As we reported recently, the Center for Sex & Culture (CSC), a San Francisco-based sex positive community center, is closing its physical space at the end of this month.

The Center held a “farewell shindig” Friday, January 25. The Center’s director and co-founder Carol Queen said of the event: “What a wonderful pleasure to see so many faces from our 15-ish years… [A]pologies to anyone whose new partner I didn’t meet, who I left in mid-sentence as someone else came up, who I didn’t have a chance to speak to at all. I saw you there, gracing that room, and was so moved and overwhelmed that we brought together such a stellar crowd. Big love to everyone.”

Queen added that, “[W]e WILL see you again. We have not all parted.” The Center’s newsletter will continue to be active on a limited basis, and organizers will be holding pop-ups and attending other events.

Now, it’s time for a fire sale.

Per Queen, “We will gather again, next Sunday [February 3] 11am-6pm, for a CSC yard sale and non-profit share-fest. The stuff at CSC can find new homes via sale or gift — to nonprofits only, not allowed to give away to for-profits.”

Here are some of the items that will be available:

Bookshelves, ladders, ladder railing

Storage shelves

Little fridge, microwave

File cabinets

Bolt-to-floor safe

Two theatre curtains — one black, one red

Folding wall on wheels, tri-fold “extra walls”

Desk from library

Variety of stools

Small wood library table

Little pink typing table

Some lighting stuff

Mirrors

Funky old library shelves

If you want to reserve an item or make an offer, contact Queen directly. The Center is located at 2261 Market St. #455-A in San Francisco, CA.

The closure of the CSC’s physical space is an undeniable sadness for the sex positive community. Though certainly the Center may relocate to another less bananas-expensive location — perhaps presenting opportunity to reach new communities and provide services and space for individuals who previously had none — this closure marks the end of a significant era within the adult community.