The Invisible Trans Masculine Intimate Partner Abuse Survivor and the Flexagon They’re Facing
Contrary to widespread beliefs, transgender men experience higher rates of intimate partner violence (IPV)* than transgender and cisgender women. This was FORGE’s groundbreaking finding from a 2011 survey of over one thousand transgender people. In the past few...
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Were The Mothers of the Movement, but How Do We Tell the Story of their Struggles with their Minds?
Note: This article discusses mental health, suicide, and psychiatric care in ways that may be triggering for some readers. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were trans femmes of color and lifelong dear friends who fought in the Stonewall riots...
Of Containers and Consciousness: KonMari-ing the Intangible
"Put it in a box" said my therapist. It was not the first time she'd said it. She wanted me to imagine containing the thing that was distressing me so it wouldn't accompany me to work after our appointment. But it would. My anxieties followed me everywhere,...
Trans Folks, Survivors, and Partners Practicing Sexual Consent
In intimate relationships, practicing consent means communicating about touching and boundaries. Consent is essential for a wide range of activities—holding hands, cuddling, oral sex. (As an aside, consent is also important in non-intimate contexts, like disclosing...
FORGE welcomes Anole Halper to our Team
FORGE welcomes Anole Halper to our Team May 21, 2019 FORGE is pleased to announce the addition of Anole Halper, MSW, MPH to our staff as Creative Content Coordinator, increasing our capacity to educate and engage the public. Anole (pronouns: they/them/theirs) will...
Coping with Traumatic Anniversaries: A Toolkit
In the last blog post, we talked about ways to think about and use traumatic anniversaries. Here we offer a toolkit of other useful coping strategies. Create new seasonal associations: Much of what the brain does is create associations between one experience/memory...