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 JUNE EVENTS June 1, 7:30-9:30 pm --GOING THERE: VIRGIN VOICES AND NEW EROTICA -- a benefit for the Center for Sex and Culture and Writing Ourselves Whole 
Where: Jon Sims Center, 1519 Mission btw. 11th/South Van Ness Cost: $10-50, sliding scale Oh yes -- they went there -- and you're gonna love the naughty, delicious, revelatory ride as these current and past participants of Jen Cross' Declaring Our Erotic writing workshop share their sexy words! These writerscross boundaries, break taboos, make you laugh, and make you re-consider what you thought erotic writing could be -- all while making you squirm in your seat. Hosted by Jen Cross and Carol Queen, with members of Dirty Ink! This event is a fundraiser for The Center for Sex and Cultureand Writing Ourselves Whole/Declaring Our Erotic, in their ongoing work to create beautiful, thought-provoking and informed sexual spaces for all. This event is a part of the National Queer Arts Festival 2008! Monday, June 4 at 7 pm -- ADVANCED YOGA PLAY FOR MEN with Thom Grexa Phillips! More detail at http://www.tgpraxis.net/yoga.html Thursday, June 7, 6-9:30 pm -- SEX ED SKILLS: How to Be a Top Presenter Location: The Center for Sex & Culture, 290 Division St. # 405, San Francisco Visit http://www.sexandculture.org for a map and more information Cost: $40 if pre-registered, $45 for walk-ins Teaching people about sex can be fun and rewarding, but how do you design workshops that are interactive, effective and exciting? Howard Bloom MSW and Charlie Glickman PhD, sex educators and trainers, will show you a model of adult learning that gives you a solid foundation, yet is flexible and adaptable to any topic or audience. Using this framework, youll be able to improve your existing classes and create new ones with confidence and skill. By the end of the night, youll know how to bring your teaching to the next level and be a top presenter! To register, please email us at workshops@charlieglickman.com with your name and a brief description of your experience as a sexuality educator. Howard Bloom, MSW, CPCC, is a coach, entrepreneur, and educator, and has facilitated workshops and trainings for more than 20 years. His warm, engaging and compassionate style is blended with an awareness of creativity, pleasure and playfulness. As a Life and Business Coach, Howard works with people to enhance relationships, set and achieve goals, create vision for business, and have fun doing it. Howard earned his masters degree in social work from The University of Pennsylvania in and has completed the Certified Professional Co-Active coaching certification program through The Coaches Training Institute. Howard is also a Certified Massage Therapist, a California state certified rape crisis counselor, has volunteered with San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) and is an educator with the Center for Sex and Culture. Charlie Glickman, PhD has been teaching individuals and groups about sex since 1989. His primary goal as a trainer is to help sexuality educators develop approaches to teaching that are both aligned with effective principles of adult learning and authentic to their individual styles. Charlie received his doctorate in adult sexuality education from the Union Institute and University in 2005. He is the Director of Education at the Center for Sex & Culture and the Education Program Manager at Good Vibrations. Charlie also teaches classes in sexuality at JFK University and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Objectives: By the end of this class, you will be able to:
Thursday, June 7 or Friday, June 8 (TBD soon) -- CSC MEETING IN BOSTON! Carol will be in Boston to talk about CSC and see who might be up for creating a branch of our dreamchild on the east coast. More info next time, or tell your "other bay area" friends to email us at mail@sexandculture.org for an invitation. (Save the date -- the other day, 6/7 or 6/8, CQ will host an eotic reading at Good Vibes/Brookline with Diana Cage and Cecilia Tan!)
Sunday afternoon, June 17, 2--5 pm -- CUNTS FOR FAGS a detailed introduction to the vulva geared towards gay men $5-$20 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds 18+ -- People of all genders and orientations welcome Queer presenters, live models, a safe space to ask questions... this workshop is the perfect opportunity for gay men to learn about vulvas, vaginas, clits, cunts, g-spots, inny-holes, bonus holes, cooters, tranny boners, clit boners, or whatever you call yours. Whats a vulva? What does it look like? Whats a hymen? Is anal sex fun without a prostate? Whats up with the g-spot? What does it feel like? Why do lesbians love hands? What is female ejaculation? How does it work? Whats with the bleeding? How do orgasms work? Whats a clitoris? Is friction ever good? Whats a cervix? Does size matter? Is lube necessary? What shape is a vagina? What makes clits happy? How does arousal happen? Does licking the alphabet work? What makes it wet? Is there a taint? Is it fun? Is there a difference between a clitoral and a vaginal orgasm? What kind of lube is best for vaginas? What makes these genitals happy? For questions and to enroll, email castroworkshops@gmail.com AND! Sunday, 6/17 afternoon -- CSC Meeting in NEW YORK! Carol and Robert will be in NYNY to talk about CSC and see who might be up for creating a branch of our dreamchild on the east coast. More info next time, or tell your NYC friends to email us at mail@sexandculture.org for an invitation. Monday, June 18, 7 pm -- WHAT IS NOT ABOUT SEX? Readings by S/M Authors Sora Counts, Wendy Dalton, Dossie Easton, Bill Henkin, Liz Henry, and Carol Queen Many authors in the leather community have become well known for their writings on SM and sex, but some have gifts that go beyond our mutually enjoyable kinks. As a community we frequently support wonderful readings of erotica by wonderful writers -- but don't you sometimes wonder what else they write? In this evening's event, a half-dozen poets who have long-standing credentials in the radical sex community share their own poetry on nature, love, war, philosophy, spirituality, and other subjects. So what isn't about sex? Come find out. Doors Open 6:30 PM (store will be open beforehand for shopping, but probably not after) Good Vibrations, 1620 Polk Street, between Clay and Sacramento Donation requested for CSC (www.sexandculture.org) AND!
Illness and disability affect most people at some point in their lives and pose major challenges for sexual expression, connection, and pleasure. People with illness and their partners often find that loss of sexual expression and sexual well-being damages their quality of life and their motivation to be well. David Spero RN, a health coach and author living with multiple sclerosis (MS), will help you develop your ability to work with clients who are dealing with disability and long-term health concerns. You'll learn about the barriers to intimacy and love that chronically ill people face, and ways to help them solve these problems. Find out how to help people adapt their sexual practices to fit their limitations and find partners or strengthen connection with those they already have. These skills will help you enhance clients' well-being and may even improve your own sex life as well! David Spero, RN is a 55-year-old nurse, journalist, activist and health educator living in San Francisco. He coaches individuals with chronic conditions, leads wellness groups, and counsels healthcare providers on more effective ways to help their patients. David is author The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health When You Have a Chronic Illness (Hunter House 2002). He has also co-written educational programs for people with arthritis, asthma, chronic pain, and other conditions; and gives sex and intimacy workshops for the disabled and chronically ill for the MS Society and the Center for Sex and Culture. Objectives:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
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Thursday, June 21, 7:30-10:30 -- BAWDY STORYTELLING with Dixie de la Tour: "Casual Encounters" No charge, but we'll be gratefully accepting donations for CSC At CSC, 290 Division (cross 10th and Brannan), Suite 405 Dixie says: We'll be telling stories that don't fade out like they do in movies. I'm an avid fan of Porchlight Storytelling and my friend Ray Allen's Memoir Spool event, but couldn't help but notice that there wasn't a venue for people like us to relate our adventures. So, I'm hoping you'll join us and if you're so inclined, please regale us with an Adventure. There's no pressure to get up and tell a story, but I know my friends have some bawdy tales in their arsenal and I'm hoping you'll share. It's social, it's pervy... and aural sex is the safest sex you'll ever have. Ever had a Casual Encounter? Adventures were meant to be shared, so cum share! Our next Bawdy Storytelling Night will be Thursday, June 21st, and the theme this time is "Casual Encounters". I'm hoping you'll join us and if you're so inclined, please regale us with a Casual Encounter Story. There's no pressure to get up and tell a story, but I know y'all have some bawdy tales, and I'm hoping you'll tell. Let me know if you would like to tell a story. I LOVE knowing who my storytellers are in advance. You're welcome to be impulsive at the event, as well. We had a slew of storytellers last time! Tell your friends and bring 'em if you think this would be their cup of tea.... Why not get up and tell a story of your own? Contact Dixie (shutyercakehole@hotmail.com) if you have a story to share, or you can also just let her know at the event if you'd like to be a last minute addition to the line-up. Suggestions for telling a story:
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Sunday, June 24, all day -- HELP CSC AND VOLUNTEER AT PRIDE! Sunday, June 24th, 9:30am-5:30pm -- BECOME AN EXTRAORDINARY LOVER for Men who Love Women. There is nothing more arousing than watching a woman you are making love to writhe and moan with delight. However, there are very few places to get practical, explicit, and straightforward advice about what turns women on. 
In this hands-on, one-day workshop, Danielle and Celeste will teach you everything from the arts of romance and seduction to advanced pleasure techniques. They will teach you to read women's non-verbal cues, to elicit information about her secret sexual desires, and to keep her coming back for more. You will have the opportunity to practice different kinds of touch on a woman, understand her responses, and receive helpful feedback. The facilitators will cover how to give pleasure during a sexual encounter and explore special oral techniques. At CSC, 290 Division, Suite 405 in San Francisco. Tuition is $395. Bring a friend and get $50 off of the original price! About Celeste and Danielle: Danielle has a Ph.D and a Doctorate in Human Sexuality (DHS). She brings her passion, depth, intuition, and magnetizing personality to her coaching session. Harnessing her extensive training as a sexologist and her background in psychology and body-based modalities, she leads people into the depth of their desires to support them in reaching their fullest sexual potential. She is particularly talented in helping her clients release shame and accept all parts of themselves. Danielle offers her clients a unique, experiential and exciting process to transform their relationships, create intense and loving connections and live their lives passionately. Celeste has her MA in Human Sexuality Studies. She brings her unconditional love, presence, erotic energy and spirituality to her coaching in order to create an open, safe and exciting container where her clients can explore every aspect of themselves without guilt or shame. She uses her training in psychology, role-play, and body-based modalities to create real-time experiences where people learn to transform old patterns and incorporate new passions and possibilities into every aspect of their lives, including their loving and intimate relationships. To find out more check their website at www.celesteanddanielle.com or email them at info@celesteanddanielle.com. Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 pm -- EROTIC READING CIRCLE $5-up sliding scale, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Location: Center for Sex & Culture, 290 Division at 10th Street, Suite 405 Thursday, June 28, 7-9 pm -- SEX EDUCATORS' SALON Following up on Charlie and Howard's terrific class for sex educators, we're reviving the Sex Ed Salons that used to happen at Good Vibrations. Any and all sex educators are welcome, whether you are completely academic, work for an agency, or take it to the streets! We all have a lot in common as well as a lot of differences and insights to share. This will be an ongoing event every two or three months, and next month we will revive the Sex Ed Students' Salon on 7/23! (Students are very welcome to come to this event, too, but the students' salon will have more space for talking about various programs and students' specific issues.) This month's hosts will be Charlie Glickman and Carol Queen. Spread the word! $5-up sliding scale, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Location: Center for Sex & Culture, 290 Division at 10th Street, Suite 405 Saturday, June 30 -- NUDE SPACE Party and Erotic Art Auction! Femina Potens Gallery Fundraiser
, Information and advanced tickets available at nudespace@gmail.com Femina Potens Gallery's Erotic Art Auction and Nude Space Party fundraiser extravaganza supports relocation to San Francisco's Castro distict Join Femina Potens Gallery on Saturday, June 30 at 7:00 pm when it presents an Erotic Art Auction and Nude Space Party extravaganza at The Porn Palace in San Francisco. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. All proceeds from the event will benefit the non-profit gallery's relocation to a larger exhibition and performance space in the city's vibrant Castro district. This kinky, queer, extraordinary evening will begin with an Erotic Art Auction at 7 pm followed by the Nude Space Party's amazing lineup of music, visual art, kinky performances, bondage performance, including jello-wrestling aliens, a feminist slave auction, spanking booth, performance art, porn screenings, and kinky portraits by Charles Gatewood. The event will also feature raunchy writers as well as Daphne Gottlieb, Charlie Anders, Carol Queen, Lori Selke, Thea Hillman, Lady Monster, and performance art by Twincest. All proceeds raised from the Erotic Art Auction and Nude Space Party will directly fund Femina Potens programs and its major relocation to a larger space, where the organization will be able to increase its visibility in the local arts community while expanding its programs supporting women and transgender artists in feminist and gender-queer performance, visual art, text, and film/video. For more information, to buy advanced tickets, or to donate to Femina Potens email nudespace@gmail.com |
