Gaga condoms for your “Little Monster”
Did you know there are condoms designed by Lady Gaga (and other famous folks like Charlotte Ronson) available at Planned Parenthood? Go ahead, get your freak on!
The slut police
Is carrying condoms a crime? In New York it might just stop being evidence of one, if a new bill passes the state assembly. Just as Rush Limbaugh’s outrageous slut-shaming was hitting the airwaves, a bill that may help a lot of sex workers — as well as any woman who carries condoms in her…
Babies in need
The Shade Tree has put out an urgent SOS on their facebook page. They have 25 babies at the shelter and are in dire need of bottles, pacifiers, size 4 and 5 diapers, clothing, newborn supplies… basically everything. Please do what you can. You can call them for more details or to schedule a pickup:…
Technical difficulties
Please excuse the lack of posts this week. We’re having computer/Internet issues at Siren HQ. (Thank God for smart phones!) Keep your fingers crossed that all will be resolved soon and thank you for your patience!
Slut Walk Las Vegas organizers speaking truth to power!
Genese at Slut Walk Las Walk!
Slut Walk Las Vegas is in effect!
I’m not calling you a ghost
As activists, we talk about moving people, moving organizations, moving politicians (toward our goal/desired end result). We talk about push-back when there’s resistance. But what do we do when the resistance we encounter is within ourselves? What do we do when the push-back is from our gut? I ask these questions because, like many activists,…
Sexual harassment: A second-class crime
Sexual harassment has been in the news a lot lately. And how we talk about it — or rather, don’t talk about it — says a lot. Like rape, domestic violence and many other crimes that happen primarily to women, it’s relegated to he said/she said reports and raised eyebrows. As a society, we just…
Jane goes to the bathroom
By guest-writer Jane Heenan: Trans persons, like everyone else, need to use the public bathroom occasionally. When we enter public bathroom, we are there, like everyone else, to use the facilities. Fear of trans persons using public bathrooms is the “polite” way of saying, “I don’t believe you are deserving of dignity,” and obfuscates a…
The Sin City Siren 