by FORGE Intern | Apr 7, 2013 | Anti-Violence, Providers, Sexual Violence
Are “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” sexual assault awareness events transphobic? This FORGE essay explores the question. FORGE has received questions from a number of DV/SA organizations and community organizers asking whether the “Walk A Mile in Her Shoes”...
by FORGE Intern | Feb 16, 2013 | Anti-Violence, Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
2013 Trans Black History Month collection of organizations, blogs, videos, and films. February is Black History month. We honor and recognize the African-American trans individuals and loved ones who boldly step forward to acknowledge the intersections of race and...
by FORGE Intern | Dec 14, 2012 | Anti-Violence, Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
This 2006 essay was reprinted in 2012 after the Sandy Hooks school shooting. It weaves together earlier school shootings, a loved one’s suicide and the neighbors’ response, mustaches, and the Amish response to violence. Today, on December 14, 2012, there...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 20, 2012 | Anti-Violence, Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
Speech by Annie, parent of a trans daughter, at the 2012 Milwaukee Transgender Day of Remembrance. First of all I wish to commend and tell all of the transgender community how courageous you all are for living your lives for who you truly are on the inside. You are...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 20, 2012 | Anti-Violence, Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
Speech by Loree Cook-Daniels at the 2012 Milwaukee Transgender Day of Remembrance. Theme: how trans people provoke fear in others because we show them the boxes they were told to fit in do not have to be prisons for life. Tonight we’ve gathered, as we’ve had so many...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 20, 2012 | Anti-Violence, Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
Speech by Markie Anne Wenzel at the 2012 Milwaukee Transgender Day of Remembrance. Her themes are healing, forgiveness, faith, and fear. Resilience, Healing, and Hope by Markie Anna Wenzel As One who has been down the path of Transgender Transition, and Making my way...
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