Was it just me or was Oscar-fest 2012 one of the most sexist in recent history? I know I’m a bit late in getting this posted, so let’s just dive right in… Angelina Jolie: Let’s just go right to it, right away. Forget the leg coverage, which is it’s own kind of sexism, when you…
Folks, we need to step up and help one of our own. LGBTQ greeting card company Teazled, which was founded by a fantastic lesbian couple and is based right here in Las Vegas, is in a fight over intellectual property and copyright infringement with the megalith Hallmark. (Full disclosure: The couple go to my church.)…
If all the UFC track-record of hate speech and rape jokes has you mad as hell… now’s your chance! There’s a Nevada Athletic Commission hearing Feb. 22 at the Grant Sawyer Bldg. starting at 9 am and they are looking for public comments! Below is a Letter to the Editor that I wrote and submitted…
Yesterday we reached an amazing milestone with the petition calling for The UFC to enact a code of conduct! The 500th person signed on to join this campaign (thanks Nick!) to get The UFC to join the big leagues with other major sports organizations and create a clear rule book that outlines what is unacceptable…
Once again, a move to ensure access to affordable health care for all people is getting reduced to another gambit in the War on Women. Following the news that the Obama administration has enacted a rule requiring that most insurance plans cover birth control, conservatives and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops — who no…
What’s that old Ice Cube song, “It Was a Good Day”? I think we progressives need an anthem for today because it was a good day! A federal appeals court has ruled that the Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California is unconstitutional! This is awesome news and a big win in the fight…
I would like to write about the inglorious clusterf*$k of GOP caucus(es) that Nevada held on the national stage over the weekend, but I still can’t quite wrap my head around what happened. Perhaps the first wrong turn was scheduling it the same weekend as the Superbowl? Or maybe it was acting like Nevada could…
Passing this on from The Center:
Just wanted to quickly thank Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada for putting on a wonderful event with Voices of for Choice tonight. The place was packed with awesome pro-choice people representing a wide cross-section of our community — from ages 16 to (proudly) 63, women, men, LGBTQ individuals, mothers and fathers, child-free by choice, multicultural,…
Today is the third anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. And it seems a sorry state of affairs that I can’t report that much has changed. Indeed, I can’t even report that President Obama is still interested in sending a message that the health and prosperity of women is one of his key…
The Sin City Siren 