PRACTICING SELF-CARE AND SELF-LOVE FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNERS
We're so glad you found us!
Welcome to our BLISS page! At the Second City Sisters, we believe all our bodies are beautiful, sexy, and ours to enjoy, protect, and care for as our very own. We live in our bodies for our entire lives, they are how we experience this world in all its pains, pleasures, and JOY!
On this page, we've put together a number of community resources to help you and your body enjoy each other and make enjoying others and their consenting bodies more BLISSful and rewarding.
All the pleasure and fun with less fear and NO SHAME. (Unless you're into that.) ;)
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B.L.I.S.S. is:
- Balance: there's a time and place for everything. Too much of one thing over another limits/harms us and we miss out on the diversity of experience that life has to offer. (REST and HYDRATE.)
- Love: the subject of most of our songs and stories. The way we express appreciation and care to what and who we cherish in life. (The most desired thing in humanity...LOVE HARD AND OFTEN.)
- Integrity: Being honest (with yourself and others) even when it's hard or scary. (GET TESTED REGULARLY AND BE HONEST WITH YOUR PARTNERS.)
- Sexuality: Emotionally, who we are attracted to. Physically, how we express love, trust, and/or care for another person(s). (GET OUT THERE AND HAVE FUN!)
- Soul: The essence of our life energy. The spark of the Divine in all of us. (ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW SPECIAL AND PREVIOUS YOU ARE.)
Intentional
Making thoughtful choices and encouraging your partners to do the same.
Purposeful
Expressions of our joy and BLISS empower others to do the same, keeping us all healthier and more free.
Pleasurable!
Enjoy yourself! Life is too short to deny yourself everything it has to offer you.
Immediate Testing & Prevention
CDPH Clinics (City of Chicago)
CDPH Clinics (City of Chicago)
CDPH Clinics (City of Chicago)
Free HIV/STI testing, treatment, PrEP, vaccines.
Center on Halsted
CDPH Clinics (City of Chicago)
CDPH Clinics (City of Chicago)
Free Rapid HIV testing, PrEP Navigation, referrals.
Howard Brown Health
CDPH Clinics (City of Chicago)
Vivent Health + TPAN
Comprehensive testing, treatment, PrEP/PEP
Vivent Health + TPAN
Lighthouse Foundation
Vivent Health + TPAN
Testing, PrEP, condoms, syringe services.
Lighthouse Foundation
Lighthouse Foundation
Lighthouse Foundation
Free HIV/STI testing, PrEP/PEP navigation, and referrals for Black LGBTQ+ Individuals.
HIV Care & Treatment
Howard Brown Health
Vivent Health + TPAN
Vivent Health + TPAN
HIV treatment, primary care, mental health.
Vivent Health + TPAN
Vivent Health + TPAN
Vivent Health + TPAN
Integrated HIV medical care, pharmacy, case management.
UChicago Medicine
Vivent Health + TPAN
UChicago Medicine
Specialized HIV/STI care, youth programs, prevention.
Prevention & Education
Support Services
AIDS Foundation of Chicago (HIV Resource Hub)
AIDS Foundation of Chicago (HIV Resource Hub)
AIDS Foundation of Chicago (HIV Resource Hub)
Housing, financial assistance, case management.
Vivent Health + TPAN
AIDS Foundation of Chicago (HIV Resource Hub)
AIDS Foundation of Chicago (HIV Resource Hub)
Mental health, legal services, food pantry.
CALOR
CALOR
CALOR
Mental health, housing, employment services, social services navigation for Black LGBTQ+ individuals.
STUDENT Services
Loyola University Chicago
Northwestern University STD Clinic
Northwestern University STD Clinic
Confidential STI/HIV testing and referrals.
Northwestern University STD Clinic
Northwestern University STD Clinic
Northwestern University STD Clinic
Confidential consultation, testing, and treatment.
Community Outreach
Steamworks Baths (Men Only)
Chicago Coalition of Kink Clubs
Chicago Coalition of Kink Clubs
STEAMWORKS Chicago is a private men's gym, sauna, and bathhouse.
They host onsite HIV/STI testing events, vaccination clinics, prevention outreach with health partners.
Chicago Coalition of Kink Clubs
Chicago Coalition of Kink Clubs
Chicago Coalition of Kink Clubs
Directory of Chicago-area groups promoting healthy fun based on diverse interests.
Lighthouse Foundation
Chicago Coalition of Kink Clubs
Lighthouse Foundation
Lighthouse Foundation leads the Black LGBTQ+ (BQC) Caucus. The BQC provides regular programming and opportunities for Black LGBTQ+ individuals to socialize, find support and community, and pursue holistic wellness.
Knowledge is sexy (and life-affirming!)
PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
“Your daily (or bi-monthly) shield before the party even starts.”
Take it before potential exposure and it dramatically lowers your chance of getting HIV—like, “main character is protected” energy.
👉 Learn more about PrEP [cdc.gov]
PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)
PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
“Oops? Don’t panic—just act fast.”
Started after a possible exposure, PEP is a 28‑day emergency glow-up that can prevent HIV—but you’ve got ~72 hours to get it going. Tick-tock, diva.
DoxyPEP (Doxycycline PEP)
PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
“Post-hookup antibiotic realness.”
Take doxycycline within ~72 hours after sex to help prevent certain bacterial STIs (like chlamydia & syphilis). Not for everyone, but a fierce new tool in the toolkit.
HPV Vaccinations
MPOX (Monkey Pox) Vaccinations
“Because your future deserves a VIP pass.”
This vaccine helps protect against HPV—the virus linked to several cancers and genital warts. Think: long-term glow, fewer plots twists. (General CDC guidance on HPV prevention.)
MPOX (Monkey Pox) Vaccinations
MPOX (Monkey Pox) Vaccinations
MPOX (Monkey Pox) Vaccinations
“Two shots, maximum protection, no drama.”
A 2-dose vaccine that helps protect against mpox (and smallpox relatives). Get both doses and keep your storyline rash-free.
our history of empowering pleasure and reducing risk
The Sacred Work of the Nuns Who Came Before Us
First published in 1982, Play Fair! by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence emerged as a landmark, community-driven response to the early AIDS crisis—often credited as one of the first safer-sex pamphlets and influential in shaping modern public health messaging. Written by Sisters closely embedded in the community (including public health nurse Bobbi Campbell (Sister Florence Nightmare), later featured on the cover of Newsweek), the booklet blended practical advice with irreverent humor—opening with candid, often comedic anecdotes about the Sisters’ own supposed ailments—to disarm stigma and engage readers. Its sex-positive, non-moralizing tone—plainspoken, playful, and unapologetically direct—was widely noted as a breakthrough approach, helping the pamphlet earn enduring recognition as both a pioneering health resource and a culturally iconic example of grassroots queer activism.
The Second City Sisters are proud to carry on in their tradition.