Photo by Kirsten Chilstrom

ABOUT

VICTOR TOBAR: Victor is the National Buying and Merchandising Manager for The Pleasure Chest. His work in sex positive sex toy retail began in NYC over a decade ago, and he has been facilitating kinky, sex positive, Queer and Trans affirming, and skills-based workshops locally and nationally since. Victor's work focuses specifically on re-imagining the sexual possibilities of our bodies, and engaging our imaginations in expanding our sexual repertoire and potential for pleasure.

PANELISTS

CHRIS DONAGHUE: Dr. Chris Donaghue is an international lecturer, therapist, and educator, and host of the LoveLine podcast, weekly expert on “The Amber Rose Show”, and frequent co host on “The Doctors” tv show.  He previously hosted WE tv’s “Sex Box”and Logo tv’s “Bad Sex”, and is the author of the book, “Sex Outside the Lines: Authentic Sexuality in a Sexually Dysfunctional Culture”.

ELLE CHASE: Also known by her famous alter-ego Lady Cheeky, Elle is a sex educator, activist, author, and speaker Elle Chase is a powerful voice and thought-leader in the sexual health community and a key influencer in the body acceptance movement. A member of the esteemed American College of Sexologists International and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. Elle is the author of Curvy Girl Sex: 101 Body-Positive Positions to Empower Your Sex Life, and curator of  http://www.ladycheeky.com/.

WHITNEY BELL: Whitney is an activist/artist best known for her controversial, traveling, anti-harassment gallery show - I Didn’t Ask For This: A Lifetime Of Dick Pics. She also owns KIDDBELL.com a webshop that partners with local and international charities to create products that unapologetically empower the wearer, while benefitting the community.

SARAH D'ANDREA: Sarah works in offline marketing at community at The Flex Company.  She holds a M.Ed. in Human Sexuality and has a background teaching sexual health to teens, parents, and medical students.

LIZ KLINGER: Co-founder and CEO of Lioness Health, a company dedicated to opening up the conversation around sexual health using technology. After leaving her job at an investment bank to pursue her passion of gender and sexuality, she sold intimacy products to women of all ages. There she learned that many had unmet questions, curiosities, and shame around their own sexuality, which motivated her to do something about it so that people had resources they can comfortably turn to.

EVERYTHING GOES: BUSTING SEX TABOOS

W/ Victor Tobar, Whitney Bell, Chris Donaghue, Ph.D., Elle Chase, Sarah D'Andrea and Liz Klinger.