Note: This article discusses mental health, suicide, and psychiatric care in ways that may be triggering for some readers. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were trans femmes of color and lifelong dear friends who fought in the Stonewall riots...
In intimate relationships, practicing consent means communicating about touching and boundaries. Consent is essential for a wide range of activities—holding hands, cuddling, oral sex. (As an aside, consent is also important in non-intimate contexts, like disclosing...
By Anole Halper Survivors of sexual violence sometimes blame themselves because in the moment of violence, they did something they don’t understand: rather than run away or fight back, they stayed still; they did nothing. Image description: Image is a blue pie...
This right comes from article 25 of the #UniversalDeclarationofHumanRights, which we’re celebrating for #HumanRightsMonth.
There are only 2 two more weeks to exercise this right by enrolling in a health care plan at healthcare.gov! Learn more about plans that cover trans healthcare with @Out2Enroll at out2enroll.org.
[Image: on a background of a pattern with symbols of healthcare such as a pill and an ambulance, text says “trans people have a right to healthcare.”] ... See MoreSee Less