INTERVIEWEES

Dr. Joycelyn Elders
Larry Flynt
Janeane Garofalo
Nina Hartley

Dr. Joycelyn Elders

15th Surgeon General of the United States, pediatric endocrinologist, public health administrator, sex educator, speaker and writer.

Larry Flynt

Iconic Founder and Chairman of the HUSTLER empire and legendary defender of the First Amendment.

Janeane Garofalo

Film actress, stand-up comedian, liberal political activist, and writer.

Nina Hartley, R.N.

World-renowned sex-educator, activist, advocate and performer. She sits on the board of the Woodhull Freedom Alliance.

Keith Morris
Joe Matt
ANT
Chris Gore

Keith Morris

An American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off! 

Joe Matt

Cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical work, Peepshow. His work is now published by Canadian publishing house Drawn and Quarterly.

ANT

Last Comic Standing, Howard Stern, Celebrity Fit Club and global stand-up comedy phenom. www.theant.com

Chris Gore

Speaker and writer on the topic of independent film. Head writer and the founder of Film Threat magazine. He was also the host and moderator of The New Movie Show with Chris Gore, on FX, in 2000. 

Andrew Susskind
Bett Dodson
Ian Kerner
Patti Britton

Sherri Williams

Founded one of the first mainstream adult stores, Pleasures, and the first adult store drive thru. Political activist who fought to overturn the sex toy ban in Alabama. Author of "Rights to our Privates.
 

Betty Dodson

American sex educator, author, and artist.  She is a founder of the pro-sex feminist movement and the "mother of masturbation.”

Ian Kerner, PhD

Licensed psychotherapist and sex therapist; NY Times best-selling author of She Comes First; founder of GoodInBed.com, a website that brings together the country's leading sex experts.

Dr. Patti Britton

Pioneering founder of SexCoachU.com, sex educator/trainer, clinician, speaker, revolutionary thought leader for sexual empowerment and sexual self realization.

Dr. Linda Mona
Robert Lawrence
Kelly Dennis, Ph.D.
Thomas Laquer

Dr. Linda Mona

Psychologist, sex therapist and educator, disability and sexuality expert, healthcare consultant. Founder of Inclusivity Clinical Consulting Services, a company that provides culturally competent psychological services and training.

Dr. Robert Lawrence

38 years of experience in the field of sex education. He has a Doctorate of Education degree in Human Sexuality and holds a second doctorate degree in health care. Co-founder of the Center for Sex & Culture

Dr. Carol Queen

An American author, editor, sociologist and sexologist active in the sex-positive feminism movement. Serves as staff sexologist to Good Vibrations, the San Francisco sex toy retailer. Co-founder of the Center for Sex & Culture.

 

 

Thomas Laquer

Cultural historian who teaches at UC Berkeley. He writes about sex and death and other matters of consequence.

Eugene Cash
Rabbi Ron Levine, PhD.
Muhammad Ali
Father John Harvey

Eugene Cash

Founding teacher of Insight Meditation Community of San Francisco. He teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and leads intensive meditation retreats internationally. He is also a teacher of the Diamond Approach.

Rabbi Ronald Levine, PhD.

Clinical psychologist, ordained Rabbi, and esteemed member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists.

Muhammed Ali

Devout Muslim, teacher, and a founding member of www.daar-ul-ehsaan.org.

Father John Harvey

An Oblate of St. Francis de Sales, and the founder of Courage, a Catholic apostolate for adults with same-sex attractions. Father Harvey is also co-editor of "Same-Sex Attraction: A Parent's Guide" (Ignatius).

Katz Stan J PhD.
Dr. Jenn
Martha Cornog
Dr. Lauren Stutman

Dr. Stan Katz

An American clinical and forensic psychologist. A critic of the codependency movement, Katz co-authored The Codependency Conspiracy: How to Break the Recovery Habit and Take Charge of Your Life.

Dr. Jenn Gunsaullus

Sociologist, sexologist, public speaker, intimacy counselor, and writer. TEDx speaker and host of the In the Den with Dr. Jenn video series on YouTube. www.DrJennsDen.com

Martha Cornog

Former librarian and writer about graphic novels/comics as well as about sexuality. Author of The Big Book of Masturbation.

Dr. Lauren Stutman

Clinical psychologist with a dual-doctorate in clinical and school psychology from Yeshiva University of Albert Einstein School of Medicine. She has a private practice that specializes in anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.

Alberto "Gordo" Tarango
Stacey Russo
Giulio Sciorio
Sadie Lune

Alberto "Gordo" Tarango

Elementary School Teacher.

Stacey Russo

Former Arizona based elementary school teacher, teacher trainer, and now coordinator of PAE Manhattan's after school enrichment programs for private, charter and public schools in NYC.

Giulio Sciorio

Minimalist photographer who creates content for small screens in a social world. He created the 'Faces of Ecstasy' exhibit, which included close up photographs of everyday peoples' faces caught in mid-orgasm. www.giuliosciorio.com

Sadie Lune

A multimedia artist, sex worker, pleasure activist, and author. She has won awards for her films and performances, exhibited explicit whore-positive work. www.sadielune.com.

Dr. Vernon Rosario
Alexander Rhodes
Amy Parish

Dr. Vernon Rosario

Associate Clinical Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and a child psychiatrist with the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health.  He writes on the history of sexuality and psychosexual development in transsexual and intersex children and adolescents.

Alexander Rhodes

Founded NoFap®, a community-centric website that serves as a support platform for those who wish to avoid the use of pornography, masturbation, and/or sexual intercourse. The website currently serves over 200,000 members.

Amy Parish

Biological anthropologist, primatologist and Darwinian feminist. Expert on the social and sexual behavior of the bonobo ape and first to characterize their societies as female-dominant matriarchies.

Dr. Max Feirstein

A clinical psychologist in Beverly Hills working with adults and couples with relationship problems, depression, anxiety, trauma and grief, OCD, eating disorders, life transitions, as well as families and children. www.dr-max.com.

Ducky Doolittle
M.J. Ecker
Tom Reicher
Robert Hickey

Ducky Doolittle

A pleasure-based Sex Educator and a foremost expert in the pleasure product / sex toy industry and author of  Sex With The Lights On: 200 Illuminating Sex Questions Answered.

M.J. Ecker

Founded JackinWorld, the first online resource for healthy information about masturbation, which launched in 1996.

Tom Reichert

Has been teaching, researching and writing about advertising since 1993. Served as Department Head of University of Georgia Grady College since 2010. He also co-founded and co-directs UGA's Cannes Lions study abroad program.

Dr. Eric W. Hickey

Teaches criminal psychology at California State University, Fresno. Dr. Hickey has appeared on National Public Radio, Larry King Live, 20/20, Good Morning America, Court TV, A&E, and Discovery.

Brian Jordan
Dr. Cappy Rothman

Andrew Susskind

LCSW, SEP, CGP, Psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Certified Group Psychotherapist and Certified Coach. Author of From Now On: Seven Keys to Purposeful Recovery.  Los Angeles-based private practice.

Brian Jordan

Former Director of Marketing for gay.com from 2007-2009; he continues to work in marketing at various technology companies.

Cory Silverberg

Cory Silverberg is a sexuality educator, author, public speaker, and was a founding member of the Come As You Are Co-operative. www.corysilverberg.com.

Dr. Cappy Rothman (A.K.A. The Sperm King)

A board certified urologist and nationally recognized authority on andrology, the urological sub-specialty of male reproductive health, and human sperm banking. Founder of The Center for Male Reproductive Medicine.

Jayme Waxman
gail wyatt

Jayme Waxman

MFTI, sex educator, writer, producer, director and author of the books, Getting Off: A Woman's Guide to Masturbation, Hot Sex, and How to Break Up With Anyone.

Kelly Dennis, PhD.

Historian of art and photography. She is the author of Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching (Berg 2009).

Richard Gaskin (aka Professir X)

A paralyzed journalist, producer, advocate and entertainer with aspirations to bring diversity into mainstream media. President and founder of www.ibelieveinc.org.

Dr. Gail Wyatt

Director of the UCLA Sexual Health Program, a clinical psychologist, sex therapist, NIMH Research Scientist Career Development Awardee for 17 years, and the first licensed African-American woman psychologist in California. 

Dr. Michael DeMarco

Adjunct faculty, psychotherapist, clinical sexologist in private practice at www.mytherapist.info

Dr. Angela Wu

A licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) and a certified doctor of oriental medicine (O.M.D) with more than 30 years experience in acupuncture, herbology, and other Chinese healing arts.

Wendy Sanford

A founding member of Our Bodies Ourselves. She has co-authored and edited the many versions of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” over a period of 40 years (including 2011 edition), focusing especially on women’s sexuality, body image, and women loving women.

Judy Norsidian

Co-founder and former executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves as well as co-author of all editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves, speaks and writes frequently on a wide range of women's health concerns.

Drew Fin-Kelson
Quoc Lam
Joani Blank
Brian & Kathy Shubin

Gary J. Clyman

Tai Chi master instructor, holistic healer, author, and licensed acupuncturist. Author of The Chi Kung Bible: Beyond Self-Help: Mastering Personal Power.

 

Quoc Lam

Dynamic speaker and presenter, motivational wellness coach, sexual health educator, HIV Counselor Trainer, advocate, Program Manager of many sexual health intervention programs throughout the country... And avid masturbator.

Joani Blank

Founded Down There Press, a publisher of sex-related books and opened Good Vibrations, the second feminist sex toy business in the United States. One of the first volunteers at San Francisco Sex Information and has served on the Board of Directors of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.

Steve & Kathy Shubin

Husband and Wife team and owners of Interactive Life Forms. Steve is the creator of the Fleshlight, one of the hottest selling masturbation devices for men.

Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S

Sr. VP of National Clinical Development for Elements Behavioral Health, and internationally acknowledged clinician, subject expert and author of self help literature and books on sex, intimacy and addiction in the digital age.

Billy Steinberg

An American songwriter. Co-wrote the hits "Like a Virgin" by Madonna (1984), and "I Touch Myself" by the Divinyls (1990), along with many more songs too numerous to mention in a short bio.

Anthony J. Santella, DrPH

Public health and sexual health researcher and educator interested in expanding and normalizing HIV and STI testing and bringing sexual health promotion to the suburbs!

Lara Calvert-York

Executive Director at Spectrum Community Services, and former Board Trustee of the Fremont Unified School District.