SAN FRANCISCO—The Center for Sex & Culture is proud to announce an action-packed schedule in June. Celebrate Pride Month with CSC's events and those presented in collaboration with Frameline's annual film festival, the Queer Cultural Center's National Queer Arts Fest, Red Hots Burlesque, Here Come the Ecosexuals, and California Institute of Integral Studies. Featuring film, performance, readings, classes, and much more, CSC's events seek to inspire thought-provoking conversations about sexuality in its many and myriad forms.
Unless otherwise noted, all events held at CSC: 1349 Mission Street between 9th and 10th in San Francisco.
Seka, Selena and Howie Gordon Book Party
Thursday, June 11, 7:30-10 p.m.
It's memoirs time from the Golden Age of Porn
Come meet and greet three of the brightest stars as they present their tales from three of the best books written about the age. Buy their book, show some love, and don’t miss this RARE visit from the one and only Seka.
Suggested donation: $10-$50 sliding scale; No one turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF)
No Tears for the Creatures of the Night
Friday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.
$8-$10, NOTAFLOF
Film/Discussion/visual art
Inspired by the life and work of legendary artist and activist Will Munro (1975-2010), Vacant Closet Collective brings you an evening of queer punk film and visual art, including Will Munro’s 8mm films You’ll Dance to Anything and Rebels Rule.
Trans Feminist Porn: A Screening and Talk with Tobi Hill-Meyer and Chelsea Poe
Saturday, June 13, 2-5 p.m.
FREE EVENT at CSC
Come hear from two of the women who've been leading the charge for trans positive values in porn. Tobi Hill-Meyer and Chelsea Poe will share with you selections from their recently completed work, discuss the different goals they hope to achieve with through it, and talk about their experiences in the industry.
(NOTE: Due to the health limitations, please avoid wearing scented products such as perfume, scented hair sprays, shampoos, etc.)
Pound
Written/Performed by Marga Gomez
June 20 & 21, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Price: $13 Advance / $15 Door
Marga Gomez’s Pound is clever, filthy and not for the faint of crotch. A mysterious lesbian gynecologist diagnoses “womans’ womanizer” Marga Gomez with an “unplanned celibacy.” A ladies’ room fisting mishap shoots Marga through a vaginal portal to the wifi cloud for lesbian movie characters. Pound penetrates the cinematic lesbian limbo where plumbers, showgirls, murderers and school teachers live and loop. Directed by David Schweizer (lovebirds).
CSC cosponsors Frameline’s Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
June 21, 9:15 p.m.
Castro Theatre
It’s an only-in-San-Francisco story: closeted Indiana boy heads for the gay mecca, comes out in the fabulous 1970s, builds an adult-entertainment empire that redefines pretty-boy masculinity, befriends David Geffen and Bill Clinton, helps found the Human Rights Campaign, donates millions to community causes, succumbs to AIDS, and is honored as the namesake of the SF LGBT Center—all while indulging his obsession with hairless bubble butts in visionary porn epics. This film contains sexually explicit material.
The showing will be preceded by Health Class (Dir: Brad McDermott; 2014; Canada; 9 min.)
The Bi-B-Q
Join the Center for Sex and Culture and Bi-Pride in celebrating Bisexual Pride Day on Wednesday, June 24. Festivities abound for bisexual-identified folks of all genders and their friends, family and loved ones.
Dolores Park, 4-6:30 p.m.
It's another year of laid-back fun, grilling and community building. Relax & celebrate with new and old friends. There will be hot dogs & please bring a potluck dish and/or beverage to share!
CSC cosponsors Frameline’s Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn
June 25, 9:30 p.m.
Victoria Theatre
Dir: Ethan Reid; Argentina, 2014; 97 min.
This intimate portrait of pioneering underground filmmaker Peter de Rome, chock-full of frisky erotic clips spanning three decades, charts his life and career as they unfolded alongside significant events in 20th-century gay history.
Showing with Bearmania
Dir: Aron Kantor; USA, 2014; 3 min.
Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stephens collaborate with CSC for an Ecosexual Pride Parade contingent
Find all the juicy details and contact us here.
The couple are also performing "Here Come the Ecosexuals! Walking Tour of Bernal Hill," on June 21. "We will film the 10:30 a.m. walk and would love to have you in our audience, and it's free!" said Sprinkle "There’s also a tour at 5. Come find out more about ecosex and get your ecosexual gaze on!"
Tour info here.
More detail about these events and others not mentioned can be found on CSC's website.
