Seattle state-funded non-profit promotes bondage, 'jack-off clubs'

Tens of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money were given to a Seattle foundation that supports bondage programming and “jack-off clubs” where members can “share masturbation and mutual touch in an open, group setting.” Volunteers, calling themselves WA DOGE, revealed that Washington’s Arts Commission gave the funds to the Pan Eros Foundation, an organization that "celebrates and cultivates consent & sexuality through the arts & education for all."

The organization received $2,000 in the 2023-2025 biennium, according to the Evergreen State’s “open checkbook” website. Tax forms reveal that the organization received $60,000 in “government grants.”

One of the ongoing programs listed on the organization’s calendar is Rain City Jacks "a traditional jack-off club." According to the event listing, calling it an "associated event," “Rain City Jacks hosts regular, private events for its members to share masturbation and mutual touch in an open, group setting. Membership is available to adult men who desire and value what we have to offer, respect the Jacks culture of mutual respect and consent, and adhere to the RCJ Code of Conduct.”

Membership is required for participation in RCJ events and Rain City Jacks “welcomes all adult men, including trans men, regardless of age, race, ability, physicality, sexual orientation, or other subjective external traits.”


Code of conduct for participation in Rain City Jacks events

Another program listed is "Queering Tantra presents Pleasure and Healing: genital massage, breathwork, and tantric meditation for better, more connected sex."

The listing stated that the class “for this couples (or moresomes) workshop to learn tantric massage and meditation, somatic curiosity and breathwork, as avenues to discover yourself and your partner(s) in a new and ever-unfolding way! Using meditation we cultivate practice with ourselves and explore focusing our attention where we would like it to go. Using touch we connect ourselves to another to be curious and explore sensations and pleasure.” Participants straight and queer, will “learn more about their anatomy, rewrite sexual societal and gendered scripts, learn genital massage for pleasure and healing (practicing on partner(s), connect more deeply with partners, and meditation techniques.” 


Upcoming events calendar for the Pan-Eros Foundation

The “gender expansive” workshop includes “guided practice, live demonstration, and lab time. Using touch, curiosity, and breath you will be taught multi-step tools for learning and noticing what sensations, wounding, and pleasure potential you store in your pelvic floor and genital tissue.”

In "Shibari for Snuggling," "Bondage can be sexy and kinky, but it can also be relaxing and cuddly" a class that covers "a variety of web style harnesses and tying methods and incorporates blankets and pillows (or stuffies!) for bondage."

WA DOGE volunteers, inspired by President Donald Trump and X CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have discovered over $1.5 billion in state government waste, as Washington faces a $12-16 billion budget deficit due to out-of-control spending.