15 Black-Owned Businesses to Up Your Sex Game Right Now

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1. Afrosexology

Founders: Rafaella Fiallo and Dalychia Saah
Website: afrosexology.com

The St. Louis-based duo, Rafaella and Daylchia, founded Afrosexology, a sex education platform that presents curriculum-based education about multiple topics in human sexuality and promotes sex-positivity around the narratives and liberation of the Black community. Growing up, Rafaella and Daylchia did not get the sex education they felt they deserve, so they ultimately decided to create the kind of sex education that they wanted to see in the world. 

2. Anya Lust

Founder: Krystle Kotara
Website: anyalust.com 

Curated collections of luxurious lingerie, robes, and nightwear aren’t always easy to come by, but Anya Lust’s intimates are accessible for all. Launched in 2015, this sensual lingerie store has a team of passionate designers around the world who work with expert seamstresses throughout England, France, and beyond, using the finest lace and silk to create silhouettes that flatter the female form. Though based in New York, they include shipping across the US and to over 200 countries around the world. In addition to alluring lingerie, their website offers online classes for those who desire to embrace their sensuality through yoga and tantra. 

3. Ardentley

Founder: Tatiyanna Shirley
Website: ardentley.com

Ardentley is a sexual wellness company that encourages a fresher sense of identity and sexuality. Much like the meaning of the word “ardent,” Tatiyanna is passionate using her company to increase sexual enlightenment in the community through an array of sex toys, ranging from clitoral sucking stimulators to durable cock rings and shameless kinky accessories. Ardentley prides itself in selecting non toxic-materials in order to keep your play time fun and safe.

4. b condoms

Founder: Jason K. Panda
Website: bcondoms.com

After nine years of studying law at Morehouse College, CEO and founder, Jason K. Panda, was compelled to fulfill a need in the community for improving sex wellness. Enter, b condoms, the only Black-owned condom company, providing all-natural, FDA-approved rubber latex condoms free of parabens and other toxic ingredients. b condoms also helps reduce health disparities with sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancy.

5. Bedroom Kandi

Founder: Kandi Burrus
Website: bedroomkandi.com

Kandi Burrus developed an Empire known as Bedroom Kandi, selling award-winning, body-safe sex toys with organic and vegan options. Bedroom Kandi also has a party-hosting feature where people can meet in person or virtually to learn more about which pleasure products on the Bedroom Kandi sex toy line work best for them, receive special discounts, get the inside scoop on how to successfully join the field of the business of pleasure, and engage in activities that help promote sexual wellness and education. 

6. Bedtanicals

Founder: Ashley Cobb 
Website: bedtanicals.com 

Bedtanicals is a CBD Sexual Wellness Company, founded by Sexpert Ashley Cobb. The CBD-infused pleasure-enhancers are used to give people’s sex lives a boost, especially amid concerns related to performance anxiety and pain in the bedroom. You can find options including but not limited to arousal oil, massage oil, and edible body butter. The overall mission of Bedtanicals is to “provide products that help promote self-care, foreplay and painless sex to people with vulvas and vaginas and their partners.” 

7. blex

Founder: Toneisha Friday
Website: blexapp.com

Founded by Toneisha Friday, Blex is the first and only mobile app – available on iOS and Android – providing sex and relationship coaching for Black adults. The mission behind Blex is to create products and solutions that empower Black people to feel invigorated about discussing their sexual health, lead a healthy sex life, and openly flex their sexual curiosity. As an added bonus, Blex Technologies include the blexBox, a melanin-mindful, curated box service delivering a batch of new sex products each quarter.

8. Confessions of Millennial MILFS

Founders: Ashley White and Tiffany Streat
Website: anchor.fm/millennialmilfs

Founded in 2020, Confessions of Millennial MILFS is a (weekly/bi-weekly) podcast where Tiffany and Ashley get on their soapboxes and tell their audience exactly how they feel about relationships, sex, health, parenting, sisterhood, and asserting their melanin in corporate America. As avid podcast listeners, Tiffany and Ashley realized that although there were plenty of podcasts about sex and relationships, there weren’t many from the perspective of Black women who are also mothers. In response to this underserved community, their platform strives to break down the stigmas of black motherhood and let their audience know how to continue to embrace their wants and desires as a parent.

9. Hart’s Desires

Founders: Tony and Shani Hart
Website: hartsdesires.com

Nearly a decade ago, Tony Hart opened a retail store, and the positive responses and attention it got inspired him to make his next move by building the ultimate sex shop. After meeting his now-wife, Shani, a certified sexuality coach and educator, they envisioned a powerful brand that mixes entertainment and education. Thus, the two brought to life Hart’s Desires, a premier erotic boutique full of high-end sex toys, kinky accessories, lube, lingerie, and more! 

10. Lylyth Erotica & Lingerie

Founder: Adeja Simone
Website: lylytherotica.com

Founded in 2019, Lylyth offers handcrafted sex toys for solo and partnered use, leather bondage gear to satisfy dominant and submissive taste, and luxurious lingerie. The Lylyth brand prides itself on sexual freedom and exploration, which is evident in the website’s blog that serves as an educational component for consumers to understand more about their sexual pleasure – from how to find the big “O” to incorporating blindfolds during sex.

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11. Pink and White Productions

Founder: Shine Louise Houston
Website: pinkwhite.biz 

Founded in 2005, Pink & White Productions serves as a platform to “create adult content that’s real, that’s respectful, and powerful,” according to founder Shine Louise Houston. Pink & White Productions includes adult entertainment that centers queer sexual desire in a way that reflects today’s blurred gender lines and fluid sexualities. Houston’s work has been featured in the New York Times, BITCH Magazine’s Winter 2019 issue, and Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making.

12. Pink Heffs

Founder: King Heff
Website: pinkheffs.com/shop

King Heff is not only one of the resident sexperts of the Sexpert Corner at EXXXOTICA, the largest adult event in the USA dedicated to love and sex; he also runs a business that enhances multiple areas of sexuality from “Sexdibles” that assist in increasing libido to a variety of body-safe, orgasmic sex toys and hand-made, heavy-duty BDSM accessories. He also presents live and virtual educational seminars on topics related to kink and BDSM. 

13. Royal Fetish Films

Founders: Jet Setting Jasmine and King Noire
Website: royalfetishxxx.com 

Romantic partners, sex-positive parents, educators, award-winning adult entertainers, and master fetish trainers, Jet Setting Jasmine and King Noire are true industry veterans. Multihyphenate Jasmine is also a licensed clinical therapist and the lead therapist at Blue Pearl Therapy. Royal Fetish Films exists to normalize and represent BIPOC sexuality and play with a particular emphasis on Black and Brown women. In an interview with Spectrum Boutique, King explained, “[Our business] puts the camera in the hands of women. We’re automatically different from the mainstream model as our films are about pleasure, not just the look.” The duo also launched Royal Fetish Radio for intimate conversations about everything from porn to kink to pregnancy sex and parenting.

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14. tabú (aka this site)

Founder: Mia Davis
Website: talktabu.com

Founded in 2016, Mia Davis created tabú in response to her own experiences with sexual trauma and pelvic pain. tabú has since grown to become a modern and approachable guide to sexual wellness, including a digital magazine to dish on the juiciest topics, virtual webinars that go in-depth about strategies to navigate your sexual health, and an online clubhouse to get exclusive content through an uplifting community of experts.

15. “Use Your Mouth” 

Founder: Shamyra Howard
Website: onthegreencouch.com

Sexologist Shamyra Howard created “Use Your Mouth,” 50 conversation-starting cards to make communication fresh and exciting between couples. These can be used by couples who have just started dating or have been married for years. The companion book is available on Amazon and serves as a guide for every person who wants to increase intimacy with their partner outside of the bedroom.

Must be looooooove on the braaaaain 🧠. Or was that s£x? 👀🤭 Our brains are our largest s£x organs and sometimes they get a little sad, hyperactive, anxious, or overwhelmed. You won’t always be in the mood for s£x and that’s okay! Keep communication with your partner open and ongoing, check in with yourself and your mental health, and lean on the support of a trusted therapist or doctor if you need some extra guidance. 🫶🏽 Anything you would add?

I mean 😏

It is not wrong nor should it feel shameful to ✨seek pleasure.✨ I think those of us who grew up more religious were taught that you should always be in service of others and giving of yourself rather than concerned with our own needs or passions. While it is wonderful to be generous with giving (and can in fact be a source of pleasure), it should be equally encouraged to pursue your own pleasure — it whatever form it may take! It may feel self-indulgent, but why is that a bad thing? Pleasure boosts our mental health. It helps us cope with a difficult world, with anxiety, depression, and stress. It makes us feel good! It gives us something to look forward to. Pleasure helps us connect with others and with ourselves. Pleasure (as long as it is not at the expense of someone else’s safety or well-being) should be a priority, for our joy and for our health. It really is so important! Where do you find pleasure? I personally love a good massage… 💆🏽‍♀️

It’s time for a talk, friend. Let’s be clear, you nor your partner ever has to do *anything* you’re not comfortable with. That said, if it’s something you enjoy and that’s pleasurable to you, it’s okay to ask your partner for it! They can say no, but if they invalidate your pleasure, much less expect you to do something they won’t do?? The ball is then in your court to decide if this is the partner for you. You deserve someone who cares about and prioritizes your pleasure. Who is thrilled to be acquainted with your body, all of it! S-x can be vulnerable to talk about, but when you do…it’s so much better. 👅 included. Ask your partner what their hesitations are and have a *conversation.* Maybe they’re nervous, intimidated, or struggling with shame. Maybe they’re down to try other things you would enjoy and build up to it. The point is, it shouldn’t just be automatically dismissed. You can decide what’s right for you and what makes you feel aroused, validated, and appreciated. Whatever you do, don’t internalize their rejection. Your body is beautiful, desirable, and definitely worthy of pleasure. 😋🥰

A UK study published in the International Urogynecology Journal found that only 46% of participants correctly identified that a female has 3 holes in the external genitalia. 😬 Not great. We’re taught so desperately little about our bodies and so discouraged from exploring them that we don’t even know what we’ve got going on down there! Understanding your own anatomy (and getting educated on your partner’s anatomy) can boost pleasure 1000x!! So take a mirror, use your hands, and get comfy exploring! 🪞🕵🏽‍♀️ And if you really want to get informed (and inspired 😉), head to our website for our basics on pleasure and anatomy. What do you think? Could YOU correctly label a diagram of what lies beneath?

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