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SUMMARY:Launch Event for The Book of Ecstasy
DESCRIPTION:Join Barbara Carrellas\\, beloved author of The Urban Tantra 
 and Ecstasy is Necessary in celebrating the launch of her new book\\, The
  Book of Ecstasy!\\nRSVP TO THIS EVENT\\nBlending practical tools\\, spir
 ituality\\, and decades of embodied experience\\, this book offers a fier
 cely inclusive and radically affirming path to ecstasy—for every body\\
 , in every season of life. In conversation with Kate Bornstein.\\nAfter t
 he conversation there will be time for Barbara to sign copies of The Book
  of Ecstasy\\, which will be available for purchase at the Bureau!\\n***\
 \nBarbara Carrellas is the founder of Urban Tantra®\\, an approach to co
 nscious sexuality that adapts and blends a wide variety of sacred sexuali
 ty practices from Tantra to BDSM. She is the author of Urban Tantra: Sacr
 ed Sex for the Twenty-first Century—the world’s first LGBTQ+-inclusiv
 e Tantric sex book\\, Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide to Sex\\, R
 elationships and Oh So Much More\\, and Luxurious Loving. Her books\\, wo
 rkshops\\, and lectures are an eclectic mix of sexual and spiritual pract
 ices designed to encourage readers and participants of all genders and se
 xual preferences to expand their capacity for both pleasure and spiritual
  fulfillment. Barbara is a proud graduate of the Coney Island Sideshow Sc
 hool with a double major in fire eating and snake handling.\\nA celebrate
 d pioneer and advocate for the LGBTQ community\\, Kate Bornstein is the a
 uthor of My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man\\, a Real Woman\\, 
 the Real You\\, or Something Else Entirely\\; Gender Outlaw: On Men\\, Wo
 men and The Rest of Us\\; and A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir. Her 
 plays and performance pieces include Hidden: A Gender\\, The Opposite Sex
  Is Neither\\, and Too Tall Blondes In Love. Bornstein lives in New York 
 City with her partner\\, Barbara Carrellas.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-
 canada/united-states/new-york/events/launch-event-for-the-book-of-ecstasy
 -2026-08-13
LOCATION:The LGBT Center NYC
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/launch-event-for-the-book-of-ecstasy-2026-08-13
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