by FORGE Intern | Apr 3, 2020 | Anti-Violence, Trans Community / Survivors
Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence are experiencing intensified abuse while trapped with their abusers at home under “stay-safer-at-home” mandates during COVID-19. Under these tense conditions, abusers are taking advantage of survivors’ fear of COVID-19 and...
by FORGE Intern | Dec 2, 2019 | Anti-Violence, Policy
We don’t need to tell you that the current Administration has targeted transgender and non-binary people, rolling back federal protections and insulting us seemingly at every opportunity. Well, they’ve found a new way to hurt us. In November 2019, the...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 22, 2019 | Trans Community / Survivors
. . . A day of glitter, love and donations for non-profits. We’d love you to join our giving party on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Who: You! A Hero for Trans/Non-binary Issues What: Giving Tuesday, a national celebration of giving to non-profits Where: Online at...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Anti-Violence, Trans Community / Survivors
It’s the last day of our #14DaysOfAction campaign. We are grateful to everyone who read these posts and took actions to support (other) trans and non-binary individuals and loved ones. To close this year’s series, we would like to talk about micro-inclusions. ...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Trans Community / Survivors
We regularly see the challenges that trans and non-binary people face in our social media newsfeeds. Changes in laws, discriminatory behaviors, family challenges, and other hardships. AND. . . Trans people are resilient. Some of us at FORGE talk about...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Trans Community / Survivors
Did you know that a lot of trans and non-binary folks often are food-insecure? Some folks attend free social or community events that have food, JUST to access food – sometimes the only meal they will eat that day. Some trans folks survive on food from food pantries...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Anti-Violence, Core Concepts, Trans Community / Survivors
Did you know that you – yes, you! – can save the life of a young trans/non-binary youth? That may sound like hyperbole, but it’s not. Many research studies have shown that T/LGB adults have far higher victimization rates than the general public, and we now...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
According to the U.S. Transgender Survey (http://www.ustranssurvey.org/), 30% of employed trans people report being fired, denied a promotion, or experiencing some other form of mistreatment in the workplace each year. Did you know there may be a legal remedy for...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Anti-Violence, Core Concepts, Trans Community / Survivors
Many trans and non-binary people have experienced trauma. If what you think when someone you know tells you they have experienced trauma is, “I don’t know what to say!” FORGE has a card that can help. Our free “I’m here for you!” cards list eight simple things anyone...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Core Concepts, Trans Community / Survivors
Remember books? “Most” trans, non-binary, and lesbian, gay, or bisexual high school students in a 2017 GLSEN national survey (https://www.glsen.org/research/2017-national-school-climate-survey-0) said they “did not have access to information about LGBTQ-related topics...
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