Archive for the 'Health' Category

Roxxie Twittergasms

May 14, 2008 | Events, Health

In honor of Masturbation Month, the San Francisco Masturbate-a-thon is using the Twitter service to follow live updates of individual orgasms. Fleshbot reported on all the details.

I’m going to be participating in Twittergasm, and you can follow me with an RSS feed reader or sign up for the twitter.com service and receive my updates as text messages on your phone.

If I had planned ahead and stayed on top of the news, I would be participating in Masturbate-a-thon, but I just now learned about the event. If you would like to sponsor me the $75 sign-up fee I can still get in!

Sex and vegans

March 29, 2008 | Health, Pop Culture, Sex

In spite of the apparent popularity of Steak and Blowjob Day, vegan women are becoming increasingly more popular in the adult industry. Being vegan myself, I find this very exciting. I’m not entirely sure why vegans are so much sexier. Perhaps it is our healthy lifestyles, and compassionate natures. Maybe it’s just because alternative looking women are the trend of the moment, and a lot of those women are also vegans. Another porn star once mentioned to me that vegans smell better and have better tasting body fluids, and I agree. Perhaps we’re just better cooks. Fleshbot took notice of this trend but I don’t think they’ve seen long time cy-dy friend, Furry Girl’s website VegPorn.com

I think vegan visibility in the adult industry is a good thing even though I see sex workers and sex positive people getting all sorts of horrible comments in online vegan communities. I’ve never had anyone say a bad word about vegan porn to my face, but then I also generally don’t associate with people who would wish to say bad things about me to my face. I think that combining veganism and sexuality creates healthier attitudes towards our bodies and the highlights the importance of sexual health and diet in total health.

Lesbian Health at Risk

December 30, 2004 | Health

There’s an opinion column in the Windy City Times (that’s Chicago) that indicates the recent same-sex marriage bans passed in many states across the country are putting lesbian health at risk. The part of the column that scares me the most is the mention of a lesbian couple who listed each other on their powers of attorney and health proxies…and the hospital still won’t let the well one visit the ill one. These women live in a small town in Virginia, and I live in Virginia too. I’m in a much more liberal part of the state - the state voted red overall, but my area voted blue - but that doesn’t mean I’m in any better situation if myself or my partner gets sick. The column also mentions good parts of the situation - there are lesbian cancer support groups springing up around the country. The Mautner Project is a national organization focused on promoting lesbian health through a variety of services, research, and education.

Lesbians and AIDS

December 1, 2004 | Health

Today is World AIDS Day, and this year’s focus is on women and girls with AIDS. For most mainstream media outlets, this means straight women and girls. But lesbians and bisexual women are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS too; although it is unusual for the virus to be spread through girl/girl sexual contact, it has been known to happen. And of course sex isn’t the only way HIV is transferred - many lesbians contracted it because they injected illegal drugs.

The Lesbian AIDS Project has been a part of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis programs since 1992. Located in New York City, they provide support for women who have sex with women through counseling, workshops, and education. If you are looking for more information about AIDS and the lesbian community, check out these articles from TheBody.com.

A Good Link to Keep Around

October 23, 2004 | Health

I keep this in my bookmarks, because it is good to have this info to hand if/when it is needed:
Lesbian Safer Sex

Breast Cancer Treatment

October 8, 2004 | Health

I never expected to make two posts about Melissa Etheridge so close together, but after her recent announcement that she has breast cancer, it seemed like a good topic to bring up. About.com has some information about lesbians and breast cancer. What’s most important is that all women should do regular self-exams, and those over 40 or with an increased risk for breast cancer should get regular mammograms. The Mautner Project is an organization with a focus on lesbian health, especially cancer. The disease strikes one woman out of nine, so while it may not be possible to prevent breast cancer, it is certainly possible to catch it early and begin treatment.

Besides, we want to keep those gorgeous tits of yours healthy for a long time to come!

The L Clinic

September 27, 2004 | Health

After a former roommate told me that Depo-Provera completely stopped her periods, I went out and got it. Periods were always so much trouble for me that it was well worth the cost of the Depo shots, and I’ve been happily period-free for more than four years with no major adverse effects from the Depo. I went to Planned Parenthood because I simply didn’t know where else to go; I was 19 when I started Depo and I hadn’t ever really seen a gynecologist. Apparently many other lesbians and bisexual women feel the same way, because now Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC has opened up a clinic for queer women. Located in the very same office I used to go to, “The L Clinic” is open on the first and third Thursdays of the month. With any luck, the clinic will be successful and other Planned Parenthood chapters will pick up the idea.