About The Wet Spot
Origins (1999)
The Wet Spot grew directly out of the BDSM-related programming hosted by Allena Gabosch at the Beyond the Edge Cafe. As demand for a dedicated, members-only space grew, a small group of organizers held a fundraiser in March 1999 and opened the doors shortly after. Founders famously joked at the time that they would be thrilled to reach 200 members. The first year brought closer to 2,000.
Mission
The Wet Spot exists to provide an educational and recreational space where adults can explore sex-positive culture in safety, with consent, and in community.
The organization served BDSM, swinging, polyamorous, queer, and sex-positive communities. The model was unusual for its time: a 501(c)(7) recreational club paired later with a sister 501(c)(3) educational foundation, run largely by volunteers, governed by a strong consent culture and explicit house rules.
Spaces
Through this era The Wet Spot operated out of an Interbay location in Seattle. Members described two distinct rooms: a quieter front lounge for socializing and classes, and a back play space for parties and scene work. An annex building was added in 2007 to support growing programming.
Growth and rebrand (2007)
By September 2007 the organization had registered more than 10,000 members across its history. That same year the Wet Spot reorganized and rebranded to the Center for Sex Positive Culture (CSPC), with a sister educational nonprofit (the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture, later renamed Pan-Eros) handling classes and outreach. The Wet Spot name retired with the rebrand.
The Wet Spot today
The community, the leadership lineage, and most of the recurring programming described on this site continue under CSPC. If you are looking for a current event, a class, or a membership application, please visit thecspc.org. This archive does not operate the space and cannot answer current questions about it.
Why this archive exists
A number of community members searching for the original Wet Spot site found it had been parked or replaced with a domain landing page. This archive restores a faithful summary of what the organization was, partly as a community keepsake and partly as a reference point for newer practitioners learning about the history of organized sex-positive culture in the Pacific Northwest.