About this Event
Our first ever Chat Room event will focus on love (and sex and dating) in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The lovely and vivacious Jillian Gnarling will act as mistress of ceremonies for the evening, which will feature performances by local drag queens to be announced. There will be a 10-minute break between each segment.
All Chat Room events are free for Gazetteer SF subscribers but space is limited.
may write to at [email protected] to receive your free ticket code.
Tickets include free flow beer and wine from 6:30-9:30pm. This event is 21+.
Modern Romance in San Francisco (30 minutes)
Gazetteer SF culture reporter Joshua Bote interviews Elizabeth Dell, founder and CEO of romance app Amorus, on finding love in the Bay in 2024. Dell is also a film producer, with credits including Destination Wedding starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder.
Ask a Sexologist! (30 minutes)
Let’s get the crowd involved, shall we? Sexologists Carol Queen and David Khalili will answer your most intimate or vanilla or clueless or raunchy sex questions that you’ve ever wanted to ask… but perhaps been too scared? Don’t be shy. Questions can be asked in person by attendees, or via text message by anyone at (415) 787-6570.
Carol Queen, legendary SF author, sociologist, and a leader of the sex-positive feminism movement, is also the resident sexologist at the Good Vibrations sex toy shop empire.
David Khalili founded Rouse Relational Wellness in 2021 to address the shame and anxiety that show up all too often in sex and relationships, and is a licensed marriage and family therapist and board-certified sexologist.
AI-powered orgasms (30 minutes)
Yes, you read that right. Anna Lee, founder of sex tech company Lioness, will join Gazetteer SF business and tech reporter Megan Rose Dickey in conversation about the sex tech industry, smart vibrators,and using AI to track and improve orgasms.
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Event Venue
Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market Street, San Francisco, United States