Workin It (Part 1) 2009
President and CEO, RainbowVision
Joy Silver asked the question: “What will happen to us when we age, or are in need of help, and who will provide those services particularly since some of us have alternative family structures?” She answered by founding RainbowVision Santa Fe, an adult community with condos, rentals and assisted living, now in its third year, where the LGBTQI & A population lives in the majority. With a fitness center, salon, restaurant, cabaret, and an event space, RainbowVision has become “the de facto community center for the Santa Fe LGBTQI+A,” according to Silver, hosting a wide range of ages and sexual identification at its many events. “Living through the AIDS crisis taught us that care through the end of life–medical and mental health challenges – may not necessarily be related to becoming elderly. The benefits that RainbowVision provides to our community are that there is now a place, and options for us that have never existed before.” – KW
The first 18 of 2009’s Red Hot Entrepreneurs!
Michelle Gaber
Sassy Executive Officer, KittysToyBox.com
Michelle Gaber, the self-proclaimed “SEO (Sassy Executive Officer)” of KittysToyBox.com, wants women to have fantastic orgasms. Gaber took over the LGBT-focused online adult toy store just a year ago, revamping their line of products to feature “body friendly” toys and lotions, free of phthalates and other harmful ingredients. She also created “Purr Parties,” in-home boutique shopping experiences, complete with the latest toys and tips from Purr Party consultants on how to please your partner and yourself. “Think of it as a ‘Tupperware Party’ gone very, very naughty,” Gaber says. An optician by day, the Miami native also pens a bi-weekly column “WireGirlz” for South Beach’s Wire Magazine. Gaber says, “I have always been a sexual woman and open to trying new things, so sex toys and lingerie have been a part of my bedroom fun for as long as I can remember. I think my outgoing personality has also lent itself well to making women comfortable talking about their bodies and sex.” – CB
