We are thrilled to present the second iteration of Ignite: After Dark! Join us on Friday, January 30th at the Brava Theatre Center in San Francisco from 7pm - 10pm (doors at 6pm) for a night to remember. Get ready for hot insights from electrifying speakers, each offering their own unique take on sexuality, intimacy, and other tremendously adult topics. This is a public, 18+ event.
What’s an Ignite Talk? Each speaker gets just 5 minutes to share their ideas with 20 slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds, creating a fast-paced, engaging experience. But Ignite! After Dark turns up the heat, with topics that dive deep into sexuality, kink, the adult industry, psychedelics, and non-traditional relationship structures like non-monogamy.
Here are this year’s lineup of fascinating speakers and spicy topics:
--> Anna D. Hirsch, MS | Artist, Writer, & Therapist | Sex Art Recovery
--> Carol Queen, PhD | Staff Sexologist, Company Historian, and Curator of Antique Vibrator Museum at Good Vibrations | I Came to San Francisco to Fight AIDS. I Did it by Hosting Safer Sex Parties
--> Claire Perelman | Sex Therapist | How Being a Slut Made Me a Better Therapist
--> Dvorit Mausner, ACC | Relationship Coach | The Saboteurs of Sex
--> Heather Atles | Relationship, Sex, & Intimacy Coach | What to do When Netflix & Chill Becomes... Just Netflix
--> Jackie Rotman | Founder and President of Center for Intimacy Justice | Changing Censorship of Women's Sexuality Online: Freeing Expression
--> Lorina Manzanita MA, SEP | Somatic Sex & Relationship Coach, Trauma Resolution Practitioner, & PhD Student in Human Sexuality | Waterfalls & Me: An International EcoErotic Love Story
--> Marie Thouin, PhD | Dating & Relationship Coach, Author, & Compersion Expert | The Erotic Alchemy of Jealousy
--> Matt Sturm | Sex Educator, Author, & Transformational Guide | Secure Attachment In The Erotic Village
--> Michael W. | Techno-Hedonist | Connection and Intimacy... at a GANG BANG
--> Noa Elan | Founder, Community Organizer, & Groupie | The Best Way To Keep Your Forever Person
--> Nyxie Noc | Kink Presenter & Community Organizer | The Illusion of Yes: Power, Privilege, and the Practice of Agency
--> Tessa Vita | Psychotherapist, Ritualist, & Co-Steward of the Global Psychedelic Society | Innocence Is a Trap
Guest List
118 Going · 63 Interested · 80 Maybe
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