The Education & Referral Organization for Sexuality invited students to Malcolm X Plaza Tuesday afternoon to explore a slew of sexual health resources, headlined by performances from SF-based drag artist and dubbed “Narcan Queen” Kochina Rude and first-time drag performer Danni Blackman’s emo-inspired persona, Romeo ResErection.
EROS volunteers, interns and directors boothed three tables, distributing resources including free contraceptives, feminine hygiene products, pregnancy tests, STI prevention literature and information about sexual health support groups. Donning angel wings, they also collected Venmo and cash tips from students for Rude and Blackman during after the show, the golden rule of drag show etiquette.
Various on and off-campus clubs, organizations and fellow Associated Students chapters, primarily QTRC and Women’s Center, supported EROS’ tabling efforts. All three groups operate synergetically under AS’ cultural & social justice umbrella, sharing resources and staffing as well as core values.
“When it comes to the Sexuality Resource Fair, we’ve been collaborating with them for a while now because of our Plan B and our resource products,” said Women’s Center director Micaella Calvo. “A lot of students don’t know that these resources are provided and that they are for free, and most of all, that your tuition pays for this as well.”
Prefacing a lipsync performance of Lady Gaga’s 2024 hit “Abracadabra,” Rude gave a lighthearted demonstration on how to reverse an opioid overdose using CPR techniques and by administering Naloxone, available free to students via the front offices of EROS and the Queer & Trans Resource Center.
“I took what I had been taught and translated it to queer nightlife audiences…especially in a post-fentanyl world, people who were not historically at risk for opioid overdoses now are experiencing those risks.” Rude said. “I realized that my community of queer people were not getting the information that they needed in order to safely use drugs or reverse an overdose, and so I took it upon myself to educate.”
As a public health advocate for over a decade, Rude emphasizes the importance of always carrying Naloxone in a city like San Francisco, which recorded 624 overdose deaths in 2025. 75% of those deaths involved the powerful synthetic opioid, fentanyl.
“You never know when someone might experience an overdose,” Rude said. “If you think that’s not your demographic or your bag, you might actually be the perfect person to respond to an overdose emergency for that reason.”
The fair also served as a launchpad for Bay Area visual artist and SF State alum Blackman, making his drag debut with lipsync renditions of Blink 182’s “I Miss You,” and My Chemical Romance’s “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).”
“The idea of doing drag myself is really new and I just have a lot of supportive people in my life to give me the opportunity to do that and try it,” Blackman said. “I was like, ‘Why not just exaggerate this moody emo boy that I always am and really bring him to life?’”
The fair has been a staple of EROS since 2009, first taking the form of a career fair geared towards students of sexuality studies. One welcome addition to recent iterations has been supplemental tabling from several local chapters of organizations providing similar resources off campus, including Planned Parenthood, BridgeHIV and Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
“Over the last few years, we’ve definitely started to make connections with community-based organizations,” said EROS Director Camila Hernandez. “We’ve had a lot of them come by and do workshops for us… as time has gone on, we’ve invited more and more organizations to come participate with us.”
A big draw to the EROS table was a dildo ring toss activity encouraging students to enter in a sex toy giveaway and to participate in a sex trivia night, which was hosted by the organization at The Depot later that evening.
Queer Alliance assistant director Holly Mesa, who also tabled at the fair, says these quirky activities are a part of a larger effort to demystify not only sexual health and education, but the pleasure component of sexuality as a whole.
“What we did today, having a place to be publicly sex positive, regardless of judgment from bystanders, is the most important aspect of this,” Mesa said. “There’s a liberation and a freedom to be had in doing this sort of thing publicly without care for how other people feel about it.”
