ABOUT

Pleasure Portals are intimate & intentional sapphic experiences that are woven from the intersection of sensuality, spirituality, self-discovery, and play.

We create curated experiences that invite attendees to cross the thresholds of pleasure, power, and presence to transform curiosity into connection.

Rooted in consent and care, our offerings are designed for queer sapphics who are seeking deeper intimacy and play with themselves, each other, and the unseen.

We truly believe that pleasure is a doorway—a portal—into truth, liberation, and belonging.

Pleasure Portals is expanding beyond our original all-inclusive gatherings to meet pleasure, curiosity, and connection in many forms. While our immersive events remain a core part of this work, we now offer a range of experiences designed to support different needs, capacities, and entry points.

Each offering is rooted in the same values — intention, presence, care, and integrity — while varying in format, depth, duration, and price. Explore what’s available and choose what feels most aligned for you in this moment.

OFFERINGS

  • Our signature, all-inclusive Pleasure Portals experiences. These gatherings are intentionally curated to be intimate, multi-sensory, and spacious, offering opportunities for connection, exploration, and rest within a carefully held container.

  • Facilitated learning experiences focused on specific themes, practices, or curiosities. Workshops may be shorter in length and more structured than our immersive gatherings, while still offering depth, embodiment, and shared exploration.

  • One-off or limited-run experiences created in collaboration with aligned artists, practitioners, or community partners. These offerings are often playful, experimental, and responsive — allowing us to explore pleasure through new lenses and creative formats.

  • Private, personalized sessions designed for deeper attention, care, and intention. These offerings support those seeking a more focused or customized experience within the Pleasure Portals ethos.

  • Digital offerings that extend the Pleasure Portals experience beyond physical space. These may include online gatherings, virtual workshops, community membership spaces, and written offerings designed to support accessibility, reflection, and ongoing connection.

  • Extended, immersive experiences that invite a slower pace and deeper integration. Retreats offer space to step away from daily life and engage with pleasure, presence, and connection over multiple days in thoughtfully chosen environments.

  • Larger-scale Pleasure Portals experiences rooted in shared exploration, celebration, and community!

    This includes hosting our own festival offering as well as facilitating Pleasure Portals sessions at other aligned festivals, bringing our ethos of intention, care, and connection into wider communal spaces.

   FAQ

  • Pleasure Portals is for sapphic queers, 21+, who are looking to be in intentional connection with themselves and each other in a way that centers presence through the senses in a playful, creative, and intuitive way. This space is explicitly inclusive and welcoming of trans, non-binary, and BIPOC sapphics. In our aim to create a comfortable sapphic sanctuary, attendance for allies and cisgender men is not available at this time, respectfully. Attendance is not available at any time for homophobes, racists, TERFS, fascists, etc, disrespectfully. 

  • Each offering is so different! Our offerings are informed by the energy of the astrological seasons and the energetic pulse of creation and connection. We are expanding into new realms of possibility, so be sure to check out the “UPCOMING” section of our site for all the details on what’s next!

  • For queer communities, embracing joy, pleasure, and connection is not about ignoring pain, but about refusing to let oppression dictate the limits of our lives. This is not toxic positivity. We are not bypassing suffering, we are insisting that even in times of great grief, we deserve great joy. 

    Systems of power thrive when marginalized people are too exhausted, too lonely, or too afraid to imagine (let alone fight for) a world where we flourish. The queer joy we cultivate together within the Pleasure Portal disrupts narratives of despair. It fuels our movements, connects us to our bodies and each other, and reminds us why we keep going. 

  • Pleasure Portals offerings are thoughtfully curated experiences rooted in care, intention, and sustainability. Pricing reflects the true cost of creating spaces that feel well-held, beautiful, and aligned with our values.

    We prioritize quality, intimacy, and integrity over transactional experiences, and pricing will vary depending on the scope and format of each offering.

  • Yes, we offer work trade opportunities as well as sliding scale accessibility discounts for BIPOC, Trans, ADA, and those experiencing financial hardship

  • We provide a fully stocked sanitation station that includes individually wrapped and sealed masks, hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, sanitizing hand wipes, and body wipes.

    Covid testing requirements are implemented on a case by case basis.

  • Our events are oftentimes at private venues rather than public spaces, so the ADA accessibility is variable depending on the exact location. We will flag the accessibility of each venue so attendees know what to expect in advance.

  • Portals are inherently places of mystery. Each Pleasure Portal offering is a doorway into a different world that only can be captured in the moment with pure presence. We are tapped into co-creating the experience together in the moment. It truly is something that you just have to be there to fully grasp because it’s not a mental thing to be understood, it’s an  embodied thing to be felt.