WELCOME TO KINKY SALON NEW ORLEANS!
We're an inclusive, sex-positive community based in New Orleans. We're part of the global Kinky Salon movement, originally out of San Francisco but it's an organisation that has chapters all over the world.
You can find out more about Kinky Salon - its history, its aims and its charter, as well as global events, by visiting the main KINKY SALON WEBSITE
WHAT IS KINKY SALON?
In short, Kinky Salon is a community based in San Francisco, founded in 2003 by Polly Pandemonium and Scott Levkoff. The Mission of Kinky Salon is to provide a safe space for people of all persuasions to explore their sexuality without fear of judgment. Their goal is to create a space that feels safe enough, and fun enough, and different enough from everyday life, that people try things outside their comfort zone. They see the liberalization of sexuality as a means of personal transformation, and personal transformation as a means of cultural transformation.
WHAT KINKY SALON IS NOT!
A swinger's party with hetero-normative and male-controlled spaces. We are anti-patriarchy. We discourage cruising, lurking and unwanted voyeurism, and we make the parties as welcoming and safe as we can for people of all persuasions who wish to express themselves sexually without judgement or inhibition. If you aren't comfortable costuming, contributing to an other-worldly experience or being around inclusive and queer expressions of sex, then we're probably not for you. And we don't tolerate intolerance.
WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU HOLD EVENTS?
We intend to hold a large party in New Orleans around every three months. We will announce the venue to people who buy tickets, but it will always be a well-decorated, well-equipped downtown venue. Our mailing list also receives occasional details of less formal, smaller parties, and adult sex ed classes.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT AT A KINKY SALON PARTY?
No space can be a 100% safe space but we try and create the safest space possible at all times. In the week before any party, we hold compulsory orientation sessions where we outline our values and expected behaviour. We've found that this really helps everyone get on the same page and makes for an experience that's as comfortable and fun as it can be for as many people as possible. Our parties are monitored by walk-around volunteers who can help with any anxieties or concerns, and we strive for a low-pressure, inclusive environment. Everyone must attend with a PAL, so everyone is accountable to and responsible for somebody in the venue. It helps create a sense of community and accountability and it has worked really well.
WHO CAN BE A PAL?
Really anyone that you know and trust! It can be a partner or a lover or just a good friend (of any gender, of course!). As long as you trust them, they can be your PAL. If they behave badly and have to leave the party, then so do you, and so it creates a self-policing system. We haven't had to eject many people in almost a decade of producing parties, so the system seems to work!
HOW DO YOU SPEND THE MONEY YOU MAKE?
The short answer: on our parties. We don't take money for ourselves, we invest any money left over into the next party, meaning that each party should be better than the last. We take care of our performers to give you a great show, and we're constantly on the lookout for more exciting venues, more daring acts and more seductive play rooms. We want to spend our money on YOU.
HOW DO I GET INVOLVED?
Please get involved! Our main objective is to grow COMMUNITY. A place where we all know and look out for each other. A place where you can express yourself sexually and artistically without fear of judgement or objectification, no matter your gender, sexuality or preferences. You can come and join us as a volunteer, as an artist, as a vendor or...as anything you want. Any contribution is welcomed. Anything that helps us grow and include even more of the people that make Kinky Salon what it is.
The best way to say hi and stay abreast of what we're doing is to JOIN OUR MAILING LIST.
You can find out more about Kinky Salon - its history, its aims and its charter, as well as global events, by visiting the main KINKY SALON WEBSITE
WHAT IS KINKY SALON?
In short, Kinky Salon is a community based in San Francisco, founded in 2003 by Polly Pandemonium and Scott Levkoff. The Mission of Kinky Salon is to provide a safe space for people of all persuasions to explore their sexuality without fear of judgment. Their goal is to create a space that feels safe enough, and fun enough, and different enough from everyday life, that people try things outside their comfort zone. They see the liberalization of sexuality as a means of personal transformation, and personal transformation as a means of cultural transformation.
WHAT KINKY SALON IS NOT!
A swinger's party with hetero-normative and male-controlled spaces. We are anti-patriarchy. We discourage cruising, lurking and unwanted voyeurism, and we make the parties as welcoming and safe as we can for people of all persuasions who wish to express themselves sexually without judgement or inhibition. If you aren't comfortable costuming, contributing to an other-worldly experience or being around inclusive and queer expressions of sex, then we're probably not for you. And we don't tolerate intolerance.
WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU HOLD EVENTS?
We intend to hold a large party in New Orleans around every three months. We will announce the venue to people who buy tickets, but it will always be a well-decorated, well-equipped downtown venue. Our mailing list also receives occasional details of less formal, smaller parties, and adult sex ed classes.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT AT A KINKY SALON PARTY?
No space can be a 100% safe space but we try and create the safest space possible at all times. In the week before any party, we hold compulsory orientation sessions where we outline our values and expected behaviour. We've found that this really helps everyone get on the same page and makes for an experience that's as comfortable and fun as it can be for as many people as possible. Our parties are monitored by walk-around volunteers who can help with any anxieties or concerns, and we strive for a low-pressure, inclusive environment. Everyone must attend with a PAL, so everyone is accountable to and responsible for somebody in the venue. It helps create a sense of community and accountability and it has worked really well.
WHO CAN BE A PAL?
Really anyone that you know and trust! It can be a partner or a lover or just a good friend (of any gender, of course!). As long as you trust them, they can be your PAL. If they behave badly and have to leave the party, then so do you, and so it creates a self-policing system. We haven't had to eject many people in almost a decade of producing parties, so the system seems to work!
HOW DO YOU SPEND THE MONEY YOU MAKE?
The short answer: on our parties. We don't take money for ourselves, we invest any money left over into the next party, meaning that each party should be better than the last. We take care of our performers to give you a great show, and we're constantly on the lookout for more exciting venues, more daring acts and more seductive play rooms. We want to spend our money on YOU.
HOW DO I GET INVOLVED?
Please get involved! Our main objective is to grow COMMUNITY. A place where we all know and look out for each other. A place where you can express yourself sexually and artistically without fear of judgement or objectification, no matter your gender, sexuality or preferences. You can come and join us as a volunteer, as an artist, as a vendor or...as anything you want. Any contribution is welcomed. Anything that helps us grow and include even more of the people that make Kinky Salon what it is.
The best way to say hi and stay abreast of what we're doing is to JOIN OUR MAILING LIST.