The Invisible Trans Masculine Intimate Partner Abuse Survivor and the Flexagon They’re Facing
Contrary to widespread beliefs, transgender men experience higher rates of intimate partner violence (IPV)* than transgender and cisgender women. This was FORGE’s groundbreaking finding from a 2011 survey of over one thousand transgender people. In the past few...
The Weight of Shame and How it Moves Us
Defining Shame A possibly shameful confession: I chose to write a blog post about shame because I wanted to understand it and have an excuse to explore it fully. Like a distant lover, I know it well but don’t feel like I understand it at all. Yet when I searched for...
Carter Brown: What trans people offer the world
Recorded in February 2017 Transcribed by Danni Green (C) FORGE 2017
Carter Brown: Hanging onto Hope
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Accessing mental health care shouldn't harm your mental health.
Yet that's the reality many transgender and nonbinary people face when they seek services from agencies that exclude their experience from intake forms, training, and programming. It’s Mental Health Awareness Month (#MHAM2019) and mental health services that are not trans-inclusive are a very real barrier for #TransMentalHealth.
Use this checklist to see if your agency is ready to serve trans and non-binary people without harming them: forge.tips/2YJJqdW.
[Image: A photo of a clipboard with a pen and paper on it that is titled “Intake Form.” Under the title, it says “are you…” with a checkbox for “male” and “female.” Large bold sans serif font above this image says “Accessing mental health care shouldn’t harm your mental health.” Along the bottom of the image is a translucent white banner that has in it the FORGE logo, “#TransMentalHealth,” and a small icon of a silhouetted head, with the trans colors (pink, blue, and white) inside in the shape of a brain.]
![Accessing mental health care shouldnt harm your mental health. Yet thats the reality many transgender and nonbinary people face when they seek services from agencies that exclude their experience from intake forms, training, and programming. It’s Mental Health Awareness Month (#MHAM2019) and mental health services that are not trans-inclusive are a very real barrier for #TransMentalHealth. Use this checklist to see if your agency is ready to serve trans and non-binary people without harming them: https://forge.tips/2YJJqdW. [Image: A photo of a clipboard with a pen and paper on it that is titled “Intake Form.” Under the title, it says “are you…” with a checkbox for “male” and “female.” Large bold sans serif font above this image says “Accessing mental health care shouldn’t harm your mental health.” Along the bottom of the image is a translucent white banner that has in it the FORGE logo, “#TransMentalHealth,” and a small icon of a silhouetted head, with the trans colors (pink, blue, and white) inside in the shape of a brain.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/100679903_10157421242523597_2705016896041779200_o.png?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=da1649&_nc_ohc=vTot0Svc8AQAX_auI2V&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=1b916d99b6aaca0dd40c0c0ebcf04fe1&oe=5EF26676)