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Preguntas frecuentes sobre las sesiones de escucha para miembros de la comunidad
Read this page in English. FORGE está llevando a cabo más de 24 sesiones de escucha con les miembros de la comunidad y les proveedores de servicios con el fin de diseñar un kit de herramientas sobre...
Day 10: Help stop sexual harassment against trans employees
According to the U.S. Transgender Survey (http://www.ustranssurvey.org/), 30% of employed trans people report being fired, denied a promotion, or...
Day 9: Use “I’m Here for You” Cards
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...
Day 8: Buy trans books, read trans books, donate trans books
Remember books? “Most” trans, non-binary, and lesbian, gay, or bisexual high school students in a 2017 GLSEN national survey...
Day 7: Go with! Accompaniment has many forms
The last three years have been very hard on trans and non-binary people, who have watched as right after right has been taken away and government...
Day 6: Access (or help a trans survivor access) healing resources
People who have been the victims of a crime are more likely to experience more crimes. That fact makes healing trauma a prevention measure: healing...
Day 5: Revel in trans beauty
When FORGE first started training non-trans service professionals, we included pictures of trans people (with their overt permission!) in our...
Day 4: Make your own Blue Couch
Sometimes we need a little help from our friends (or a stranger) in order to share our emotions (and feel 100 times better). Ten years ago,...
Day 3: Creatively support people around TDOR
This weekend many communities will be holding Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) events. TDOR is hard for many people. While some are comforted...
Day 2: Talk about non-binary identities
Did you know that 6-27% of youth age 12-18 identify as non-binary (Williams Institute, 2017)? Or, that in the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, 35% of...
Day 1: Introduce yourself!
One of the more frequent and more painful things that often happens to trans and non-binary people is “misgendering.” Misgendering is when someone...