SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Carol Queen is celebrating 30 years at Good Vibrations, where she continues to innovate and enlighten as staff sexologist.
She is a writer and cultural sexologist with a bachelor's in sociology and a Ph.D. in human sexuality and the curator of Good Vibrations’ Antique Vibrator Museum. In 2000, she co-founded (with Dr. Robert Morgan Lawrence) the Center for Sex & Culture nonprofit.
Queen says that throughout her three decades at Good Vibes, the company has stayed true to its mission.
“Quality products, good sex information, and SESAs trained to speak to just about anyone about just about anything,” Queen said. “It’s still people who believe Good Vibrations plays an important role in helping people, and in making more space for sexuality, relationship configuration, and gender issues.”
Queen is a noted essayist, as well as the author of four books: the essay collection “Real Live Nude Girl,” “The Leather Daddy and the Femme,” “Exhibitionism for the Shy” and “The Sex & Pleasure Book: Good Vibrations Guide to Great Sex for Everyone.” A prolific writer and contributor, her contributions can be found in several volumes of Best American Erotica as well as in many books she’s edited or co-edited: Best Bisexual Erotica, Sex Spoken Here, Switch Hitters, PoMoSexuals and more.
Beyond the written word, Carol has addressed numerous scholarly and professional conferences, from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, to the Oxford Union at Oxford University, England. She appears frequently on television programs offering sex education.
Queen is active on behalf of progressive sex education and sexual diversity issues. Outside of her role at Good Vibrations, she is closely affiliated with the bisexual and sex work communities, and has been speaking publicly about non-mainstream sexualities, from lesbian to leather, for over 45 years.
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