Center for Sex Positive Culture (CSPC)

The Center for Sex Positive Culture (CSPC) is a volunteer-run, 501(c)(7) nonprofit membership organization based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1999. It describes its mission as creating spaces to celebrate, develop, and explore sexuality and sensuality among a diverse community, with programming spanning kink and BDSM, swinging, polyamory, and queer-centered events. CSPC's original venue on 15th Ave in Interbay closed in 2016, and after a change in leadership in 2017, the organization resumed in-person events in January 2018. Events are now held on a per-event rental basis at Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S in Seattle's Pioneer Square, the permanent home of CSPC's sister organization, the Pan Eros Foundation. The main floor holds play stations, a coat closet, and gender-neutral restrooms, and is reachable via a portable wheelchair ramp; the basement level is stairs-only and excluded from essential group activities. Members bring their own padlocks for basement lockers, and the organization provides safer-sex supplies, clean linens, and a water-filling station. Alcohol and drugs are prohibited entirely, including outside beverages brought in. Access requires membership, priced on a sliding scale from $5 to $20 per month (or $100 to $220 annually) across Reduced, Standard, and Supporter tiers, and prospective members must complete a New Member Orientation before buying a ticket. Recurring in-person parties include Fresh Meet, LaQueer, Myself!, Femmes on Top, All In!, Sense & Sensuality, and The Grind, each priced at $30 with a sliding scale available. Tickets are sold online only, at least six hours before an event with no door sales, and valid photo ID is required of every attendee; masking has been recommended but not required since February 2024.