Writing Letters to Strangers
Could writing a letter to a stranger save your life? As documented in her 2015 memoir, If You Find this Letter: My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers, writing letters to strangers saved Hannah Brencher’s life. Hannah isn’t transgender,...
“Kind World”: Podcasts that Rekindle
One of the most painful and common consequences of experiencing violence and trauma is periodically – or more frequently, perhaps even permanently – feeling like the world is not a good place for humans. If you need to be reminded that there is kindness in the world,...
Healing Trauma: A Uniquely American Approach to Racial Trauma
Ever feel like your body bears not only your own lifetime of scars, but also the weight of traumas borne by your parents, grandparents, and even further-out generations? There is an increasing body of science that says you do, in fact, carry your ancestors’ traumas as...
Resource Review: Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors
Resource Review: Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. Edited by Lexie Bean. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018. [URL:...Find us on Facebook!
Transgender youth are more likely than non-trans youth to have an eating disorder because of discrimination, stigma, and trauma.
Survivors are particularly at risk.
For #NEDAwareness, this is another reminder that trans youth deserve not only the best care, but a just, safe world in which to live. 💖 #ComeAsYouAre
[Image: On the diagonal, the image is divided between yellow (most of the image) and purple (the bottom right corner). On the dividing line is a photograph of a fork. Large text in the yellow, resting on the fork, says “trans youth are much more likely to have an eating disorder” and smaller text in the purple says “than non-trans youth.” The FORGE logo is in the bottom right corner.]
![Transgender youth are more likely than non-trans youth to have an eating disorder because of discrimination, stigma, and trauma.
Survivors are particularly at risk.
For #NEDAwareness, this is another reminder that trans youth deserve not only the best care, but a just, safe world in which to live. 💖 #ComeAsYouAre
[Image: On the diagonal, the image is divided between yellow (most of the image) and purple (the bottom right corner). On the dividing line is a photograph of a fork. Large text in the yellow, resting on the fork, says “trans youth are much more likely to have an eating disorder” and smaller text in the purple says “than non-trans youth.” The FORGE logo is in the bottom right corner.]](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/87313319_10157124166738597_7929243878845054976_n.png?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=a61e81&_nc_ohc=lO5Oya0y2DYAX8-lClQ&_nc_ht=scontent.xx&oh=683c2ab7c920d5b9404bd2ae7cfe084a&oe=5EFE1E88)