For Pride Month this year, we’re thinking about ways to incorporate safety and harm reduction in all the ways we celebrate. We know that pride can feel even more important now, with so many legal and cultural challenges to the safety, and existence, of trans and queer...
When we’re down and blue, music can be helpful for getting energized again. In April, we shared music recommendations from community members for slowing down—moving from high-intensity emotions to calm. But sometimes we need to do the opposite—giving ourselves the...
Music is a powerful tool for regulating emotions. When we’re alone in the car, or wearing headphones on the bus, what songs do we use to release pent-up tears, or let out our rage, or remember an important moment with a loved one? Sometimes music moves us in ways that...
The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual event from March 21-31, ending on Trans Day of Visibility. It is both a call to action to read and support trans books as well as a decentralized fundraiser for trans organizations. At FORGE, we were inspired to talk about...
Winter is a tough time for many people. As we deal with time changes, weather changes, the sun setting earlier, too cold weather or not cold enough weather, and the uncertainty of the future, many of us are also dealing with seasonal affective disorder, heightened...
