The Erotic Awards: Mission Statement

The Erotic Awards raise funds for Outsiders, our charity which helps disabled people gain confidence and find partners.

Every year, since 1994, we herald the most talented, and influential sex-positive pioneers.
Together, we create a sensational show and exhibition of their work and honour our winners with a Golden Flying Penis Trophy.

Grand Jury of Conspicuous Sensuality

Mikey Argy
Mikey became a winner in last year's Erotic Awards and has since accepted our invitation join the judges and also become Outsiders' Spokesperson. Mikey became famous for her campaigning for financial compensation to be paid to people affected by Thalidomide and is becoming a delightful force in our team. www.stoptears.org

Sarah Berry  As editor of Forum before it folded, Sarah has made it her business to know what is happening in the sex word, and conduct in-depth interviews with pioneers. She's now on a voyage: working in Sh!, enjoying other work in the industry, putting on a fetish night for disabled people and training to become a sex therapist.

Lara Clifton After changing the face of Hoxton striptease in 90's, Lara started the first, most fashionable and successful burlesque nights, Whooppee. Whooppee was given Arts Council funding to appear at the Edinburgh Festival and was copied around the world. Lara is now turning to pastures new and has agreed to join our team.

Helen Croydon One of the top British journalists to cover sexual issues and sexual politics in our major broadsheets. Author of Sugar-Daddy Diaries, presenter, broadcaster, writer in the sex industry and media personal trainer.” www.helencroydon.com
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sugar-Daddy-Diaries-Fantasy-Obsession/dp/1845967666

John Keiller  John is primarily a web-designer who lives and works in the Highlands of Scotland - however, being one who is easily bored he tries to vary his interests: these currently include cosmology, georgian restorative paintwork, trebuchet design from 16th century and is also studying law with the open university. He is also devoted parent - and is often delusional. He can be contacted here

Tulloch Kempe (Chair and Stage Manager) Tulloch trained at St Martins School of Art and worked in design consultancy and event production, organising his own events. He then became Executive Director of a mental health charity in Camden. Tulloch now manages a number of community projects for a branch of Age Concern as well as running his own eclectic consultancy – Idea Consultancy. http://ideaconsultancy.webs.com/

Julian Marsh III Writer, film-maker and blue movie historian, with over 20 years experience of the adult industry. He curated the Sexploitation Cinema retrospective at BFI Southbank and was involved with the Pornorama Festival. He is currently involved in creating the Erotic Film Society, to encourage appreciation of all aspects of sex on screen.

Mouse  Multi-talented performance and visual artist who visits art galleries in the same spirit as other people go to church. She has worked with the stars: Matthew Barney, Ron Athey, Revisions of Excess and at The Box. As well as being a writer, life model, pop star and film maker, Mouse puts on the most extraordinary cabaret act in the world.
http://CarryOnMouse.co.uk

Dr Tuppy Owens (Director) With over three decades of research compiling the Sex Maniac's Diary, Tuppy sits at the hub of the Erotic Universe. She's a campaigner, sex therapist and writer. She founded both the charity that we support, Outsiders and the Erotic Awards itself, and the Night of the Senses. www.outsiders.org.uk, www.shada.org.uk, www.tlc-trust.org.uk, www.erotic-awards.co.uk and www.nightofthesenses.com

Helen Player  Erotic poet, arts & events organiser. When she's not busy running teams of volunteers at festivals, she works in the Tate. Her e-book “Pending for Helen” is a collection of over a hundred poems to be released on:
www.diesel-ebooks.com/author/Player

Ashley Savage A photographer whose portfolio has been described as “a celebration of otherness” by virtue of its exploration of issues such as gender, sexuality, disability, body modification and contemporary fetishism. Ashley has photographed our events since 1998 and is now in his third year as a judge. As a trained counsellor, he is especially interested in the therapeutic use of photography and is currently focusing on several projects: one, entitled, “Bodies of Difference” aimed at challenging perceptions of disability and sexuality, whilst another project, “Cancer Sucks” documents performance artist, Tutu, and her fight to overcome breast cancer.
www.savageskin.co.uk

Outsiders

Outsiders was founded in 1979, a club for disabled people to live life to the full, and find sexual partners. Outsiders offers members support in asserting their right to a private life, and seeking love in a society where status stems from good looks and money. Outsiders also runs the Sex and Disability Helpline, the V-Group, for disabled women with sexual problems, a LGBT network, SHADA, the Sex and Disability Alliance. In November 2009 SHADA ran a conference together with the Royal Society of Medicine: Disability: Sex, Relationships and Pleasure which was a resounding success and received two pages in The Times. The websites are www.outsiders.org.uk and www.shada.org.uk

Without the funding from the Erotic Awards, this work would not be possible.