Webinar description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to assist domestic violence advocates and other victim service providers in better serving transgender survivors. Many providers are committed to serving transgender clients, but seek additional information in order to provide more competent and sensitive services. This webinar will primarily focus on basic transgender concepts, but will include […]
Recorded webinars
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May 17
Working with Transgender Survivors: Core Information for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocates
Webinar description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to assist domestic violence advocates and other victim service providers in better serving transgender survivors. Many providers are committed to serving transgender clients, but seek additional information in order to provide more competent and sensitive services. This webinar will primarily focus on basic transgender concepts, but will include […]
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July 20, 2017
Part of the Solution: Gender-Integrated Sexual Assault Support Groups (webinar)
Description: Sexual assault survivors derive many benefits from participating in support groups. Unfortunately, current widespread practices of holding only single-gender support groups deprive many transgender, non-binary, and male survivors of opportunities to benefit from these core services. FORGE surveyed and interviewed dozens of facilitators to identify concerns about all-gender groups and, most importantly, how experienced […]
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April 7, 2017
Integrating Transgender Survivors into Shelter and Support Groups (Webinar)
A co-sponsored webinar with FORGE and JWI. This training is the second of two webinars. For information on the first webinar — Working with Transgender Survivors: Core Information for Domestic Violence and Allied Professionals — contact JWI. Register today! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7695612006358836483 Description: This webinar will explore two common support services for domestic violence survivors that are […]
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March 31, 2017
Working with Transgender Survivors: Core Information for Domestic Violence and Allied Professionals (webinar)
A webinar with JWI. Register today! https://www.jwi.org/calendar/webinar-working-with-transgender-survivors Description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to assist domestic violence advocates and other victim service providers in better serving transgender survivors. Many providers are committed to serving transgender clients, but seek additional information in order to provide more competent and sensitive services. This webinar will primarily focus on […]
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December 30, 2016
Sheltering Non-Binary Survivors
The latest numbers show that non-binary individuals – those who do not identify as either male or female – now comprise the majority of the transgender community. FORGE’s other two webinars in this series – Sheltering Trans Women and Sheltering Trans Men – will help guide you with placement into sex-segregated or gender integrated communal […]
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December 28, 2016
Sheltering Trans Men
Whether your shelter is sex-segregated, gender-integrated, or not set up with a traditional communal-living model, sheltering trans men requires thinking in some new ways. This 90-minute webinar uses three case studies to illustrate how placement decisions can be made. Includes a section on preventing and confronting bias.
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December 26, 2016
Sheltering Trans Women
If your shelter receives funding for the Office for Violence Against Women, you are legally required to shelter trans women. If that statement makes you nervous, then this webinar is for you! Experienced shelters know it’s easier than you think, and this 90-minute webinar will guide you through key points of what you what you […]
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August 13, 2016
Radio show: What’s in a name when it comes to abuse?
It was domestic violence, then violence against women. Then came intimate terrorism, and then abuse. Sometimes intimate partner violence, and now it’s gendered violence. Are we talking about the same thing? Is this just semantics, or political correctness or do these names refer to different things? Why the changes in terminology and what does it […]
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June 22, 2016
Trans Youth Sexual Assault Survivors: Skills for Advocates (WCSAP)
A webinar for the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs. Recording available at: http://www.wcsap.org/transgender-youth-sexual-assault-survivors-skills-advocates-0 Description: What are some of the unique considerations in working with trans and gender non-binary youth who have experienced sexual assault? Join this webinar to gain practical skills in working with trans/gender non-binary survivors who are pre-teens and teens. Content […]
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February 4, 2016
Serving Trans Survivors: A 101 for Advocates
[Note: This webinar is a repeat of Serving Trans Survivors: A 101 for Advocates presented on January 27, 2016. Please feel free to join us again, or for the first time!] [Note: This webinar will be closed captioned and updated within a week of the initial recording.] Description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to […]
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January 27, 2016
Serving Trans Survivors: A 101 Training for Advocates
Watch the recording of this webinar, originally presented on 1/27/16 at the link below: http://www.wcsap.org/serving-transgender-survivors-101-training-advocates Description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to assist sexual assault service providers in better serving transgender survivors. Many providers are committed to serving transgender clients, but seek additional information in order to provide more competent and sensitive services. […]
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October 20, 2015
Disability and Transgender Survivors Webinar
Empowering providers who work with multiply-marginalized populations Webinar recorded on October 20, 2015 Click the slide/image below to access the archived recording. https://veracvs.adobeconnect.com/p411094rlvr/ Webinar provided by VERA Institute of Justice. Description: Transgender and gender non-conforming individuals experience extremely high rates of violence, as well as live with higher-than-average rates of physical and mental health conditions. […]
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September 29, 2015
Working with Transgender Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence
<Registration & event postponed> Provided in conjunction with the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence. Before the webinar, please download the accompanying worksheet: <coming soon> Description: This fast-paced training will encourage participants to expand their transgender vocabulary and conceptual framework(s), specifically in how they apply to transgender and gender non-conforming survivors of […]
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August 19, 2015
Serving Transgender Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence Webinar
Before viewing, please download the accompanying worksheet: Worksheet: Serving Trans Survivors – Webinar – August 19, 2015 Resources: Printable documents: Sheltering Transgender Women: Providing Welcoming Services Safety Planning: A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals who are experiencing intimate partner violence Trans-specific Power and Control Tactics Other related recorded webinars: Working with rural […]
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November 19, 2014
Not Alone: How to Help Transgender Survivors in Detention (Part 1)
Originally recorded on November 19, 2014. This webinar was sponsored by Just Detention International (JDI). Description: Transgender men and women are extremely vulnerable to sexual abuse behind bars. What support do transgender survivors need to heal? How can you, as an advocate, make a difference in their lives? This is the first in a two-part […]
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November 6, 2014
Strategies for Improving Trans-Police Relations
Originally recorded on November 6, 2014 @ 2:00pm CT Resources: Three slides from the webinar, enlarged: 1. Peacebulding Framework 2. A Context of Broader Oppression 3. Crafting a Political Strategy #GetYrRights Website http://getyrrights.org/ Strategy Bayard Rustin, “From Protest to Politics,” 1965 http://digital.library.pitt.edu/u/ulsmanuscripts/pdf/31735066227830.pdf Lisa Schirch, “Strategic Peacebuilding: State of the Field,” 2008 http://www.wiscomp.org/pp-v1/Lisa_Schirch.pd National […]
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July 16, 2014
VAWA non-discrimination conditions webinar
Webinar recorded on July 16, 2014 Pre-Webinar Handout: Don’t forget to download the Department of Justice’s “Frequently Asked Questions: Nondiscrimination Grant Conditions in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013” prior to the webinar: http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/faqs-ngc-vawa.pdf Description: The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 added a grant condition that prohibits discrimination on the […]
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July 10, 2014
Violence and Trauma in the Lives of Transgender Older Adults
Webinar recorded on July 10, 2014 Description: Although the data about transgender elders and trauma is still limited, the research that does exist indicates both high levels of traumatic history and significant implications for health and wellness. Many transgender and gender non-conforming individuals experience higher than average abuse, violence and neglect than non-transgender peers throughout […]
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June 25, 2014
Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Sexual Assault Victims
On June 25, 2014, at 2 p.m. (eastern time), in commemoration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will present a Web Forum discussion with Loree Cook-Daniels and michael munson on best practices for serving transgender and gender non-conforming sexual assault victims. Cook-Daniels is the Policy and […]
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May 8, 2014
Stalking Basics and Transgender Individuals
Understanding Stalking Dynamics and Implications for Transgender Individuals and Communities Webinar recorded on May 8, 2014 Description: Recent national data indicates that 6.6 million people are stalked in a one year period in the United States; yet stalking is a crime that is often misunderstood, minimized or missed entirely. Guest presenter Rebecca Dreke of […]
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April 10, 2014
Forensic Exams with Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors
Archived Recording (Webinar originally recorded on April 10, 2014) Description: Medical and Forensic Considerations in Caring for Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors Navigating medical services and advocacy with transgender survivors may be uncharted territory for forensic nurses and advocates. Transgender sexual assault victims may differ from other survivors in body configurations, high levels of polyvictimization, increased […]
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March 13, 2014
#Trans101 (for Victim Service Providers) Twitter Chat
It’s time… to tweet about it! Join us for #Trans101 Twitter Chat Thursday, March 13, 2014 (noon-1:00 Pacific, 1-2:00pm Mountain, 2-3:00pm Central, 3-4:00pm Eastern) Description: Trans101 webinars are great, but so are opportunities to ask any and all the questions you have about transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and issues. Join FORGE staff michael munson […]
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February 13, 2014
New Laws and Policies Improving Transgender Survivors’ Lives
Download before viewing! Pre-Quiz – New Laws and Policies Improving Transgender Survivors’ Lives Archived Recording (Webinar originally recorded on February 13, 2014) Description: In the last few years there have been literally dozens of positive, concrete changes in federal policy that have improved the lives of transgender people. This webinar will discuss the […]
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January 9, 2014
Transgender sexuality and trauma
Archived Recording (Webinar originally recorded on January 9, 2014) [Please note the correction that the Five Circles of Sexuality was created by Dr. Dennis Dailey – not the equally legendary Dallas Denny. We apologize for the misattribution, and have updated the handout accordingly.] Description: Transgender Sexuality and Trauma: A Context of Care for Service […]
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January 7, 2014
BWJP: Transgender People, IPV and the Legal System
Battered Women’s Justice Project 2014 Webinar Series: Researcher/Practitioner Discourse Transgender People, IPV and the Legal System To access the archived recording, click the link below and complete the brief registration form to view the webinar. https://bwjp.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/vc_launch.pl?activity_id=shfhktr&user_id= Faculty: Leigh Goodmark, J.D. is a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Frances King […]
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December 30, 2013
#Trans101 Twitter Chat for Victim Service Providers
It’s time… to tweet about it! Join us for #Trans101 Twitter Chat Monday, December 30, 2013 (noon-1:00 Pacific, 1-2:00pm Mountain, 2-3:00pm Central, 3-4:00pm Eastern) Description: Trans101 webinars are great, but so are opportunities to ask any and all the questions you have about transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and issues. Join FORGE staff michael munson […]
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December 2, 2013
State of Transgender Policy 2013
Attitudes, policies, and laws affecting transgender and gender non-conforming people and our families are rapidly changing. To help you keep up, FORGE has prepared a 22-minute webinar/recording that looks at the current state of many of the policy issues that most affect trans people and families, including: employment, health care, identification documents, housing, education, the […]
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November 21, 2013
Trans-specific barriers to accessing health care
Archived Recording (Webinar originally recorded on November 21, 2013) Description: Sexual assault and domestic violence victims often need more physical and/or mental health care than non-survivors, both directly following abuse/assault and years later. Transgender and gender non-conforming survivors and loved ones often face additional challenges accessing healthcare-related services (including denial of care and even […]
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October 10, 2013
Working with rural trans survivors (Webinar)
Archived Recording (Webinar originally recorded on October 10, 2013) Description: Transgender individuals live in every corner of the country, including in rural areas. This webinar will provide an overview of the realities and implications of being transgender and not living in a large urban community. Guest presenter Kris Bein, IowaCASA’s Resource Sharing Project Assistant Coordinator, […]
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September 19, 2013
Transgender 101 for Victim Service Providers
Archived Recording (Webinar originally recorded on September 19, 2013) Description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to assist victim service providers in better serving transgender survivors of sexual assault and other forms of violence. Many providers are committed to serving transgender clients, but seek additional information in order to provide more competent and sensitive […]
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September 11, 2013
2013 – 2014 Webinars
Please save the dates for the 2013-2014 webinar schedule. Registration for each webinar will be open approximately 3-4 weeks prior to the event. May 23, 2013 Disability and Transgender Survivors June 20, 2013 Transgender 101 July 11, 2013 Anti-trans violence in prison (Guest: Chris Daley, JDI) August 8, 2013 Anti-Transgender Hate Violence: Mobilizing Communities After […]
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August 8, 2013
Anti-Transgender Hate Violence: Mobilizing Communities After High Profile Crimes
Archived Recording (Webinar originally recorded on August 8, 2013) Description: Anti-transgender hate violence presents complex and compounded challenges for both victims and services providers. Hate violence often crumbles a community’s sense of safety and renders members powerless and vulnerable. To be effective, providers must be able to appreciate and respond to the various levels and meanings […]
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July 11, 2013
Working with transgender survivors of sexual abuse in detention
Archived Recording (Originally recorded July 11, 2013) Recorded Segments: (click the images below to play the clips) Description: The national Prison Rape Elimination Act standards create exciting new opportunities for providing effective services to currently incarcerated transgender survivors of sexual abuse. All available data indicates that transgender people in detention – particularly transgender women […]
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June 20, 2013
#Trans101 Twitter Chat – June 20, 2013
It’s time… to tweet about it! Join us for #Trans101 Twitter Chat Thursday, June 20, 2013 2:00 – 3:00pm Central (noon-1:00 Pacific, 1-2:00pm Mountain, 2-3:00pm Central, 3-4:00pm Eastern) Description: Trans101 webinars are great, but so are opportunities to ask any and all the questions you have about transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and issues. Join […]
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May 23, 2013
Disability and Transgender Survivors
Empowering providers who work with multiply-marginalized populations Archived Recording: [Recorded on May 23, 2013 @ 2:00 – 3:30pm Central] [Note: The video contains a pre-recorded interview embedded within this recording. The sound quality of that interview is not very clear at times. The interview alone, is posted below the full webinar recording. The interview starts […]
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May 15, 2013
Transgender Survivors: Enhancing Culturally Responsive Services (WCASA/WCADV)
The following is a recording of a “remote training” by FORGE for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault / Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCASA/WCADV) Director’s meeting on May 15, 2013. It is similar to many other archived webinars, but was presented live to a group of 50 agency directors from across the state of […]
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April 11, 2013
Power and control tactics specific to trans people
Archived Recording: [Recorded on April 11, 2013 @ 2:00 – 3:30pm Central] Description: Power and control tactics are often a central framework for discussing intimate partner violence. This webinar will guide participants through detailed trans-specific power and control tactics both used against transgender/gender non-conforming individuals, as well as those that trans* people use against […]
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March 14, 2013
#Trans101 Twitter Chat
It’s time… to tweet about it! Join us for #Trans101 Twitter Chat Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:00 – 3:00pm Central (noon-1:00 Pacific, 1-2:00pm Mountain, 2-3:00pm Central, 3-4:00pm Eastern) Description: Trans101 webinars are great, but so are opportunities to ask any and all the questions you have about transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and issues. Join […]
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February 14, 2013
Creating a trans-welcoming environment
Archived Recording: [Recorded on February 14, 2013 @ 2:00 – 3:30pm Central] Description: Creating a trans-welcoming environment involves more than an agency checking off boxes on a cultural competency checklist. This webinar will review key transgender-specific 2011 research data highlighting why transgender victims/survivors are hesitant to access services and how victim service agencies […]
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January 10, 2013
Safety planning with transgender clients
Archived Recording: [Recorded January 10, 2013 @ 2:00 – 3:30pm Central.] Description: Individuals who are in an abusive relationship benefit from the support of professionals who can help them create a safety plan. Providers and advocates who are aware of the unique concerns and challenges that transgender and gender non-conforming individuals may experience will […]
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December 13, 2012
Transgender 101 for Victim Service Providers
Archived Recording Description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to assist victim service providers in better serving transgender survivors of sexual assault and other forms of violence. Many providers are committed to serving transgender clients, but seek additional information in order to provide more competent and sensitive services. This webinar will primarily focus on basic transgender […]
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November 29, 2012
The intersections of sex work and violence
Archived Recording [Recorded November 29, 2012] Description: A high percentage of transgender people – especially African-American transgender women – have survived through sex work, an occupation that vastly increases one’s risk of experiencing multiple forms of violence. This webinar will discuss why sex work is so common among transgender people and outline the additional barriers […]
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October 11, 2012
Transgender Day of Remembrance: When violence becomes deadly
Archived Recording [Recorded October 22, 2012] NOTE: Due to unexpected technical challenges, the first 2.25 minutes are silent. Please feel free to scroll forward to the 2:25 mark. Description: Each year, communities across the world gather on November 20th to honor and remember transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies) who […]
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September 13, 2012
Serving Gender Variant Crime Victims: Transgender 101
Archived Recording: [Recorded September 13, 2012] Description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to assist victim service providers in better serving transgender survivors of sexual assault and other forms of violence. Many providers are committed to serving transgender clients, but seek additional information in order to provide more competent and sensitive services. This webinar will […]
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August 9, 2012
Sex segregated services: Finding resources for transgender clients
Archived Recording: [Recorded August 9, 2012] Feedback: We welcome your feedback. After you’ve viewed the recorded webinar (above), please take a minute to respond to a brief evaluation survey. Description: In an ideal world, every client would have access to ANY medical/ mental health service. Unfortunately, many services are sex-segregated, which creates barriers […]
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July 12, 2012
Transgender Survivors: Statistics, Stories, Strategies
Archived Recording: [Recorded July 12, 2012] Description: This fast-paced webinar will encourage participants to expand their transgender vocabulary and conceptual framework(s), specifically in how they apply to transgender sexual assault survivors. Attendees will increase their ability to fluidly and respectfully interact with and serve transgender survivors and loved ones. Topics will include prevalence rates, […]
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June 14, 2012
Transgender 101: Serving Gender Variant Crime Victims
Archived Recording: [Recorded June 14, 2012] Quick reference – files mentioned or used during the webinar: Trans101 Quiz (pre-webinar) Choices and options worksheet (pre-webinar) Printable flyer: Givens, Choices, Un-Choices, 5-Keys Pronoun conjugation chart Questions and Answers: This 23 page Q&A groups questions into the following areas: Logistics and information related to FORGE (7 questions) Language (6 […]
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June 6, 2012
OVC Web Forum: Violence Against Transgender Individuals
The information below is provided by the Office for Victims of Crime. Online Discussion on Understanding Violence Against Transgender Individuals: June 6 As an Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded grantee who works with victims of crime or on related projects, you are specifically invited to participate in the next live Guest Host Session of […]
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April 30, 2012
Transgender Survivors: Statistics, Stories, Strategies
Archived Recording: [Recorded April 30, 2012] Description: This fast-paced webinar will encourage participants to expand their transgender vocabulary and conceptual framework(s), specifically in how they apply to transgender sexual assault survivors. Attendees will increase their ability to fluidly and respectfully interact with and serve transgender survivors and loved ones. Topics will include prevalence rates, barriers […]
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April 25, 2012
Transgender 101: Serving Gender Variant Crime Victims
Did you miss the April 25, 2012 webinar? Sign up for the next Transgender 101 webinar – June 14, 2012 (2:00pm Central) Listen to the archived recording! Description: This fast-paced webinar is designed to assist victim service providers in better serving transgender survivors of sexual assault and other forms of violence. Many […]
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March 6, 2012
Serving Gender Variant Crime Victims: Transgender 101 – VSDVAA
This webinar was presented for the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. It was not recorded. # Faced with a crime victim who is visibly gender variant or who describes themselves as transgender, many professionals feel confused, curious, or worried, and consequently alienate and/or offend the victim by asking inappropriate or offensive questions. This […]
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February 7, 2012
LGBTQ Language – PCAR
This webinar was hosted by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. It was not recorded. # LGBTQ Language: A Discussion Amongst Those in the Field Presenters: michael munson (FORGE), Louis Marven (LGBT Center Coalition), and Terri Hamrick (Survivors, Inc.) This open forum webinar addressed the following questions (and more): 1. Share your thoughts on the importance […]
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November 2, 2011
How Obama is Changing Growing Old LGBT
FORGE’s Transgender Aging Network has just made available a free recorded webinar on many of the policy changes made by the current Administration that are positively affecting current and future LGBT elders. The 33-minute webinar is available at http://forge-forward.org/2011/11/obama-lgbt-aging/.
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September 23, 2011
Transgender 101 for LGBT Aging Professionals – NRCLA
FORGE’s Transgender Aging Network is a partner in the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging. This webinar was recorded to help support LGBT aging professionals have a base knowledge about transgender issues. [Formerly available at http://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=9rv07c]
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June 30, 2011
Transgender Sexual Violence – SAFEta
This webinar was presented for SAFEta on June 30, 2011. An archived recording can be accessed at http://safeta.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=86 # “The National Protocol for Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations encourages a victim centered approach to caring for patients who have experienced sexual violence. Transgendered persons offer unique challenges in offering victim centered care. Don’t miss your opportunity […]
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December 16, 2010
Transgender Youth Survivors: Understanding, Serving, Celebrating
This webinar was presented for the the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs on December 16, 2010. A recording of this webinar can be viewed/heard at http://www.wcsap.org/transgender-youth-survivors-understanding-serving-celebrating # Description: This interactive and fast-paced webinar will encourage participants to expand their transgender vocabulary and conceptual framework(s). Attendees will increase their ability to fluidly and respectfully interact […]
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