Transgender Sexual Violence Survivors – Working with Providers

In 2009, FORGE was awarded a 3-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime to help professionals better serve transgender survivors of sexual violence.  read more

Transgender Sexual Violence Survivors – Working with Survivors

Also in 2009, FORGE was awarded a 3-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to provide direct services to transgender sexual violence survivors.  read more

National Resource Center on LGBT Aging

FORGE’s Transgender Aging Network (TAN) is honored to be one of SAGE’s 10 partners in the groundbreaking, federally-funded National Resource Center on LGBT Aging (the “Center”).  read more

Community Cares

After the May 7, 2010, murder of Milwaukee transgender woman Chanel Larkin, FORGE initiated a months-long set of activities designed to support, empower, and educate the community.  read more (anti-violence) / read more (Wisconsin)

Transgender Employment Project

In the wake of transwoman Chanel Larkin’s murder, several African-American transgender women approached FORGE and asked for our help in finding them regular employment so they could quit working the streets. read more

National LGBT Policy Development

Despite what some critics say, the Obama Administration has spearheaded a radical shift in the federal government’s attitude toward and interest in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population.  read more (anti-violence) / read more (aging)

National LGBT Aging Roundtable

TAN is an active member of the National LGBT Aging Roundtable, which holds monthly teleconferences and annual in-person meetings to identify and work toward achieving policy changes that could improve the quality of life for LGBT older adults.  read more

Caring and Aging with Pride

The National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging is funding this groundbreaking national project to better understand the health and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and older adults. read more

Social Support Meetings

For more than a decade and a half, FORGE has been sponsoring peer support and information meetings for Milwaukee-area transgender people and SOFFAs.  read more

Milwaukee Police Department Homicide Review Team

In the wake of the 2010 murders of Chanel Larkin and Rosalyn Ross, FORGE was recruited to be part of the Milwaukee Police Department’s Homicide Review Team.  read more (anti-violence) / read more (Wisconsin)

PrideFest Health and Wellness Committee

FORGE is a very proud co-sponsor of the Health and Wellness Section at Milwaukee’s PrideFest (June 10-12, 2011). read more (Wisconsin) / read more (Health)

Diverse & Resilient’s LGBT Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Advisory Committee

FORGE Executive Director michael munson serves on the advisory committee of a federally-funded project sponsored by Diverse & Resilient to increase recognition of the high incidence of IPV with LGBT communities read more (anti-violence) / read more (Wisconsin)