“Document the abuse” is common advice given to people who are experiencing sexual violence, intimate partner violence or stalking. Too often, that advice is followed up with “so that you can give evidence to the police.” While some trans/nonbinary survivors do seek...
The triptych “world-maker, self-shaper, word-mother” is a series of pieces I created in dialogue with narratives around healing, agency, self-determination, and personal power. These pieces are about all the ways we have the power to shape ourselves, the worlds we...
The rights and safety of trans survivors are increasingly under attack in the US and around the world. Especially with executive orders targeting service providers, and providers and organizations complying in advance by removing services for trans folks, it can be...
For Pride Month this year, we’re thinking about ways to incorporate safety and harm reduction in all the ways we celebrate. We know that pride can feel even more important now, with so many legal and cultural challenges to the safety, and existence, of trans and queer...
Note: this article discusses consensual sex and uses examples of types of sex but does not have detailed descriptions. In the US, mainstream culture has a confusing relationship to sex. On one side, there’s pressure for everyone to want sex and to be sexual. On the...
When we’re down and blue, music can be helpful for getting energized again. In April, we shared music recommendations from community members for slowing down—moving from high-intensity emotions to calm. But sometimes we need to do the opposite—giving ourselves the...
