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Brittney Doyle helps SF elders keep the spark alive with safe sex classes and intimacy coaching

Britney Doyle poses for a portrait outside her office in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, August 18, 2022. | Juliana Yamada/The Standard

In a scene that will be familiar to many who learned about the birds and the bees in a public school sex ed course, Brittney Doyle begins by pulling out a banana and a condom. "Squeeze the tip,” she says. “But make sure your condom is right side up, then roll it down until you reach the end.” 

Here comes the twist: The class she is addressing is not composed of hormone-driven teenagers. Instead, Doyle’s audience is made up of folks aged 65 and older.

"When it comes to sex, I think the biggest misconception about the aging community is that they don't have it," Doyle says.

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Meaghan Mitchell can be reached at meaghan@sfstandard.com