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Trans Resilience in Action

Trans Resilience in Action

by | November 10, 2023 | Blog, Featured

In a time when legislative, cultural, and physical attacks on transgender and nonbinary Americans are everywhere, it can be hard to maintain hope and resilience. To help you sustain yourself, FORGE is sharing actions people are taking across the country to counter...
Emotional Connections

Emotional Connections

by | September 6, 2022 | Blog

Emotional Connections A Review of “Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience”   Children are born with emotions, but we aren’t born with the ability to identify and talk about them. That’s something caregivers must do:...
Are You a Victim of Gender-Based Violence?

Are You a Victim of Gender-Based Violence?

by | August 16, 2022 | Blog

Have you been a victim of gender-based violence? Many, if not most, trans and nonbinary individuals would say yes. Our lives are filled with prejudice, discrimination, and violence based on our variance from “traditional” unchangeable binary gender: of course we’ve...
Everything Leaves Its Wound

Everything Leaves Its Wound

by | July 6, 2022 | Blog

Everything Leaves Its Wound A Review of Suture: Trauma and Trans Becoming   I was in my 60s and doing long-distance caregiving for both my widowed father and my mentally ill younger sister before I finally, finally, finally gave up hope that my father would ever...