Sexual Fluidity on LSD?

LSD has a profound boundary erasing capability, this is just one aspect of that. It has a tendency to soften all the characteristics that make up what you think of as 'you', and make you feel like you are more of a blank slate of a human. Cultural alignments, identities, stigmas, taboos - all of these things can seem very trivial on LSD. It's quite common to feel your gender identity and sexual alignment loosen up when taking psychedelics, this has happened to me and several people I know as well.

Bonobos (Pan paniscus, one of two types of chimpanzee, our closest genetic cousins) participate in many forms of sexual interaction with both homosexual and heterosexual partners, apparently as a form of bonding and social interaction in addition to reproduction. The only point I'm making here is that some amount of pan-sexual proclivity is natural within our evolutionary history, and that there is nothing shameful at all about exploring this and nothing surprising about LSD lowering the bar to that sort of exploration.

The only concern I would have about situations like this is consent... it can be very easy to do things on acid that you would not normally consent to, and while you may be perfectly fine with that happening, not everyone is. One time my wife and I tripped with another couple, and at one point we got very close to having group sex but ended up not doing it. In the end I think it was the right call to pull back, since we hadn't discussed it ahead of time and it really could have had some negative outcomes if someone became uncomfortable or we crossed a boundary that ended up being significant upon sober reflection. Since that time we've openly discussed a lot of these topics with that couple (swinging, polyamory, etc) so if the opportunity comes up again perhaps it will happen and I wouldn't automatically shy away from it. It's very hard to approach these issues with a clear mind while under the influence of any drug, including psychedelics.

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