LOCAL PLACES
The Crack Fox
It’s not a dive bar, it’s not a cocktail lounge… it’s a dive bar that IS a cocktail lounge, and it’s a welcome respite from the average. From performance art, to comedy, to dance parties, there is always something a little different happening. Woman-owned, and welcoming to everyone.
Ciggfreed’s Liquid and Lace
A local, woman-owned, destination for adult entertainment and vape supplies. Excellent customer service, and very reasonable prices.
LOCAL SOCIAL and/or EDUCATIONAL GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Rudis Leather Society
Rudis is a leather club in St. Louis, Missouri, that offers a welcoming space to learn about the leather community. We host socials and events to allow all members of the leather and kink communities to meet each other and learn.
Sex Positive St. Louis
Sex Positive St. Louis provides safe spaces for people to discuss and explore their sexuality. We host events that help the local community celebrate the many roles that sexuality plays in our lives. We connect like-minded communities and offer resources and advice. We emphasize information over tradition, communication over fear, and consent over all. We stand in political and cultural solidarity with sexual minorities, sex workers and those maligned and/or persecuted for practicing consensual sexual expression between adults.
ONLINE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS
Center for Sex Positive Culture
Founded in 1999 by Allena Gabosh, Founded in 1999 by Allena Gabosh, the Center for Sex Positive Culture is a nonprofit, membership-based community center. The Center was a one-of-a-kind organization when it was founded, and remains unique given its nonprofit status and community center architecture. It was established in a bold attempt to create an environment that was accommodating to sex positive communities and transformative in all areas of human sexuality, and has succeeded in creating that environment.
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
The NCSF is committed to creating a political, legal and social environment in the US that advances equal rights for consenting adults who engage in alternative sexual and relationship expressions. The NCSF aims to advance the rights of, and advocate for consenting adults in the BDSM-Leather-Fetish, Swing, and Polyamory Communities.
LGBTQ+ College Student Guide – Published October 30, 2023
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HUMAN SEXUALITY EDUCATORS
Midori
Midori (美登里) is a sexologist, educator, author, artist, speaker, and coach. Midori wrote the first English language book with instruction on Japanese rope bondage and continues to write on alternative sexual practices, including BDSM and sexual fetishism, bondage, erotic fiction, and more.
Violet Blue – Open Source Sex
Violet Blue (her real name) is an American journalist, author, editor, advisor, and educator. Blue wrote a weekly sex column for the San Francisco Chronicle until 2010. She continues to produce work on the topics of technology, harm reduction, sex education, and erotica.