Today marks the beginning of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. In the past, we’ve shared statistics about the prevalence of eating disorders in trans communities and perspectives from trans authors on eating disorders. This year, we want to acknowledge the...
What is trauma? Many survivors of sexual assault or intimate partner violence know that we’ve been through something terrible and that it has affected us. Some of us may use the word trauma to describe what happened or the impact. Some may not. Many...
I asked my team to switch the day we posted this, so it’d be around Valentine’s Day, which I think is hilarious. (Of course, they agreed – both to the change and that it’s funny.) It’s nice to laugh about something that used to stress me the eff out. On this blog, we...
As a trans teenager, a lot of my experiences with trying to advocate for myself—which was often a necessity as I tried to access gender-affirming care—were difficult, and sometimes traumatic. I still remember how it felt not to be respected or believed by providers I...
January is Stalking Awareness Month. Trans people not only face high rates of stalking from people in our lives; we are also subject to increasing amounts of online harassment and hate, doxing, swatting, and other forms of life invasion from both people we know and...
“It also started to feel like my inability to access resources for gender-based violence was more gender-based violence.” -Quote from a survivor during one listening sessions to inform the Trans/Nonbinary Victims of Crime Toolkit Trans people are frequently turned...
