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On Friday, May 16, join us for an evening of film and cultural reflection at Documenting Dyke Desires: Lesbian and Queer Porn, Pleasure, and Politics in 1990s San Francisco, a one-night only event that revisits and celebrates the revolutionary sex-positive lesbian scene that emerged in the Bay Area during the 1990s.

This free event will feature a screening of Safe is Desire (1993), a groundbreaking lesbian safer sex film produced by Fatale Media and directed by Debi Sundahl. The film, praised for its bold representation of lesbian sexuality and commitment to sexual health, was a pioneering work at the intersection of feminist porn and queer sexual health politics.

Accompanying the screening is a dynamic panel discussion bringing together key voices to reflect on the legacy of 1990s dyke porn, the politics of representation, and how this vibrant era helped lay the groundwork for today’s feminist and queer adult media landscapes.

Panelists include:

Karen Everett, Documentary Filmmaker and Story Consultant
Jiz Lee, Marketing Director, CrashPadSeries.com
Carol Queen, Ph.D., Sexologist and Co-Founder, Center for Sex and Culture
Christina Sophie, Sex and Relationship Coaching
Moderated by Lynn Comella, Ph.D., Professor and Co-Founder of UNLV’s Sexual Entertainment and Economies Collecting Initiative.

Event Info:

Date: Friday, May 16
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Folsom Center, 1286 Folsom @ 9th Street, San Francisco
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and early arrival is recommended.

Co-sponsored by:
The Center for Sex and Culture, PinkLabel.TV, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Sexual Entertainment and Economies Collection

Join us for an evening that honors the radical creativity, activism, and erotic expression of a defining era in sexual and film history.

Can’t make this one-night only event? Watch Safe is Desire and other films from the era here:

Safe is Desire

Debi Sundahl

Allie and Dion are in love, but sex issues threaten their new relationship. They visit a San Francisco sex club where they see a lust-filled lesbian orgy, including a delightfully playful demonstration by the Safe Sex Sluts and other downright kinky lesbian sex. Raw lust and passion with a heart, Safe is Desire is beautifully shot, scripted and performed.
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Sugar High Glitter City

Jack Strano, Shar Rednour

It’s the future. Sugar is outlawed. Cane-addicted dykes stop at nothing to get it – even selling their own bodies! The dynamic dyke team of S.I.R. Video slams the dykespoitation genre into fast-forward with this sticky-fingered belly-crawl through Glitter City’s underworld of sugar-pimps and candy hos. Fabulously diverse cast and multiple dyke sexualities crunch to the center in this fast-paced futuristic farce. Urban-encrusted glam, gutter-glitter lust, and candy-coated sleaze. The lesbian sugar fiends stop at nothing to get some!
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Afterschool Special & Turn Me Up Over and On

Apriluscious, Carolyn Caizzi

In Afterschool Special, Boston dykes do the nasty when they go after the naughtiest good girl. One of the hottest shorts we’ve seen in a long time, Afterschool Special will get you wet before you know it. You won’t be able to sit still as Dame X, Lydia Thrill, J. Bones and Spike initiate our girl to the thrills of raw lesbian SEX! And don’t miss the biggest, hottest tits ever! Oh, mama! Directed by Apriluscious. “Best Short” winner of Fatale Media’s Best Lesbian Sex Contest.
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Hey Sailor, Hey Sister

mtv-tch

An artfully erotic tale of imagination and desire. The story of a naval officer who, arriving to port with just her duffel bag and leather chaps, goes looking for adventure — and finds it. Has the sailor returned home for good, or is she on weekend leave? Is the woman she meets on the docks a working girl, or a kindred soul looking for more than fun? Do they fall in love, or do they just…? In this slightly mysterious tale of fast pick-ups and safe sex, questions like these serve to heighten the erotic charge of the encounter these two women share.

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Suburban Dykes

Debi Sundahl

Nina Hartley and Pepper are a suburban lesbian couple who use a phone sex service for the first time, wanting to add some playfulness to their sex life.
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The Kindling Point

Teri Rice

Become the voyeur in this breathtaking, visually stunning, encounter with fire. A riveting look at real lesbian provocative sexual deviance. From the very first frame to the very last, the audience is swept into a vortex of voyeurism.

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Bathroom Sluts

Lulu Sanchez

Bathroom Sluts features a group of five lesbians who engage in group sex, bondage shaving, and various forms of penetration. In one scene, you get a rare glimpse of a dominant butch getting off without giving up her control.

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Bloodsisters

Michelle Handelman

From pushy bottoms to macho femmes, BloodSisters is an A-Z documentary guide that takes an in-depth look at the San Francisco leatherdyke scene during the mid-nineties, shattering assumptions about gender and lesbian sexuality.

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Girl King

pietrobruno

Captain Candy captures a virgin Butch with the promise that if Butch can find the Queen’s stolen treasure, he will receive his heart’s desire—the seductive femme Claudia. Soon Butch is sailing on treacherous seas, swept away by dangerous desires.

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Herstory of Porn

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This 1995 special feature includes Annie’s commentary, which is provocative, revealing and humorous, and also commentary by film scholar Linda Williams from UC Berkeley, author of the book Hard Core.

“You’ll see the best (and worst) clips from dozens of the 150+ films that I have made from 1973 until the present. Marvel at rare hippie porn, early fetish films, feminist porn, art porn, couples erotica, trans docu-porn, classic XXX, and more.” ~ Annie Sprinkle

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The Crash Pad

Shine Louise Houston

The Crash Pad is amazingly hot hardcore indie feminist dyke porn, sure to appeal to anyone who likes seeing gorgeous women and queers do wonderfully nasty things to one another.
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There’s a lot more early dyke and queer porn from the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s!
Check out Desirae’s guides here and here, browse studios like Fatale Media, and search classic dyke porn for more!

Featured image: Safe is Desire.