Searah Deysach
Frustrated with the sex toy scene in her hometown, Searah Deysach, with help from her friends and family, opened Chicago’s first woman-owned, education-focused sex shop, Early to Bed, in 2001. In 2012 she started the website ftmessentials.com to provide trans guys of all ages with a non-adult oriented place to buy gender expression gear an in 2015 she started TransKids.biz to help families with trans kids under the age of 13 access trans supportive items and books aimed at trans kiddos. Now Searah spends her days spreading the good word about sex-positivity and the joys of masturbation through her store, websites, writings and a busy schedule of talks at local community groups and colleges around the state. She was the sex columnist for (the now defunct) Punk Planet Magazine and has a blog skewering some of the more ridiculous aspects of the sex toy world at screwysextoys.com. She lives in Chicago with her girlfriend and their kid. You can find her at early2bed.com.
