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Listening Sessions FAQ for Community Members
Haga clic aquí para información en español FORGE is hosting 24+ listening sessions with community members and service providers to inform a Toolkit on serving trans and nonbinary survivors of crime....
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...
Reaching Victims June Newsletter
The articles in this Reaching Victims newsletter include: a quote from Sarah McBride; a description of FORGE; and an article on the importance of...
FORGE welcomes Caleb Weinhardt to our Team
Staff introduction: Caleb Weinhardt To develop new programming for the transgender/non-binary community and assist with organization, FORGE is...
National Day of Action to Stop the Bans Statement
This statement discusses why abortion rights are trans rights: Today, the National Day of Action to Stop the Bans on Abortion, FORGE, the national...