What's on in London: Pleasure Medicine

A unique way of tackling loneliness and disconnection.

What's on in London: Pleasure Medicine

Created by Gary Albert, Pleasure Medicine is a community-led response designed to tackle the loneliness and sense of disconnection that many queer men are grappling with.

When is the next Pleasure Medicine event?

The next Pleasure Medicine event is taking place in London on 21 June.

🪩 Pleasure Medicine: Sensual Ecstatic Dance For GBTQ Men Tickets - London - OutSavvy
“I’ve never done anything like this before. I thought I’d want to leave after 5 minutes… but I’m so glad I stayed. It was beautiful, fun and joyful — and I loved connecting with other men in such a unique way. I’ll be back again and again.” - StevenPleasure Medicine is a sensuality experience and conscious dance for gay men. Conscious dance is free-form movement with no steps to follow. It’s about self-expression and joyful connection with yourself and others.👉 Never done anything like this before? Perfect. Most men who attend Pleasure Medicine come solo and leave feeling more satisfied than they have in a long time.What Happens:2.5 hour guided journeyLive DJ setOptional gentle sensual practices (simple and fully clothed)Conscious danceSubstance free social time with a new communityHangout with tea and snacks afterThe Revolution You’ve Been Waiting ForYou know that gnawing feeling. Endless swiping that leads nowhere. Ghost messages haunting your phone. Another night in the same tired clubs, hunting for connection but finding only hollow hookups. What if there was another way?Welcome to Pleasure MedicineThe sensual, substance-free antidote to gay loneliness. This isn’t just another gay event. This is your invitation to remember who you are beneath the masks, beyond the apps and surrounded by kind, open-hearted gay men who are ready to actually connect.Pleasure Medicine is a revolutionary conscious dance experience for GBTQ men ready to shed the BS and come home to their authentic selves… and each other.Born from creator Gary Albert’s seven-year devotion to embodied practices like 5Rhythms, Movement Medicine and Ecstatic Dance, this space is his love letter to our community. His answer to the silent ache so many of us carry.“I found a part of myself I thought I’d lost. It was deep and emotional and fun at the same time”This Is Your For You If You’re…Tired of the apps, the masks, the same suffocating spacesLonging for something deeper, softer, more joyful and realReady to feel sensual and celebrated, without shameCurious about dance, embodiment and conscious pleasureCraving connection with kind, soulful, open-hearted men“I wanted to leave after 2 minutes — I felt so awkward. But I stayed… and it became one of the most powerful, transformative experiences of my life. A beautiful evening with beautiful souls.”What Awaits YouOPENING CIRCLEAn invitation into trust, safety and intention. Melt the walls. Arrive as you are. Create the container of care.SENSUALITY PRACTICESGentle, clothed touch-based practices that awaken your body’s natural pleasure centres. Intimate, healing, never performative.90-MINUTE ECSTATIC DANCEA live DJ set flowing from ambient to tribal, heart-opening disco to deep house. Music that moves through you like medicine.CLOSING & CONNECTIONIntegration circle plus an optional sober social hangout to meet your new tribe.“It felt amazing to be sensual and intimate with other men without it being sexual. So freeing. So healing. I can’t wait to come back.”Meet Your Guide: Gary AlbertTherapist. Somatic Worker. Conscious DJWith over a decade as a therapist and embodiment facilitator, and now training in Somatic Sexology, Gary helps gay men unlock pleasure, soften shame and rediscover the joy of being in their bodies through dance.He’s also a columnist for QX Magazine, where he writes raw, real reflections on the mess and magic of modern gay life.

What is Pleasure Medicine?

Gary Albert is a therapist, coach, and embodiment facilitator. He's designed Pleasure Medicine with an intention to:

  • Respond to app fatigue and digital burnout by offering face-to-face
    connection without screens or profiles.
  • Provide alternatives to chemsex by creating natural, euphoric, embodied experiences without substance use.
  • Build authentic community by fostering relationships based on presence rather than performance.
  • Encourage body acceptance through movement without judgment or
    shame.
  • Remove the performative masks of masculinity that have become toxic in queer communication.

Gary Albert on How To Date Men

For our podcast, How To Date Men, we caught up with Gary Albert for a behind-the-scenes look at Pleasure Medicine.

In the conversation, we talk primal community, sensual versus sexual, and the power of dance.

Listen to the episode

"We're seeing unprecedented levels of disconnection in our community," explains Gary Albert. "The cycle of hookup apps, chemsex scenes, and superficial club dance floor interactions has left many gay men feeling profoundly isolated despite being constantly 'connected.' Pleasure Medicine is the community-level response I want to see in the world but can't find - a place for gay, queer, bi and trans men to
be together in joy, kindness, connection, intimacy and sensuality".

Pleasure Medicine is taking place in London - check the website for details


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