Seattle Sex Positive Community Center
The Wet Spot / Center for Sex Positive Culture |
dance, play, community center |
Active or defunct:|Active |
Located in Seattle, Washington, USA. Has own rather sizable building in the Interbay area. |
info AT wetspot DOT org |
Link on Seattle Weekly |
Calls itself a "Sex-positive community center" ("SPCC"). Enormous range of activities ranges from workshops on both the physical and emotional aspects of sexuality and BDSM to play parties, dance nights, non-sexual social gatherings, offsite party at a heated pool, to more unusual activities like somewhat kinky life drawing sessions for artists or a weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting or a bunch of people watching (and heckling) porn films. Also various support groups (e.g. Women's Welcoming Committee, Slaves' support group). Runs an anual art show, the Seattle Erotic Art Festival (SEAF). |
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The Seattle Sex Positive Community Center (commonly known as the Wet Spot or SPCC) is a non-profit, membership-based organization located in Seattle, Washington. The Wet Spot organizes events and provides space for several different sex-positive subcultures, notably BDSM, LGBT, swinging, and polyamory groups.
The Wet Spot
The SPCC's primary location is known as the Wet Spot. It is a nondescript 4400 square foot building near downtown Seattle, Washington. Membership is open to anyone over the age of 18 who has attended an orientation class and agrees to the organization's rules of conduct. There is also an annual membership fee. Volunteers organize and run most events. One of the few employees is executive director Allena Gabosch, who is frequently referred to by the members as "Mom".
The space includes a library including a wide variety of books on sexuality and kink as well as several flavors of pornography.
Activities
Specific regular events include:
- BDSM socials and pansexual BDSM play parties every Saturday.
- The Grind, a dance night featuring gothic and darkwave music as well as BDSM and sexual activities every Thursday.
- Erotic City, focused on (usually heterosexual) sexual activity, on some Fridays.
- Monthly homosexual focused men only nights and women only nights on Fridays.
- Monthly massage nights on Sundays.
- Monthly bondage parties on Sundays.
- Monthly Polyamory potluck on Saturdays.
- Various discussion groups, classes, and workshops.
The same physical space is used in various configurations for different events. Some have only tables and chairs, other prominently feature dungeon equipment with an adjoining social area, plus private spaces for those who wish to avoid voyeurs.
Annual events organized by the SPCC include:
- The Seattle Erotic Art Festival.
- The Gathering, aka Wet Spot In Paradise, an annual kinky campout.
- Cirque du Noc, masquerade ball and carnival.
History
The Wet Spot was founded in 1999. Socially speaking, it is an outgrowth of Allena Gabosch's Beyond the Edge Cafe, which hosted BDSM-related events. Several regulars of the cafe started discussing getting a dedicated space for their activities. One famously quoted "It would be great if we could get 200 members". In fact, the idea became more popular than they envisioned - in its first year The Wet Spot registered about 2000 members. There have been approximately 9000 registered members as of 2006.
See Also
External links
- The Wet Spot Homepage
- Seattle Erotic Arts Festival
- Cirque du Noc
- Official website
- Seattle Erotic Arts Festival
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