UPCOMING EVENTS
Project 2025 and You: A Carol Queen Rant
Saturday, October 5th, 2024.
4:00pm - 5:00pm PT.
FREE
Location: 1620 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA.
Join Staff Sexologist (and longtime queer & pleasure activist) Carol Queen for a rundown on conservatives’ right-wing semi-secret fever dream plans for a radically changed US future with a heavy dose of Christian nationalist influence on our government and laws. If you haven’t voted yet, you’ll want to get an idea of the many ways your life might change—and it all hinges on the outcome of the November 5th election. (If you’re not registered to vote yet, we’ll bring some forms!)
Project 2025 is a greatest hits (list): same-sex marriage, porn, reproductive rights, book bans and classroom censorship (their idea of “free speech”), trans medical care and rights, diversity of all kinds. Does the phrase “Comstock Act” ring a bell? It will!
And that’s just the mostly-sex-and-gender-related stuff. If you care about voting rights, the environment, immigration (by which they mean deportation), surveillance, Medicaid, and oh, there’s so much more.
https://www.aclu.org/project-2025-explained
Myisha Battle: How to Survive Modern Dating
Thursday, October 17th, 2024.
5:00pm - 6:30pm PDT.
Tickets: $20
Location: 1620 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA.
Swipe. Match. Get ghosted. Repeat. Does it feel like all of the joy has been sucked out of your dating life? Then join professional sex and dating coach Myisha Battle for this fun and supportive workshop where you'll learn how to better navigate dating challenges and feel more in control of your dating life. Participants will leave with solid dating goals they can focus on and strategies to use on dating apps or IRL to meet people with whom they can truly connect.
Myisha Battle is a certified sex and dating coach, educator, and author. She is the host of KCRW’s How’s Your Sex Life? podcast and writes the Real Love column for TIME. Her book, This Is Supposed to Be Fun: How to Find Joy in Hooking Up, Settling Down, and Everything In Between is available now wherever you like to buy books.
Antique Vibrator Museum Tour with Dr. Carol Queen
Saturday, October 19th @ 3pm PDT.
FREE
1620 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA.
The fascinating story of our favorite household helper is truly stranger than fiction. See our collection of vibrators spanning the 20th century and learn all about their history with Carol Queen, PhD. The Antique Vibrator Museum is located inside our Polk Street store, so save some time to look at modern vibrators too! You can visit the museum any afternoon from 12:30-6:30pm, but to hear the full story, plan to attend one of our monthly tours.
OTHER POPULAR WORKSHOPS INCLUDE
BACKDOOR BASICS: ANAL 101
Everyone seems extra curious when it comes to the topic of anal play. Let our educators satisfy your curiosity in a discussion about the ins and outs of pleasuring the peach!
HARNESS YOUR POWER: STRAP ON 101
Top choices for harness play, including choosing between fabric or leather harnesses, and finding the dildo that’s right for you. All genders and identities welcome.
QUEER SEX ED: FOR EVERYONE!
Sex ed workshop with an emphasis on how queer communities play differently. Discover why queer folks are more likely to reach orgasm during partner play, regardless of gender.
HOT FLASHES & HEATWAVES: SEX & MENOPAUSE
Identifying the different stages of menopause–the beginnings of perimenopause, all the way through “the change.” Discover how menopause can alter sex drive, arousal, orgasm, and more, including how “the change” often changes our sex lives for the better!
WET ASS EVERYTHING: LUBE 101
Slide through all the different kinds of lubricants available, and find out which ones are best for different types of play, and which ones might be the best for you!
ORAL SEX TIPS: BEST TIPS FOR TONGUE TEASING
Whether you’re interested in blowjobs, cunnilingus, or wanna “eat the booty like groceries,” this workshop provides all the info you need!
WANT TO BOOK US AT YOUR GROUP OR SCHOOL?
For over four decades, Good Vibes has been providing comprehensive sexual health outreach workshops (SHOW) to local universities and community organizations.
Find out more about our SHOW program.
Topics Include:
Pleasure Physiology & Toys – Our most popular workshop! This course provides a pleasure-based overview of anatomy, sexual response, and how to choose and use sex toys safely. Learn the fundamentals for understanding your own pleasure and gain the tools needed to share with potential partners. This comprehensive and fun overview is inclusive of all genders, sexualities, and body types.
Communication, Negotiation, & Consent – The key to great relationships and sex is great communication, and we’re here to get the convo started! This workshop includes an overview of what consent really means, how to express boundaries, introduce new ideas into your sex life, safewords + scene negotiation, and how to use dirty talk as a form of communication.
Sex Positivity – Sex can be an emotional or taboo topic for many of us, and we can often carry and transfer a lot of those mixed feelings or even sexual shame towards others without even realizing it. In this class we will cover developing healthy and positive attitudes toward sex and in examining our own needs as a crucial part of meeting them. We’ll address how sex-negative attitudes influence us as individuals and learn how to counter that with education and celebration of our diverse and unique experiences and identities.
Solo Play 101 – This course will go over some of the many values of masturbation. We’ll cover the anatomy of pleasure, an overview of physical & mental benefits, some tips and tricks for body exploration, debunk common masturbation myths, and embrace body positivity.
Other available courses:
- The Art of Oral
- Exploring BDSM
- Backdoor Basics: Anal 101
- G Marks the Spot: G-Spots + Squirting
- Just the Tips: Penis Play 101
- Harnessing Pleasure: Strap-on 101
- Talk Dirty to Me: Sexting + Dirty Talk
- Viva La Vulva: Clits, G-Spots, + more
Custom courses available on request. Please note that some courses may be limited to educator availability.
Populations we love working with: Women , Communities of Color , Folks with Disabilities , Seniors , Survivors of Sexual Trauma, Medical and Mental Health Professionals , Queer/Trans Folks , Sex Educators , Sex Workers , and Therapists and Service Providers .
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