Finding Support through Your Screen: Accessing the Connection of Support Groups Online During an Isolating Pandemic
The pandemic has moved many events online that we thought could only happen in the warm embrace of crowds, from music festivals to marriages. We may miss the company of people standing next to us, but in the case of support groups, their newfound online presence has...
Donate your loyalty points and miles to help survivors shelter-in-place safely
If you are in need of shelter support, please contact us and we will do our best to connect you with resources. Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence are experiencing intensified abuse while trapped with their abusers at home under “stay-safer-at-home” mandates...
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...
Repeatedly calling someone (when they don’t want you to) is stalking and it’s a crime, regardless of the gender of the people involved.
For support navigating stalking, contact @FollowUsLegally.
#NSAM2021 #StalkingAwareness #StalkingAwarenessMonth
[Next to a graphic of a phone, text says “Repeatedly calling is stalking and it’s a crime.” The word stalking is in orange and the other text is in white. FORGE logo.]
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