Grounding video
The pandemic and “shelter at home” orders have upended nearly everyone’s lives, resulting in widespread anxiety, fear, and depression. Trans and non-binary people – especially those of us who also have experienced trauma – may be particularly stressed. To help you...
Tarana Burke: “When they first came out…I did not respond well”
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...
We Still Have Each Other: Building Trans Community and a New Culture in the Midst of a Pandemic
FORGE seeks to offer some hope and space to breathe for our community of survivors in this time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Check out our main Facebook page or Instagram account for grounding messages. If you live in Milwaukee, WI, we are connecting people through...
Steven’s Universe
There are some stories, some ways of explaining the world that I keep coming back to. When I worked at a hippie preschool, I learned that children process the world in all its pain and newnesses through play, re-enacting and transforming...
Mindfulness Meditation for Trans Trauma Survivors
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...
Disrupting the Bystander (book review)
Supporting the Trans Survivor: A Review of Disrupting the Bystander: When #MeToo Happens Among Friends Trauma, unfortunately, is widespread in the trans/non-binary community. Most of us have experienced serious harm – sexual assault, intimate partner violence, dating...