Join Tight Lipped Connecticut
Do you have pain with sex, tampons, or pelvic exams? Does your vulva feel like it's on fire? Do you feel like you have a UTI or yeast infection all the time? Have you struggled to find the care you need?
Between 10% and 28% of people with vaginas experience vulvar, vaginal, and pelvic pain. However, these common conditions remain stigmatized and poorly understood. Most people who seek medical care for these conditions struggle to get a diagnosis, treatment, or even to be taken seriously by medical providers.
Join Tight Lipped! We're a grassroots organization fighting for a world where people with these conditions have access to correct diagnoses, effective treatments, and compassionate care. Our members are people with first-person experience with chronic pelvic, vaginal, and vulvar pain and allies who support our goals. If you are interested in getting involved in our work in Connecticut, please fill out this form & we'll get in touch!
What's chronic vulvovaginal/pelvic pain?
We use this term to refer to a variety of conditions that cause vulvar burning, rawness, itching and pain; pain with insertion (sex, tampons, pelvic exams, etc), UTI-like symptoms, pain with urination, sitting, and tight pants. This includes conditions like vaginismus, vulvodynia, pelvic floor dysfunction and lichen sclerosus. (Find medical resources and information here).
What's Tight Lipped?
Tight Lipped is a grassroots movement by and for people with chronic vulvovaginal and pelvic pain. We fight for a world where these conditions are diagnosed correctly, treated effectively, and given compassionate care. You can check out our storytelling podcast and read our zine, Opening Up, here.