A Busy Week in Sex Education

The weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day are always hectic for sex educators, especially for those of us at Good Vibrations. But this next week is even more jam packed with fun sex ed stuff than usual. Here’s where you can find me. Maybe I’ll see you at one of these amazing events!


Ask our Docs: Prostate Play and Pleasure
January 25, 7-8 pm, Free
Good Vibrations Valencia St., 603 Valencia St. (at 17th), San Francisco
The prostate is one of the most overlooked sexual organs, but it can bring you amazing pleasure. With a little know-how, you can have lots of prostate fun, on your own or with a partner. Charlie Glickman, Ph.D will tell you everything you need to know …

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01.24.12 | %% Category: resources, sex & culture, sex education, sexual practices | Leave a comment

Save The Date! “XXXY” Screening 1/26/12


I’ve written before about Advocates for Informed Choice, an amazing organization that advocates for the civil rights of children who are born with variations of sex anatomy. It’s estimated that 1 in 2000 children are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy and/or chromosome patterns that don’t fit the usual definitions of male or female. And in most cases, the medical response is to perform surgeries. In fact, many doctors view children born with DSD (differences in sex development) as an emergency that requires an immediate response. This often results in pressuring parents to make quick decisions about things that they might not even have heard of before. Fortunately, AIC is working to change that and there’s been some progress.


On January 26, 2012 in …

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11.09.11 | %% Category: gender, sexual health, sexual politics | Leave a comment

Turning the Tables at Man As Object: Reversing the Gaze

This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine.

One of the things that I enjoy about art is its ability to question, challenge, or simply shine a light on our assumptions about how things are. Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze opens tonight at SOMArts Cultural Center and I’m really looking forward to going. The first part of the exhibit statement explains:

The goal of this exhibition Man as Object – Reversing the Gaze is to turn the tables and to exhibit works that put the male in the position of art subject and spectacle. What does it mean to objectify men? What does it mean to reverse the (male) gaze? What are the visible signs of maleness and masculinity? How are

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11.04.11 | %% Category: sex & culture | Leave a comment

Announcing the 2011 Masturbate-a-thon May 21!

Assuming that, despite the billboards I keep seeing everywhere, the Rapture doesn’t come on May 21, I’m thrilled to announce that that’s also the day of the 2011 Masturbate-a-thon! Actually, there’ll be some rapture either way, but I know which one I’m betting on.

Solo sex is one of the best ways to learn about your desires and preferences. It’s an amazing way to take responsibility for your own sexual pleasure instead of depending on someone else. And it truly can be (in the immortal words of Woody Allen), sex with someone you love!

Since May is National Masturbation Month, there are a whole lot of articles and stories over at the Good Vibrations Magazine, too. So whether you want to celebrate …

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05.12.11 | %% Category: sex & culture | Leave a comment