Now gathering founding supporters · Buffalo, NY

Western New York's first LGBTQ+ adult retail & event space

A shop, a classroom, and a gathering place in one — body-positive, education-first, and built for every body and every identity. We're more than an adult store, and we're building it with you.

📍 Coming to Buffalo, New York  ·  ✦ Founded on lived experience

More than an adult store

A shop, a classroom, and an event space

Werk 716 is an adult retail boutique and an event space under one roof — a place to shop without judgment, learn something real, and gather with people who get it.

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Consent & Communication Workshops

Learn, ask questions, and build confident, healthy connections in a judgment-free space.

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LGBTQ+ Community Events

Celebrate, connect, and strengthen our community together — all year, not just in June.

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Guest Speakers & Local Creators

Inspiring voices, education, and a stage for unique local talent and small makers.

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An Event Space That's Yours

Workshops, meetups, launches, and celebrations — a welcoming room where everyone is seen, respected, and supported, exactly as they are.

What you'll find

Thoughtfully curated, for every body

Quality, body-safe, and ethically made — chosen with care, sold with knowledge, never with judgment.

Body-inclusive intimacy & wellness

Body-safe products and intimacy essentials for every body and preference — selected for quality, comfort, and care.

Gender-affirming products

Affirming essentials and apparel that help our trans and nonbinary neighbors feel at home in their bodies.

Educational books & local art

Sex-positive, inclusive books, art, and resources from voices and makers worth supporting.

Why Werk 716

Western New York deserves better than the back of the shop.

Too many people have walked into a sex shop and felt unwelcome, unsafe, or unseen — especially women, queer, trans, and marginalized folks. Werk 716 exists to change that: a bright, affirming, education-first space where curiosity is met with care instead of judgment.

  • ✓ Explicitly LGBTQ+ and trans-affirming — not just "tolerant"
  • ✓ Education-first: consent, communication, and real knowledge
  • ✓ Body-positive and size-inclusive, for every body
  • ✓ Queer- and trans-owned, rooted in lived experience
"Empowering Pleasure, Embracing Diversity."
Founded by two Western New Yorkers with deep roots in the LGBTQ+ community and a shared belief that everyone deserves a space to learn, connect, and be themselves — safely.

Help build Werk 716

Become a Founding Supporter

Werk 716 opens when Buffalo shows up for it. Add your name to the petition, get the newsletter, and be first in line when the community funding round opens. Founding Supporters help shape what we become — and hear about events, fundraising, and opening day before anyone else.