Educator Picks

jessica drake

A world famous porn star and sex worker herself, jessica shares with passion, guiding her audience behind the scenes of the adult entertainment industry, onto adult sets, and into fan friendly trade shows. She candidly discusses porn with a wide range of audiences, dispelling myths and stereotypes while also providing a much needed foundational context. This illuminating discourse breaks down preconceived notions while teaching consent and advocating for new curriculum which encompasses both inclusivity and pleasure based sex education from a harm reduction standpoint.

In addition to her life long career as an actor, director and producer, drake is a model, host, certified sex educator, Brand Strategist for Wicked Sensual Care, Vice President of the LA Chapter of Feed the Streets and Board Member of Tending the Garden. When not speaking or teaching, jd can be found at the dog park with her four rescue Chihuahua mixes, feeding the streets of Los Angeles, enjoying a much needed day at the K Spa, or being kinky.

Twitter: @thejessicadrake

Ericka Hart

Ericka Hart (pronouns: she/they) is an activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker and award-winning sexuality educator with a Master’s of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University. Ericka’s work broke ground when she went topless showing her double mastectomy scars at Afropunk Fest 2016. A kinky, poly, cancer survivor, activist and sexuality educator, Hart has been featured in numerous publications and PSA’s for her/their leading edge thought around human sexual expression as inextricable to overall human health and its intersections with race, gender, chronic illness and disability.

Twitter: @iHartEricka

 

Tristan Taormino

Tristan Taormino is an award-winning writer, sex educator, speaker, and filmmaker. She is the author of eight books including the bestselling titles The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, The Ultimate Guide to Kink, and The Secrets of Great G-Spot Orgasms and Female Ejaculation. She is the director, producer and host of two dozen sex education movies for Vivid-Ed, the instructional line she created and helmed for Vivid Entertainment. She frequently lectures at top colleges and universities and teaches sex and relationship workshops around the world.

Twitter: @TristanTaormino

 

Midori

Midori is a renowned educator and writer on sexuality. Dubbed “the super nova of kink” by Dan Savage, she emerged from the Sex Positive Movement in San Francisco in the early 1990’s, soon becoming a much sought after international presenter on sexuality, personal fulfillment, and kinky adventures. Her reputation as an authority and leading expert on alternative pleasures stem not only from her unique and entertaining process of teaching concrete skills but in her ability to deconstruct and distil complex matters of desire into surprisingly accessible lessons with eloquence and humanity. She’s known for tackling challenging topics with fresh and relevant insights.
Her writing is extensive, ranging from numerous articles, columns, works of fiction, to instructional books. She is the author of The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage, Wild Side Sex, and Master Han's Daughter. She leads transformative small group intensives, including Rope Dojo ®, ForteFemme: Women’s Dominance Weekend Intensive and Make Hot Play Happen.
When she's not traveling and teaching, she's creating provocative and haunting art and performances.

Twitter: @PlanetMidori

Tina Horn

Tina Horn produces and hosts the kinky slut podcast Why Are People Into That?!. She is the author of two books — a guide to the ethics and etiquette of modern relationship communication called Sexting and a memoir of Bay Area sex work called Love Not Given Lightly. Her writing has also appeared on Refinery 29, Jezebel, Vice, and the Slutist and in the anthologies Girl Sex 101 and Best Sex Writing 2015. Tina’s workshops on dirty talk, sex worker self care, and spanking have been featured at the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, the Pleasure Chest, Kink.com, Lesbian Sex Mafia, International Ms Leather, the New School, and the Feminist Porn Conference

I’m a total kinky pervert, but I’m honestly not much of a gearhead; so what I’m looking for a in a sex toy is simple yet ingenious design that really does something I can’t already do with my body or my mind. Speaking of my mind, I really am the type that believes the sexiest part of the body is between the ears, so I treasure my sex books and porn DVDs as much as anything in my toy bag. - Tina Horn

Twitter: @TinaHornsAss

 

Elle Chase's Picks

Sex educator, author and body acceptance and pleasure advocate Elle Chase is a powerful voice and thought-leader in the sexual health community, a key influencer in the body acceptance movement, and the author of Curvy Girl Sex: 101 Body-Positive Positions to Empower your Sex Life. Elle is also the creator of the award-winning feminist sensual images blog LadyCheeky.com, which was named one of Huffington Post’s and Cosmopolitan's Best Porn Sites for Women. In addition to authoring Curvy Girl Sex, Elle edited the popular the NSFW Totally Naughty Coloring Book. Here, you will find all of Elle's favorite sex toys and accessories. "What you see below is my idea of sexual pleasure perfection!"

Twitter: @TheElleChase

 

​Dr. Hernando Chaves

Dr. Hernando Chaves is a licensed marriage and family therapist, professor of psychology and human sexuality, and sex educator. Dr. Chaves’ sex therapy practice specializes in erotic minorities (LGBTQQI, BDSM, fetishism, nomonogamy, unique sexual lifestyles and expression), couples sexual/relational difficulties, and sexual concerns/dysfunctions. He teaches human sexuality and various psychology courses at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA. Dr. Chaves has presented domestically and internationally at various conferences and institutions, was co-host for Penthouse magazine's “Sex Academy” instructional series with Dr. Ava Cadell and script writer/producer for BaDoinkVR virtual reality sex therapy instructional video. Dr. Chaves is a sex columnist for Sexpert.com, AskMen.com and a contributing author to the International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality.

Dr. Chaves will be DONATING all personal proceeds from his educator page to the Free Speech Coaltion (FSC) and the ACLU. A purchase from his page benefits these organizations.

Twitter: @Hernando_Chaves