Now the reason I'm posting this here is because sexual assault is a problem in any major city, Black Rock City notwithstanding. Last year on the BURNcast audio podcast, we interviewed Gigi De L'Amour from the Bureau of Erotic Discourse (B.E.D.) whose work on this issue truly heroic in educating the population on how to combat it. This BURNcast episode can serve as a good primer going into this year's event.
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BURNcast #052 - Get into B.E.D. with Gigi de L'Amour
In this episode, we speak to Gigi de L’Amour of the The Black Rock City Bureau of Erotic Discourse (B.E.D.) about their use of sex positive messages to prevent sexual assault on the playa. B.E.D. is a team of volunteers who gather each year at Burning Man to provide information and education regarding rape and sexual assault on the playa.
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FWIW, there's a discussion about this issue on the Burning Woman tribe which can be read here.
It's important that every member of this vibrant and positive community keep an eye out for each other while at the event. Remember the key phrases of B.E.D.: Yes means yes. No means no!
Thanks so much for your time, peeps! Flame on!
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It's so important to keep this conversation going that I recently posted this on the LA Burners page at tribe.net:
"Before our first big party of the year, let's all set the right tone. (I'm sorry if this sounds preachy, peeps, but it's important.)
"* You may not have sexual contact with a person unless you have their CLEAR consent.
"* You must get a person’s first consent while they are sober. If you don’t know whether that person has consented, and if that person can’t carry on an intelligible conversation at the moment, you should assume that they have NOT consented to sex.
"* Her silence is not consent.
"* It’s always okay to say 'No, thanks' to anything, anytime. Srsly."
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