Polari Labs Documentary Viewing Party!
Polari Labs invites you to the cinema!
Yes. Actual screening. Actual butts. Actual science.
The award-winning ALL OUT documentary + podcast team made a mini-documentary about us, the world’s first anal sex lab and this is its first public screening ever.
Come watch the film, then stay for a live panel + Q&A with our team, experts, and supporters, the brave ones who backed our butts from day one.
After that: live lab demos, drinks, DJs, and highly educational mingling.
The lab crew will be there. They will overshare. You have been warned.
Schedule:
6pm Doors open
7pm Film screening
7.30pm Panel + Q&A
8pm Live demos, DJ & sexy nerd socialising
More about the panel: Who gets R&D? Power, pleasure and politics of innovation.
Anisah Osman Britton, MBE
Over the last decade, Anisah has become a well-respected voice in the tech industry, working at the intersection of technology, impact and capital. She was awarded an MBE in the UK's King’s 2023 New Year’s honours for services to diversity in tech, is a Forbes 30 under 30 honouree and is listed in the Financial Times’ 100 most influential BAME leaders in tech. Three years ago, Anisah began to explore her relationship with sex and intimacy. Her journey with therapy, faith, culture and relationships led to her starting Brown Bodies where she explores sex in the South Asian diaspora
John East
John has been making gay porn as John Thomas since 2018, winning a number of awards for his work including Best Newcomer (2019), Best Bottom (2021) and Fan Favourite (2022). He is HIV+ and has used his platform to support sexual health campaigns by Terrence Higgins Trust, 56 Dean Street (both UK), and Apoyo Positivo (Spain). Before porn John worked as a writer and director, having studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. For the last three and a half years John lived nomadically, travelling across Europe, North and South America. He’s now working on writing up his experiences.
Alex Gilbert
Alex has spent over a decade in healthtech, scaling digital businesses in close partnership with pharmaceutical partners. He was part of the founding team at Huma, one of Europe’s most successful healthtech companies, and is now VP, Life Sciences at Amalgam Rx. He is also the founder of Queer Health, a UK-based charity conference advancing inclusive, evidence-led care for queer people.
Clément Helinckx
Clément is a Principal at DLF Venture, a family-owned, consumer-focused investment company. He also invests as an angel across Europe, backing founders building innovative products and services in consumer wellness, nutrition, and lifestyle, such as Here We Flo, Meatly, Stockedfood, and Surreal.
Anna Vybornova
Anna is co-founder and CEO of Polari Labs. At Polari she’s the one bringing in the investor money and doing all things commercial. She holds an MSc in Bioengineering from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Before Polari she was the first employee at a medtech startup, where she led engineers and doctors to bring a consumer medical device to the European market. She has published multiple academic papers and holds two patents. She knows how to take an unhinged idea and turn it into something that survives safety testing.
Dr Henry Blest
Henry is co-founder and CTO of Polari Labs. Henry has a PhD in Medical Sciences from University of Oxford and has spent the last five years investigating the biology of HIV and herpes simplex virus. They discovered that herpes viruses prevent cGAMP transport, which is niche dinner conversation but very impressive in grant applications. They also holds a joint honours degree in Chemistry and brings deep expertise and networks within the STI research field.Scientist by training. Power bottom by reputation.
Science. Cinema. Sphincters.
See you soon. 🖤