On Dec. 17 sex workers all over the world congregated to remember lives lost and assert their rights. International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, held each December for the past eleven years, is both a somber day and one of agitating for the basic human rights and respect that all people deserve. It’s…
Surprise, surprise, surprise. Nevada’s GOP Sen. Dean Heller has come out in favor of — and yesterday voted for — the national Employment Non Discrimination Act (or ENDA) legislation currently causing controversy in Congress. Indeed, he cited Nevada’s early adoption of a state-level ENDA — strengthened in recent legislative sessions to add better protections for…
This video really kind of speaks for itself. Victoria, a high school senior, shares how hard it has been to live on her own after her parents were deported. A DREAMer — a term that references the DREAM Act and refers to children who are born in this country to undocumented immigrant parents — Victoria…
If you didn’t see the grotesque “comedy” video — depicting a Harriet Tubman “sex tape” — released by Russell Simmons yesterday on his All Def Digital channel, well, you won’t see it now. Within hours of releasing the sexist, racist, and rape-joke infused “parody,” it was pulled from YouTube. But not before all hell broke…
By De’Liza Galimidi The act of faith has always been the part and parcel that has perpetuated Astrid Silva’s life to be nothing short of awe-inspiring. The 25-year-old chuckles as she says “I’m too optimistic.” But these qualities of faith and optimism seem to be the driving forces through all of Silva’s great challenges as…
Last week I sent SCS intern De’Liza Galimidi to the Sex Worker Rights Conference, held here in Las Vegas in a covert location. It was an ambitious assignment for even an experienced journalist. I’m proud to say that De’Liza handled it with maturity (and some help from her mom). Here are her thoughts after getting…
Last week I had the pleasure of spending Independence Day with my family back home. It’s a different kind of place, Alaska. The Land of the Midnight Sun. And one thing going home is good for is to get some perspective. We all get mired in the daily grind — work, errands, bills, dishes —…
As I write this, Texas Sen. Wendy Davis is making a last stand for women’s reproductive freedom in the Lone Star State. The Badass Hero of the Year nominee has been filibustering for hours trying to run down the clock on a Texas Legislature special session, called by Gov. Rick Perry almost exclusively to pass…
*Trigger Warning: Sexual assault* What fresh hell is this? A court marshall in the Clark County courts (aka Las Vegas) is seen violating a woman’s civil rights after she accuses him of an improper body search and sexual assault. The judge presiding over the court TURNS HER BACK and plays with the victim’s two year-old…
The Sin City Siren 