualities
11 - 12 noon Erotic Literacy
12 - 1 pm Marginalized within the Communities
1 - 2 pm What is Competent Care?
2 - 3 pm Thriving
3 – 3:30 pm Closing
SUN
26
KINK-IDENTIFIED CLINCIAN & POLY/KINK RESEARCHER ONLINE GATHERING
9 am PST - 11 am PST
PACIFIC TIME
(12 pm EST - 2 pm EST)
included in price of event
For Kink-Identified
Licensed Therapists and
those accruing hours toward licensure
For many, this gathering of kink-identified professionals is the most memorable part of our conference. In this intimate group we gather in solidarity to share what it is like to be both someone with intersecting identities while also serving the communities we are a part of. There are broad ethical implications and also involve deeply personal decisions that professionals rarely have a place to wrestle with.
REGISTRATION FEES
$125 Professionals (up to 4.5 APA CE's available)
$ 75 Students, Sex Educators & Kink Community Members
up to 4.5 AASECT CE's available to all
TICKET GO ON SALE AUGUST 2ND
registration fee includes all events
Conversations in Kink
FROM EMERGING TO THRIVING
Our 2021 Symposium Line-up
MOTE is thrilled to be a part of SXtmbr at Stanford University, a trio of day-long sexual health & diversity events
Thursday Sept. 23 Stanford Medicine’s LGBTQ+ Forum
Friday Sept. 24 World Sexual Health Day
Saturday Sept. 25 MOTE Conference
Conference Story
Multiplicity of the Erotic Conference
Is this still the CARAS/PASD Alt Sex Conference?
If so, then what's new?
Since 2008, two organizations, PASD - Programs Advancing Sexual Diversity, and CARAS - The Community Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities collaborated to present cutting-edge research, as well as the most current clinical approaches to diverse sexual expressions and identities at a conference called the CARAS-PASD Alternative Sexualities Conference.
In 2019, The bi-annual Multiplicity of the Erotic (MOTE) Conference became a re-invention and transformation of the PASD/CARAS Conference on Alternative Sexualities. MOTE is produced by Sexual Diversity Education, Inc., a 501c3 organization formed to expand the reach of the original Alt Sex Conference and its areas of focus.
The MOTE Conference encompasses a larger range of diversity around sexuality, gender and relationships. As before, it focuses on the intersections of research, clinical work and professional practice to present the latest ideas and findings on polyamory, consensual non-monogamies, kink/BDSM sexualities and identities. It strives to prioritize even more marginalized and underrepresented erotic identities such as the transgender / genderqueer / nonbinary experiences, asexualities, sex worker studies, hierarchical (power-exchange) relationships, etc.
All are welcome, whether you are an academic, a community educator, therapist, physician, lawyer, or community member. If you have some time to volunteer, we would love to have you assist us.
As a team, we are committed to do better and listen more, our privilege blinds us to so much. We are intent on creating safe and accessible space for those who are often underepresented or feel othered.
The MOTE TEAM
Richard Sprott, PhD. Anna Randall, DHS, LCSW, MPH. Alycia Williams, MS, LPC, CST. Braden Berkey, PsyD, CSE.
A Debt of Gratitude Goes To
Our Generous 2021 Sponsors
The Elephant
in the Hot Tub:
Kink in Context
Russell Stambaugh, PhD
Our Past PASD/CARAS/MOTE Conferences
May 24-25, 2019 — Chicago
May 26, 2017 — Chicago
May 22, 2015 — Chicago
September 28, 2013 — San Francisco
May 24, 2012 — Chicago
August 3, 2011 — Washington, DC
September 23, 2010 — San Francisco
May 21, 2009 — Chicago
May 22, 2008 — Chicago
We could not have done our past conferences without many partners including the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Projects Advancing Sexual Diversity, The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance, and the Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute of the Center on Halsted.
Like the monarchs, MOTE will be back in person in 2023
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