Remaking Normal with Alexander Freeman | Long Form Conversations on Norms, Culture, Society
Remaking Normal is a long-form educational podcast featuring unfiltered, wide-ranging conversations about society, identity, culture, media, health, technology, business, economics, government policy, social change, and the systems that shape human lives through a disability perspective.
Hosted by filmmaker, author, and disability advocate Alexander Freeman, the podcast explores human behavior, identity, performance, and truth through deep-dive conversations with creators, entrepreneurs, startup founders, engineers, small business owners, educators, medical professionals, mental health experts, healthcare reform advocates, and activists across multiple fields.
Remaking Normal with Alexander Freeman | Long Form Conversations on Norms, Culture, Society
Episode 5: Love, Sex, Desire, Queerness and Disability (Featuring Andrew Gurza)
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In this episode of Remaking Normal, Alexander Freeman sits down with disability advocate, educator, and storyteller Andrew Gurza to explore the complex intersections of disability, sexuality, and queer identity.
Andrew is a powerful voice within the disability and LGBTQ+ communities, known for his candid work around dismantling stigma, challenging ableist misconceptions, and helping people reclaim their bodies and desires with pride. Through his advocacy, writing, and public speaking, Andrew highlights the lived truths that often go unspoken: that disabled people are sexual beings, that queer identity and disability coexist in dynamic and vibrant ways, and that embracing these realities requires both personal courage and societal change.
His work has been featured on BBC, CBC, Daily Xtra, Gay Times UK, Huffington Post, The Advocate, Everyday Feminism, Mashable, Out.com, and several anthologies. He was the subject of an award-winning National Film Board of Canada Documentary “Picture This." Andrew has guested on a number of podcasts including Dan Savage’s Savage Love and Cameron Esposito’s Queery. He has spoken all over the world on sex, disability and what it means to be a Queer Cripple.
Together, Alexander and Andrew dive into what it means to live at the crossroads of disability, sexuality, and queerness — discussing his experience with intimacy with sex workers, running a sex party for the disabled community in 2015 in Toronto, and starting the disabled sex toy company, Bump’n.
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