Center
for Sex & Culture
and Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP-USA) presents
School
for Johns • San Francisco • Saturday, September 20th, 2008
info@centerforsexandculture.com 415-255-1155
Presenters |
Biographies |
Patrasha, professional submissive |
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Robert Lawrence |
Dr. Robert Morgan Lawrence, EdD has 25 years of experience in the field of human sexuality. He has a doctorate of education in human sexuality. As a publicly available expert he is a sex industry consultant, educator and (academic) author. He lectures extensively about human sexuality and health. Together Carol and Robert teach, write, and produce sex education events and materials. |
S. Bacchus
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As
co-founder and Project Director of SWOP's ‘School for Johns,’
Bacchus was motivated by his experience with sex workers to an educational
program for clients. |
Robyn Few
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Co-founder
of SWOP's School for Johns, Robyn Few is also the founder of SWOP-USA.
Visit:http://www.swop-usa.org/ |
Keynote Address by Dr. Carol Queen |
Dr.
Carol Queen is a writer and cultural sexologist with a doctorate of education
in human sexuality. She is a noted essayist whose work has appeared in
such publications as Male Lust, Whores and Other Feminists, The Erotic
Impulse, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries and Visions, Madonnarama,
and Women of the Light: The New Sacred Healer. Her essay collection, Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture, was published in 1997; it is used in Women's Studies, Queer Studies, and Cultural Studies classes in universities across America. Her erotic stories can be found in Best Women's Erotica, the Herotica anthologies, Libido, and Best American Erotica 1993, 1994, and 2000, and in many other anthologies; her erotic novel, The Leather Daddy and the Femme, was published in 1998 and won a Firecracker Alternative Book Award the following year. Her first book, Exhibitionism for the Shy, published in 1995, explores issues of erotic self-esteem and enhancement. She is co-editor of the anthologies Best Bisexual Erotica, Sex Spoken Here, Switch Hitters, and PoMoSexuals; the latter won a Lambda Literary Award in 1998. She has appeared in several explicit educational videos, notably "Carol Queen's Great Vibrations: An Explicit Consumer Tour of Vibrators" and "Bend Over Boyfriend: An Adventurous Couple's Guide to Male Anal Pleasure." Queen works as staff sexologist at Good Vibrations, the women-owned, worker-owned sex toy and bookstore in San Francisco, and writes regularly for the Good Vibrations web magazine at www.goodvibes.com. She has spent the last several years consulting with the company's emerging video production department, Sexpositive Productions, which released its first videos in 2001. She has addressed numerous scholarly and professional conferences, including the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, the International Condom Conference, the International Conference on Prostitution, and the International Conference on Pornography; she frequently addresses college as well as general and specialized audiences. Carol Queen is active on behalf of progressive sex education and sexual minority issues. Currently most closely affiliated with the bisexual and sex work communities, she has been speaking publicly about non-mainstream sexualities, from lesbian to leather, for over 25 years. Her perspective in addressing sexual diversity incorporates personal experience, accurate sex information, and informed cultural commentary. For more information (including CV and bibliography) see her website: www.carolqueen.com. |
Kath and Zoe will be speaking about phone etiquette, Strip club culture, and proper introduction for new and old clients.They will also be doing a live role-play of a client's first phone to a provider - What to expect !! Kath- A Former Exotic Dancer and Sex Worker, who has won competitions such as "Best of the West" 4 years running, and "Greatest of the East" two years in a row, and "Ms. Pole USA". She has traveled all over world dancing, and these are only just some of her accomplishments. Zoe- A gay rights activist, Dominatrix, originally from Chicago, who recently moved to California after attending the SWOP National Conference in San Francisco. She has won many awards, one being the "Windy City Times 30 under 30 award" for her activism in the gay community. |
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Rachel Rachel is a legal prostitute from our neighbor state to the east. Nevada has had legal brothels for over 80 years and has an interesting way of dealing with legalized sex work. Rachel will share some of the culture of The Nevada brothels and what you can expect when you visit. |
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Maestra Sadie Dusaga |
Maestra Sadie Dusaga
is Professional Dominant based in San Francisco. She takes great joy
in her role as teacher, guide, catalyst, and especially, cherry popper.
For the past seven years, Sadie has facilitated and presented sex-positive
workshops, demonstrations and rituals on a variety of subjects from
BDSM to support for partners of sex workers.
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