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 | 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 | 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...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Core Concepts, Trans Community / Survivors
When FORGE first started training non-trans service professionals, we included pictures of trans people (with their overt permission!) in our presentations because many providers said they “didn’t know what a trans person looks like.” The world has changed a lot since...
by FORGE Intern | Nov 17, 2019 | Anti-Violence, Core Concepts, Trans Community / Survivors
This weekend many communities will be holding Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) events. TDOR is hard for many people. While some are comforted and feel supported by gathering together to mourn those who had their lives taken by anti-transgender violence, others...
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