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Come as You Are (sex shop)

Come As You Are is a sex-positive sex shop located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1997 by Cory Silverberg, Sandra Haar, and Carey Grey as a democratic worker-owner cooperative in the model of the United States–based Good Vibrations.

Overview

Come As You Are Co-operative has an educational and community-based mandate, to provide a store where people can access sex information and products. The sex shop has a focus on making sexuality products accessible for disabled people.. The co-op also provided Canada's only sex toy recycling program, and provides gender affirming gear via their GenderGear site.

Education

Come As You Are offers sex education, health workshops by notable sex-positive authors and educators, including Susie Bright, Carol Queen, Emily Nagoski, and others. The co-op also provides education outreach workshops to local community groups and universities.

In 2013, Come As You Are won The Co-operators' National Co-op Challenge with a proposal to bring their educational outreach to communities across Canada.

Recognition

Come As You Are has consistently been voted Toronto's best sex shop by the readers of Now Toronto and has been cited as Toronto's "most inclusive sex shop".

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