Gee, I don't really enjoy street sex fairs very much, Del. In San Francisco they tend to be mostly big scary guys wearing only tiny bits of leather. Certainly, there is not much there for committed heterosexuals, unless they are voyeurs.
I do think our sex store, Good Vibrations--you know, the one with the vibrator museum--is a nice, peaceful place to go to explore erotic themes. And I think the Renaissance Pleasure Faire is a TOTAL turn on. Well, at least it turns me on. I was tempted to jump my husband behind a tree on a warm fall day there, with eucalyptus leaves swaying in the wind, colorful banners and streamers flying off the branches, Elizabethan music playing, me having drunk a couple of glasses of mead . . . but I digress!
I actually think public sex fairs like the one I assume you are talking about, which is called the Folsom Street Fair, shouldn't be held. It does nothing but harm to the gay community, and gives the religious right video footage to use against them which truly IS offensive. I realize that part of the psychodrama right now with gays in San Francisco is that it is exhilirating to be public about their sexuality because it is still hidden in most places, but I hope that at whatever time in the future they feel more free, they will start behaving more responsibly, because right now this hurts them in many ways. Basically I think that ANYONE should be able to hold hands in public, and hug and kiss, gay, straight, whatever. Beyond that, I think private sexual display should stay private. |
