Sex worker rights protest slated for Friday

Got this from my bud Crystal. If you need some background on sex worker rights, check out my award-winning story on it. (It won best news-feature story in the Nevada Press Assoc. awards this year.) Details are still being worked out, but here’s what Crystal sent me: Time: around 5 pm, before First Friday Where:…

Hate crimes can suck it

Wanted to make sure everyone knows that the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (also known at the Matthew Sheppard Act) passed the Senate (60-39). This is excellent news as it expands the federal hate crimes law to include a person’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. (Currently the law…

“Clean coal” is a lie, and they know it

Got this press release from Erin McCarty over at the Nevada Conservation League and couldn’t resist sharing.—Emmily Sierra Pacific Chief Executive Officer Michael Yackira stated yesterday on Face to Face with Jon Ralston that “clean coal” technology does not exist, and that adding carbon to the atmosphere should be avoided.   “There is no such…

Fret not, dear readers!

Even in the darkest times, you can find unexpected kindness. Fellow writer Natalie Everett has stepped up to the plate and offered to be The Sin City Siren’s guest editor while I focus on my family. You may recognize her name from her journalistic work in Las Vegas (she’s native to these parts) and from…

Time out

I’m taking a break from posting for a while. I have an urgent family situation that I must attend to. A close loved one has been diagnosed with terminal cancer so everything else in my life has suddenly shifted to a much lower position of importance. There just isn’t enough time. PS: If anyone is…

Dress code

I know I’ve been living in Las Vegas too long when I don’t see the hubub over a short skirt. Is everyone sick of the whole Southwest Airlines fiasco yet? (Sigh.) I certainly was and then I read message boards that called Britney Spears’ VMA outfit that of a hooker or stripper. (Which, by the…