Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The Mission of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of becoming unhoused throughout Colorado. CCH advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services (employment, healthcare, mental healthcare, and more) to improve the health, well-being, and stability of unhoused Coloradoans. You helped support them last year too.

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Colorado Springs Mutual Aid and Solidarity Union

Colorado Springs Mutual Aid Union (COSMASU) is a community-driven group dedicated to supporting those in need through weekly distributions of food, clothing, harm reduction supplies, and tent heaters. Rooted in values of solidarity, anti-colonialism, anti-racism, and accessibility, they prioritize mutual aid over traditional charity, fostering an inclusive and judgment-free space. Their funding comes from community donations via Patreon, Venmo, and CashApp, ensuring that all contributions directly benefit the people they serve. They also build and distribute self-extinguishing tent heaters during cold months and collaborate with harm reduction organizations. Open to new members and ideas, COSMASU welcomes support in the form of monetary and material contributions, volunteer work, or simply showing up at their weekly distribution at Dorchester Park 1130 S Nevada Ave at 1 PM on Saturdays.

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I Support the Girls

Through an international network of affiliates, I Support The Girls (ISTG) collects and distributes essential items including bras, underwear, and menstrual hygiene products to organizations helping people experiencing houselessness, impoverishment, natural disasters, or distress. The Denver chapter (a second Colorado chapter is in Ft. Collins) formed in April 2017 and has connected at least 95 organizations with products they need or donations to offer. They also provided relief after the Troublesome and Marshall fires. You helped support them last year too.

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The Rainbow Circles

We are a not-for-profit organization growing towards being worker-owned providing therapeutic services to all of Colorado virtually with a physical office in Fort Collins for in person visits. We primarily serve LGBTQIA+ youth, adults, partners, and families. Our team strives to center the lived experiences of both clients and clinicians. Our clinicians are experienced in various speciality modalities like play therapy, EMDR and wilderness therapy, as well as traditional therapeutic approaches, and we also provide gender affirming care letter writing services. We specialize in supporting clients in exploring who they are, their strengths, and their concerns in a non-judgmental environment. It is our mission to help every client feel supported through accessible care, be able to express their most authentic self, and build a supportive, inclusive community grounded within relational, social justice, and anti-oppressive frameworks.

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Period Poverty in Colorado: Let’s Talk About It

By Danger and the Alexion

Alright, folks, let’s talk about something that happens every month for about half the population but still somehow makes people squirm—periods. Specifically, period poverty, which is a huge issue in Colorado and beyond. Too many people can’t afford basic menstrual products, which means they’re stuck using toilet paper wads, socks (yes, really), or just winging it. That’s not okay.

The solution? Well, for starters, let’s stop acting like periods are some dark, shameful secret and start making sure everyone has access to what they need. And while we’re at it, let’s put our money where our uterus is and support BIPOC and women-owned brands that are actually making a difference.

Do Your Period Products Support the Right Causes?

While putting together our online wish lists this year, I decided to dig a little deeper into the brands we are asking people to purchase. Using opensecrets.org, I looked up which companies donate to political campaigns—because I’d rather not give my hard-earned dollars to a company that turns around and funds people who don’t even believe in period poverty.

So, if I’m gonna bleed every month, I’m at least gonna make sure my purchases are supporting the right folks.

Talking About Periods (Especially If It Makes People Uncomfortable)

Look, if you can talk about sports injuries in graphic detail over dinner, you can handle a conversation about menstruation. Periods aren’t gross. They’re just a normal bodily function—like sneezing, but with slightly higher stakes.

The more we talk about them, the less weird it gets. And the less weird it gets, the easier it is to push for change—like getting free period products in schools, public spaces, and workplaces. So yeah, let’s talk about it—loudly. Bonus points if it makes that one awkward family member shift uncomfortably in their seat.

These Brands Actually Care About Period Poverty

According to my research these brands offer ethical, sustainable, and comfortable period products that don’t feel like a medieval torture device:

• FLO (Here We Flo) – Women-of-color-owned and making biodegradable period products because your uterus deserves better.
• The Honey Pot (The Honey Pot) – Created “by humans with vaginas, for humans with vaginas,” and honestly, that tagline alone deserves a round of applause.
• Organyc (Organyc) – Made from 100% organic cotton, so you’re not putting questionable chemicals in delicate areas.
• Wombilee (Wombilee) – Because your period should be happier and healthier. Also, this name is adorable.
• Cora (Cora) – Buy their products, and they’ll donate period supplies to someone who needs them. You get your tampons, and someone else gets dignity—win-win.

What Can You Do?

Besides ranting about periods at the dinner table (which I highly encourage), here’s how you can help:

• Support brands that actually care. Buy from companies that are putting their money toward real change, not just fancy marketing.
• Talk about periods. Casually. Confidently. Maybe even loudly. Normalize it so future generations don’t have to deal with this nonsense.
• Push for free period products in public places. If toilet paper is free, why aren’t tampons? Seriously.

At the end of the day, no one should be missing school or work because they can’t afford a pad. And yet, here we are. So let’s do better, support brands that give a damn, and keep making noise about this issue.

Because, honestly? It’s 2025. We shouldn’t still be whispering about tampons.



Bleed Not Afraid.

Love,

Danger and the Alexion, Co-Congregation Head

Satanic Colorado