Kate Bornstein's Blog for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws

"One Less" Is a Lot More

This is gonna be a weird Xmas Eve posting, but fuck it. It's important. Merck & Co. (not my favorite big drug company) seems to be doing a very good and important thing: they've just released a vaccine called Gardasil, and it could be the greatest thing since sliced tissue samples. Gardasil is currently the only vaccination against cervical cancer, and that's great news! What's more, the company has launched a PR campaign called "One Less," aimed at girls and young women, promoting the vaccine; and you hafta agree: one less case of cervical cancer would be a great thing indeed.

Silly, Silly Kate

I'm not sending out any holiday cards this year, but I wanted to celebrate the spirit of all the holidaze that are happening just now, so here's a silly, silly me movie. I made it at http://www.elfyourself.com/



So.... enjoy the season as best you possibly can!



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Kate

Ugly Ducklings: scary fairy tale with a happy ending

Okay, here are some sobering statistics for ya. They may not be surprising, but the numbers sure scare me.

According to Sexual Information Council of the United States:
41.7% of LGBTQ youth do not feel safe in their school.
28% of queer teens drop out of school annually. That's three times the national average.

And according to 2005 report from Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
95% of school counseling services have few or no gay, lesbian or bisexual resources. And...
99% of school counseling services have little or no transgender resources.

Thank goodness there are national campaigns like Ugly Ducklings, run by Hardy Girls Healthy Women, out there actually doing something about this quiet horror.

Sex Positive Broadway!

For the past 6-8 weeks, I've been out on tour or down with the flu or helping my grrlfriend say goodbye to her mom who passed from this world. But I'm back now in New York City, and I was thankfully lucky enough to catch a performance of Spring Awakening, a shiny new Broadway musical that shatters Broadway stereotypes in a healthy, sex positive way.