A recent post on Trans Survivors, “Mindfulness Meditation for Trans Trauma Survivors” (https://trans-survivors.com/2020/02/28/mindfulness-meditation-for-trans-trauma-survivors/), gives specific and detailed advice for trauma survivors on how to meditate safely. Would...
Way back when I was in school, I learned that once people become adults, it’s all downhill brain-wise. Thank goodness, we have learned better! Brains change throughout life, and we have learned a lot about how to make changes we want to make. This time of social...
Books about sexual violence very rarely mention trans and non-binary survivors, which is why Intersections of Identity and Sexual Violence on Campus: Centering Minoritized Students’ Experiences, edited by Jessica C. Harris and Chris Linder (2017), stands out. The...
It can be tempting to believe that once a person has experienced mistreatment, they will recognize and avoid mistreating others. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that way. #MeToo founder Tarana Burke recently admitted that she “still cringe[s]” when she...
Being alive in the 2000s, you almost certainly have heard of the benefits of mindfulness meditation (https://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-how-to-do-it/). As a transgender or non-binary survivor of domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, however, you...
January is #StalkingAwarenessMonth. In one study, trans, queer, and bisexual people were the most likely to experience stalking and the least likely to report it. We need to make stalking resources more accessible to queer and trans communities so they can stay safer. Learn more in our archived webinar here: forge.tips/3bbJR6H
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