Human First. Everything Else Second.
Social media constantly sells manufactured perfection. At HUMAN(e), we celebrate reality. Step into an inclusive, sex-positive, trauma-informed space where you never have to apologize for who you are.
Clinical Oversight
Supervised by Registered Social Service Worker (OCSWSSW)
20+ Years Leadership
Intersectional 2SLGBTQ+ EDI & VITA™ certified intimacy coaching
“What if you were already enough?”
The HUMAN(e) Manifesto — Radically authentic living.
Inclusive peer support, storytelling & wellness across Niagara & Greater Toronto.
You don’t have to fix someone to support them. Our circles provide lived-experience sharing, listening, and community connection. Peer support sessions are strictly confidential and are never recorded or monetized.
Call or text 988 (Suicide Crisis Helpline Canada) or reach Niagara Distress Centre at 905-688-3711.
Lived Experience Meets Clinical Safety
HUMAN(e) is anchored by a synergy between trauma-informed creative empathy and frontline clinical crisis governance.
Kerry Goring
she / her
Afro-Caribbean femme leader, VITA™ Certified Intimacy Coach, and community builder with 20+ years in Equity, Diversity & Inclusion across Ontario and internationally. Creator of over 50 inclusive curricula centering pleasure equity, somatics, and decolonized healing.
“We were told we needed to perform perfection to be worthy of love. HUMAN(e) exists to unravel that lie completely.”
Levi Barton, RSSW
he / him
Registered Social Service Worker (OCSWSSW) with 15+ years of frontline clinical and harm-reduction experience across addictions, concurrent disorders, 2SLGBTQ+ housing stability (The 519, CASON, SOAR), and crisis de-escalation protocols.
“Peer support isn’t a substitute for therapy—it’s the missing relational bridge that clinical institutions too often overlook.”
Born from a Proven Community Need across Niagara & GTA
Kerry Goring and Levi Barton first united as collaborative board directors at OUTniagara, spearheading the grant-funded Niagara Community Strengths & Needs Assessment. Their empirical findings revealed an acute shortage of trauma-informed, non-clinical spaces where 2SLGBTQ+ folks, men, femmes, and people navigating life upheaval could connect without shame, waitlists, or sterile diagnosis.
HUMAN(e) is the direct, living realization of that mandate: creating peer-led sanctuary across St. Catharines, Niagara, and Toronto.
Behind the Glitter
“The conversations we’re all having in our heads.”
Unfiltered, tender, and culturally resonant audio deep-dives into sex positivity, queer masculinity, modern loneliness, and what it truly takes to be human.
When Sex, Sobriety, and Self-Worth Connect
“You can't heal what you're constantly performing. True sobriety starts with self-intimacy.”
How escaping emotional numbness often intersects with substance use, sexual validation, and reclaiming intimacy when the party ends.
When Sex, Sobriety, and Self-Worth Connect
How escaping emotional numbness often intersects with substance use, sexual validation, and reclaiming intimacy when the party ends.
Body Image, Aging & Queer Masculinity
Breaking through the razor-thin aesthetic standards of gay and queer culture, steroid pressures, youth obsession, and finding comfort in an evolving body.
Dating Apps, Ghosting & Disposable People
How algorithmic gamification transformed modern romance into consumer consumption—and how to preserve your heart and dignity in the swipe era.
Curiosity Over Cancellation: What Second Chances Look Like
Unpacking what happens when someone makes a grave mistake. Can community accountability actually exist without ostracization and disposable humans?
“I AM HUMAN.”
Subverting traditional cosmetic media with raw, unretouched declarations honoring diverse ages, genders, bodies, and life chapters.
“I am trans. I am human.”
“Walking into HUMAN(e) was the first time I didn't have to educate the room on my identity before speaking. They simply saw my heart first.”
Nico (he/they)
Niagara Falls, ON
I am trans. I am human.
No qualifier required.
I have scars. I am human.
My body is not an apology.
I made mistakes. I am human.
Growth over shame.
I am healing from burnout. I am human.
My productivity is not my value.
Bring Trauma-Informed, Authentic Culture to Your Workplace.
Real institutional safety doesn't happen with a slide deck. Kerry Goring and Levi Barton guide corporate, non-profit, and healthcare teams to build genuine psychological safety.
Corporate EDI Facilitation & Executive Advisory
Move past performative equity audits into practical, restorative workplace culture grounded in 20+ years of intersectional leadership.
Inclusive Sex-Positive & Body-Neutral Policy Consulting
Equip HR and people teams with contemporary guidelines on gender euphoria, parental and fertility leaves, dress code neutrality, and personal autonomy.
Workplace Mental Health, Trauma & De-escalation Workshops
Frontline clinical frameworks designed by Registered Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) to navigate team burnout, vicarious trauma, and high-stress conflict.
Our Non-Negotiable Safe Harbor Agreements
We witness lived experience without fixing, diagnosing, lecturing, or prescribing solutions.
What is shared in the room remains in the room. Zero recording, zero surveillance, zero monetization.
You choose your level of participation. Passing, listening in silence, or camera-off presence are always honored.