Seattle Sex Positive Community Center
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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.
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[edit] 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. 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 empolyees 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.
[edit] 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.
- 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.
[edit] 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. As of 2006 there have been more then 8,000 members, with around 2,000 active members today.
[edit] References
- The Stranger, Hot Town. Retrieved on November 7, 2005.
- sexuality.org. Retrieved on November 7, 2005.
