You trust no one, see danger everywhere, and walk with a sense of powerlessness and worry even while at the same time you may develop an aggressiveness you don’t understand. Slowly you morph into a tight, controlled, rigid, restrictive, anxious, fearful, numb and...
It’s hard to keep up with the latest news about COVID. Even by the time this blog post is published, it will be “old news.” But don’t stop reading! FORGE held a virtual event on January 4, 2022, to help our community stay safer. You can find the full recording of...
What if we’ve been wrong to focus so much on the murders of trans people? In a nutshell, that’s the question Laurel Westbrook asks – and answers – in their new book Unlivable Lives: Violence and Identity in Transgender Activism (University of California Press, 2021)....
A paradox at the center of healing is that sometimes the way that survivors soothe their pain can also harm them. For example, substance use provides an escape from pain, but can harm bodily systems like the liver, areas of life like relationships; and pose dangers...
What are ACEs? The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) Study was once called “the most important public health study you’ve never heard of.” But by now, you may have heard of it, seen a movie about it, or seen an ACE questionnaire in your intake paperwork at your...
