San Francisco, January 20, 2012: On Sunday, January 29, at 5:30pm, survivors, friends and fans of porn polymath John Leslie will gather for a memorial circle to honor him at the Center for Sex & Culture. CSC is located in San Francisco at 1349 Mission near 10th Street.

Porn great John Leslie died in December 2010; this gathering will be held just a few days after the anniversary of his birthday to remember a life that changed erotic imagery as much as any other porn star of the Golden Age or beyond.

Join John's longtime friend and colleague Richard Pacheco (pictured with him above, during the time period when made porn classic Talk Dirty to Me [a take-off of the Steinbeck novella Of Mice and Men]), his widow Kathleen Nuzzo, and the Center for Sex & Culture community to honor John's memory. A true renaissance man (of porn and many other creative endeavors), John's life will be commemorated with film clips and a memory circle starring his friends, colleagues and fans.

No charge - donations to CSC, a nonprofit educationalk organization, will be gratefully accepted. Refreshments provided. The memory circle will be videotaped for archival purposes, but participants may ask that the camera be turned off (or away from them) if they choose. For more about John Leslie and his career: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leslie_%28pornographic_actor%29

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About the Center for Sex & Culture:

The Center for Sex & Culture is a three-time winner of the SF Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay award (Best Emerging Sex Non-profit, 2005, Best Erotic Resurrection for its Erotic Reading Circle, 2007, and Best Contest for Wankers, 2009) and was included in SF Weekly's 2005 Best Of San Francisco listing as "Best Place to Watch Pornos (and Be Considered Intellectual)" and as its 2011 winner as "Best Palace of Self-Pleasure." CSC hosts educational and cultural events having to do with sexuality for adults of every orientation and gender that span the continuum from didactic to experiential. It maintains a sexuality library and archive and supports sex-related research projects. CSC is a 501(c)(3) educational organization; for more detail, to sign up for twice-monthly e-mailed event updates and/or its press list, please email carol@sexandculture.org. To peruse the events calendar or learn more about the Center for Sex & Culture, see www.sexandculture.org.