by FORGE Intern | Apr 24, 2014 | Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
News release on Violence Against Women Act new provision protecting LGBT survivors from discrimination (2013). As advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, we applaud the Department of Justice for issuing strong implementing guidelines for...
by FORGE Intern | Apr 9, 2014 | Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
Tip sheet on the Department of Justice’s Frequently Asked Questions guidance implementing new non-discrimination provisions in the Violence Against Women Act (2014). April 9, 2014 Today the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) released its long-awaited FAQs on...
by FORGE Intern | Apr 9, 2014 | Anti-Violence, Providers, Sexual Violence, Trans Community / Survivors
Link to Huffington Post article on transgender sexual violence survivors FORGE’s Executive Director michael munson was published by the Huffington Post on April 8, as part of a Sexual Assault Awareness Month series coordinated by the National Sexual Violence Resource...
by FORGE Intern | Feb 8, 2014 | Anti-Violence, Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
On its 20th anniversary, FORGE issued an annual report. Includes data, partnerships, and quotes. FORGE’s 2013 Annual Report… highlights how far we’ve come over the past 20 years, reviews our partnerships and national policy work, shares some of our efforts and...
by FORGE Intern | Jun 26, 2013 | Aging, Anti-Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Providers, Sexual Violence, Trans Community / Survivors
Link to two articles on LGBT elder abuse. FORGE’s Transgender Aging Network, in partnership with the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging (NRCLA), is very pleased to announce the publication of new materials on LGBT elder abuse, available...
by FORGE Intern | Jun 5, 2013 | Anti-Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Providers, Trans Community / Survivors
2013’s t-shirt design winner: Do Your Hugs Come with Strings Attached? Congratulations to Chelsea O’Neil, the winner of the 2013 FORGE T-Shirt contest! Chelsea’s design captures the FORGE PrideFest booth theme of “Do your hugs come with strings attached?” This...
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...
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