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• FAQ: Master Status

  • Publication Date: July 1st, 2012
  • Subjects: Anti-Violence FAQs, Anti-violence Publications
  

  It is human nature to categorize, but it often leads us to over-simplify.  Providing client-centered services requires a more complex view of who people are.  This FAQ describes the “Master Status” concept and gives common examples of the potentially inaccurate conclusions providers may jump to when working with transgender survivors of violence.

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• FAQ: Terms paradox

  • Publication Date: June 1st, 2012
  • Subjects: Anti-Violence FAQs, Anti-violence Publications
  

  Many people feel more comfortable when they have a list of terms and accompanying definitions. In fact, some people believe that knowing exactly what a set of terms means is a critical component of being culturally competent. FORGE takes a different approach….  Read more

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• FAQ: Who are trans people?

  • Publication Date: May 1st, 2012
  • Subjects: Anti-Violence FAQs, Anti-violence Publications
  

  Who are trans people? Transgender basics for victim service providers is a brief transgender 101 overview.  This fact sheet is the first in a monthly series that will help victim service providers understand more about the unique challenges and resilience of transgender survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and hate violence.  

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• Fact Sheet Topics Overview

  • Publication Date: May 1st, 2012
  • Subjects: Anti-Violence FAQs, Anti-violence Publications, Featured Publication
  

  Beginning in May 2012, a new monthly FAQ sheet for providers who work with survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking will be uploaded to this page.  These FAQ sheets are designed to be short, transgender-specific, and trauma-informed. May 2012 Who are transgender people? June 2012 Terms paradox July 2012 FAQ: Master […]

• Creating a Trans-Welcoming Environment: A tips sheet for sexual assault service providers

  • Publication Date: June 30th, 2011
  • Subjects: Anti-violence Publications

  Creating a Trans-Welcoming Environment: A tips sheet for sexual assault service providers This brief, easy to read (and use) tip sheet is written specifically for sexual assault service providers who are working with a transgender or gender non-conforming client.  It is intended as an overview, a set of reminders, to ensure heightened sensitivity to the […]

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• Thinking About the Unthinkable:Transgender in an Immutable Binary World

  • Publication Date: June 17th, 2011
  • Subjects: Aging Publications, Anti-violence Publications, Health Publications

  This essay discusses ways in which people attempt to reconcile or resolve their own cognitive dissonance engendered by transgender people in a society in which gender is perceived as both binary (male OR female) and immutable (an unalterable state or condition).

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• Male Survivors Resource Sheet

  • Publication Date: June 17th, 2011
  • Subjects: Anti-violence Publications

  Key resources — websites and written materials — for male survivors of both domestic violence and sexual assault.

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• LGBT Elders: Elder Abuse and Neglect Issues

  • Publication Date: June 17th, 2011
  • Subjects: Aging Publications, Anti-violence Publications
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• Female Perpetrators and Male Victims of Sexual Assault: Why They are so Invisible

  • Publication Date: June 17th, 2011
  • Subjects: Anti-violence Publications
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• Social Change and Justice for All: The Role of SOFFAs in the Trans Community (CLAGS)

  • Publication Date: June 17th, 2011
  • Subjects: Aging Publications, Anti-violence Publications, Health Publications

  Trans Politics, Social Change, and Justice, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York, (in press)

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