The pandemic has moved many events online that we thought could only happen in the warm embrace of crowds, from music festivals to marriages. We may miss the company of people standing next to us, but in the case of support groups, their newfound online presence has...
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 has been four months since we were first told to stay in our houses unless we absolutely have to leave. Since then, the US rates of Coronavirus have risen, and, mired in uncertainty and unrest, this surreal period drags on, sometimes feeling as though it will pull...
Scarleteen is a website born before its time. Now over 20 years old, Scarleteen is a frank, fun, sex-positive, trans, non-binary, LGBTQ+- and survivor-inclusive sex education website for teens. But it’s helped a lot of adults over the years too, offering up a...
The 4th of July can bring joy for some, and distress for others. Those who live with post traumatic stress disorder, who are on the spectrum, and/or who are survivors of other forms of trauma, may seek ways of reducing the negative impacts of experiencing fireworks....
The bathroom door was shut tightly, more to keep me in than keep anything else out. Grief was a groundswell of embodied emotion I didn’t trust myself to touch. Certainly not in wide open spaces. I needed to feel contained in a moment when I couldn’t trust my own bones...
