A Kink Experience for Newbies

A Kink Experience for Newbies

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A Kink Experience for Newbies

It’s not the next step; it’s the first step. And, basically, it’s the first step that counts.

A Facilitative Experience for Newbies at 910WeHo

About this Event

A fun and facilitative educational experience delving into the world of kink! Join Erin Tillman, CSE, The Dating Advice Girl and Executive Director of Sex Positive Los Angeles, and Thomas Hoffman, MS, GM of 910WeHo and Nationally Recognized Counselor. Together, they will offer a curated experience covering soft and hard skills.

Above all, we will cover the basic soft skills such as party etiquette, social skills, boundaries, power dynamics, and, of course, consent. We will also showcase hard skills.

Join us for this amazing introduction to the world of kink and the LA kink scene!

Please note that A Kink Experience for Newbies is not a play party. Consequently, there is no open play or direct participation in kink activities by guests at this event.

Schedule of Activities:

7 p.m.: Doors open 7:15–7:45pm Social time, shibari rope presentation with Rope Instructor Clinton. 8:45pm Intro from Erin and Tom and Soft Skills Mini-Workshop with Sex Educator Maria Two Straps. 8:45 – 9pm – break. 9p – 9:30pm Flogging presentation and Q&A. 9:30 – 10 p.m.Kinky toy presentation with Tom and BunBun 10 – 11 p.m.: social time

About Our Presenters:

Erin Tillman is a Certified Intimacy Coordinator, Certified Sex Educator, Inclusive Dating and Consent Empowerment Coach, Consultant, Author, Speaker, and TV/Radio/Podcast Host based in LA. She is also the current Executive Director of the sexuality nonprofit Sex-Positive Los Angeles. Moreover, she is currently serving on the SAG-AFTRA Sexual Harassment Committee. Furthermore, in 2021, Erin’s book, The Consent Guidebook, received the General Audience Book Award from the AASECT (the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists). In 2018, the California National Organization for Women (California NOW) awarded Erin with the Gender Equity Champion Award. For over ten years, she has been dedicated to empowering singles in all lifestyle and identity categories to have enjoyable dating lives, relationships, and partnerships through personal development and boundary-setting techniques.

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