sex education
Godless Perverts Social Club: Religion and Gender Roles
Wicked Grounds Café 289 8th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis week the Godless Perverts enter the world of chaste maidens and chivalrous knights. No, we're not playing Dungeons and Dragons, we're talking about the various religious dogma governing gender roles. Come bring your stories.
Godless Perverts Social Club, Tuesday July 7!
Wicked Grounds Café 289 8th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe're having a Godless Perverts Social Club on Tuesday, July 7! This is one of our Casual meetups — we’re not picking a topic ahead of time, we’ll just chat about whatever comes up. Usually related to sex, sexuality, gender, atheism, religion, skepticism, science, etc. — but not always. The Godless Perverts Social Club meets […]
Godless Perverts Social Club, Thursday July 16: After Marriage Equality, What’s Next?
Wicked Grounds Café 289 8th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe're having a Godless Perverts Social Club on Thursday, July 16! We’re picking a discussion topic ahead of time — and this time, the topic is After Marriage Equality, What's Next? Marriage equality is now legal across the U.S. So what's next for sexual and gender politics? In the fight for secular sexual liberation and […]
Godless Perverts Social Club, Tuesday August 4!
Wicked Grounds Café 289 8th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe're having a Godless Perverts Social Club on Tuesday, August 4! Community is one of the reasons we started Godless Perverts. There are few enough places to land when you decide that you’re an atheist; far fewer if you’re also LGBT, queer, kinky, poly, trans, or are just interested in sexuality. And the sex-positive/ alt-sex/ […]
Godless Perverts Social Club in Oakland, Thursday Sept. 17! Discussion Topic: Sex Work and the Law
Telegraph 2318 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, United StatesThe Godless Perverts Social Club is in Oakland at Telegraph Beer Garden (2318 Telegraph Ave.) on Thursday, September 17! And for this meetup, we have a specific discussion topic: Sex Work and the Law. With the recent shutdown of Rentboy.com by the Department of Homeland Security, and with Amnesty International's recent statements that sex workers' […]
Godless Perverts Social Club in Oakland Feb. 18: Sex, Gender, and Cultural Appropriation
Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe 1805 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, United StatesThe Godless Perverts Social Club is excited to host a discussion led by Cinnamon Maxxine and Donna about cultural appropriation, especially as it happens in alternative sexuality communities. Come ready for a dynamic, serious discussion about how to have a respectful relationship with other cultures. We have a new location for the Oakland Godless Perverts […]
Godless Perverts Social Club April 5: What Do We Mean By Sex? Sex, Language, and Inclusivity
Wicked Grounds Café 289 8th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesOverly narrow definitions of sex can leave queers and kinky people out in the cold. Overly broad ones can do the same for asexual people. Religion and science have both tried to define and control sexual language, to the
detriment of pretty much everyone. How can we support people's right to self-definition, and still communicate coherently?
Godless Perverts Story Hour in SF, Saturday August 27!
Center for Sex and Culture 1349 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe have a Godless Perverts Story Hour coming up in San Francisco on Saturday, August 29! The Story Hour is the performance/ entertainment/ literary reading branch of the Godless Perverts empire -- we'll be bringing you depictions, explorations, and celebrations of godless sexualities, as well as critical, mocking, and blasphemous views of sex and religion. […]
Godless Perverts Social Club in Oakland! Discussion Topic: Sex, Politics, and Religion
Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe 1805 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, United StatesWe're having a Godless Perverts Social Club in our wonderful downtown Oakland location on Thursday, September 15! Our discussion topic for this evening: Sex, Politics, and Religion. As the 2016 election enters its closing months, the intersections of sex, politics, and religion are more visibly volatile than ever. Come join us for a discussion about […]
DATE CHANGE! Godless Perverts Book Club: The Technology of Orgasm
Borderlands Café 870 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGodless Perverts Book Club is reading "The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction." From the time of Hippocrates until the 1920s, massaging female patients to orgasm was a staple of medical practice among Western physicians in the treatment of "hysteria," an ailment once considered both common and chronic in women. Doctors loathed this time-consuming procedure and for centuries relied on midwives. Later, they substituted the efficiency of mechanical devices, including the electric vibrator, invented in the 1880s. In "The Technology of Orgasm," Rachel Maines offers readers a stimulating, surprising, and often humorous account of hysteria and its treatment throughout the ages, focusing on the development, use, and fall into disrepute of the vibrator as a legitimate medical device. Friday, November 17, Borderlands Cafe in SF. All orientations, genders, and kinks (or lack thereof) are welcome.