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As part of their recognition as a leader in sex-positive culture and education, Good
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The Good
Vibrations sex-toy shop is worth visiting just to see their Antique Vibrator Museum. Who knew that vibrators have been around since 1869 and were prescribed by physicians to treat 'hysteria.' Fascinating. Their Antique Vibrator Museum has free docent led tours on the third Sunday of the
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Midwest. Barnaby Ltd bought the company from GVA-TWN. In 2009 Jackie Rednour-Bruckman (Strano), a former worker-owner from the original co-operative, returned to become Chief Operations Officer and then Executive Vice President.
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events and organizations, groups that support sexual health, and other charities. Its GiVe donations program has aided in this. The company is a leading employer of transgender people.
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Several Good
Releasing films have been nominated for or have received awards, many from the films by director Courtney Trouble, who helped develop the Reel Queer Productions studio:
269:. The formal grand opening celebration was pushed to 29 January 2011. The sixth retail location opened its doors on Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland, California, on January 2, 2012.
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and books about sexual health and pleasure, and pioneered the concept of the "sex-positive, clean, well-lighted place" to buy sex toys. One part of the store displayed antique
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National Masturbation Month; this strategy to get people to discuss masturbation by getting pledges from their friends later inspired a live event developed by the
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and woman-centered alternative to the adult bookstores of the time, Good
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