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Connecting with Community: Pods and Mutual Aid

Connecting with Community: Pods and Mutual Aid

Pod mapping is a useful way to identify the resources you need, where to connect to those resources, as well as what you have to offer others. Pod mapping can be useful in building community and...

Day 9: Use “I’m Here for You” Cards

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 5: Revel in trans beauty

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

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 2: Talk about non-binary identities

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!

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

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...